A Band's Life

Takers Leavers #SurvivingTheMusicIndustry #MusicIndustry #MusicPodcast Takers Leavers is: David Baqi on Vocals/Guitars Rob McDonald on Drums Karem Idrees on Bass Robby Friend on Guitar We Talk About: - Having A Band Agreement - Changing Their Lineup via Band Agreement - Family Supporting Your Decisions - Family Not Understanding Your Decisions - Having A Friend Manager Your Band - Band Meetings - Booking Shows - Touring - Projecting Your Year As A Band - Pay to Play and...

Finally getting a few new podcasts up! This week is Magnolia Park: Joshua Roberts - Vocals Dylan Turner - Bass/Vocals Cobus Ellis - Drums/Vocals Tristan Torres - Guitar Jack Stock - Guitar We talk about - Spotify Playlists Submission - Instagram Algorithms - Facebook Ads - Spotify Ads - Taking Advantage of Tags - Splitting Up Chores - Learning audio engineering to help with production ideas - The good and bad of presales/pay to play - Orlando Florida Music Scene Youtube...

Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/7ypFHa6AxdE This week has been crazy and since winter NAMM is coming up it's about to get crazier! If you follow my Instagram I'll be posting some fun and crazy things I find there. Make sure you check out our Spotify playlists and if you'd like to be considered for it, follow the playlist in the description and send me an email at abandslifepodcast@gmail.com. But without further ado, Crash Overcast. We go over: Backlogging evergreen content, working...

There's a youtube version with live video as well! Hey everyone, welcome back from the Christmas break! This week we have the band Heart Like War from Los Angeles! Now they've recently gone through a big lineup change as well as a booked a tour in Japan! Overseas stuff for a band like this is unheard of! So do us a favor and SUBSCRIBE! Below is their socials as well as a couple new Spotify Playlists that I started this week! Subscribe to the channel, the playlist, and send me a track of...

We're 5 podcasts strong!! After a few bands fell through this few weeks I managed to get the band Goldview from San Jose, California. They're a pop punk band who are influenced by Man Overboard, blink-182, New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, Senses Fail, The Story So Far, and even Taylor Swift! We talk about being a relatively new band, booking shows, social media and pay to play. #musicindustry #musicmarketing #poppunk Goldview's: SpotifyFacebook Page InstagramBtw, growing up as a pop punk...

A Band's Life - Episode #4 - Perfect Score From Sacramento, California Pop punk band Perfect Score talks about surviving the music industry there. They talk about how being consistent and showing up on time to your shows pays off with more opportunities. They also talk about their interactions with the Pay to Play going on in bars and venues. As well as their relationships and what ways they can do better on social media. #musicindustry #musicmarketing...

This week I interviewed RKVC and while they're not a 4 piece rock band, they are 100% living in the music industry. In fact they don't have day jobs. They work really hard to pull it off and seem to have a great grasp on social media. So this one's going overtime because they drop so much information that I want you to hear. Don't forget to subscribe on Intunes, sticher, youtube, facebook! But please subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Youtube, Facebook and all those good things! Let me know...

This is "A Band's Life". A podcast where bands share how they're currently navigating the music industry. We'll find out what works and what doesn't. Whether it's gigs, social media, side jobs, relationships, and more! This last week I was introduced to a band called Prey Drive. They're a relatively new band in the UK who's on an indie label called Krod Records, but what really caught my eye was that they were doing really well on Spotify. Before we get into the interview don't forget to...

This is the first episode of "A Band's Life". A podcast where bands share how they're currently navigating the music industry. We'll find out what works and what doesn't. Whether it's gigs, social media, side jobs, relationships, and more! This episode features Chicago's Werewolves At Hour 30. If you know a band who you think does this all well, send me an email so we can have them on the show! abandslifepodcast@gmail.com Joshua Smith JoshuaSmithRecording.com