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The Unstarving Musician

The Unstarving Musician’s Podcast features interviews with indie music artists an industry pros who share their experience and expertise on songwriting, recording, touring, getting gigs, marketing, and much more. It’s all intended to help indie artists to more of what they love–make music.

Jun 29, 2018

Jennifer Vazquez, Rediscovering Me, Pop, folk & soul with hints of country, Photo by Miliman12 Photography | miliman12.comSinger songwriter Jennifer Vazquez came to me out of the blue, the blue canvas of Twitter. I was checking my alerts, glancing at the feed and there she was, promoting her latest album Rediscovering Me.

Jennifer grew up in and around the Bronx of NY. She has spent a good deal of time in LA, but now calls Nashville home....


Jun 22, 2018

Chase Anderson, SHAPESCENES and synesthesia (Photo by @mrjacobweber, courtesy of @TipCow)SHAPESCENES is a reference to synesthesia. My guest in this episode is Chase Anderson, lead singer and guitarist for the Austin band SHAPESCENES. Chase says when he was a kid listening to music, he could close his eyes and see notes, tones and chords as specific complex shape and color combinations. He referred to those...


Jun 15, 2018

Brian Wolff is lead singer and guitarist for Austin based rock band Fair City Fire. Our conversation covers Brian’s start in the music scene of Binghamton NY to his immersion in the Austin music scene. He shares lessons learned from touring, podcasting, college, business and marketing. His band’s latest release is...


Jun 8, 2018

Singer songwriter Tom Meny considers himself an ambassador for house concerts. He says they’re his bread and butter these days. He’s so into them that he has a podcast episode devoted to the topic. Among his most recommended resources on the subject is this episode of the DIY Musician Podcast, featuring...


Jun 1, 2018

Woman kissing guy on guitar in crowd, musician, marketing, reputation, networkingThis best-of episode features four musicians who appeared as guests in early episodes of the podcast. I chose these guys, because their insights say so much about the little things musicians can do to build a career or keep their gig calendars full.

Texas Guitar Slinger Chris Raspante on Marketing

When I asked Chris...