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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.

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Tom Meny (Rewind) – Austin's Music Scene, Rejection, Writer's Slump, Songwriting Groups, Songwriting Advice From Cindi Lauper And Shannon Curtis, Email Marketing, Getting Paid (Ep 253)

Feb 26, 2023

Tom Meny, Singer Songwriter, playing acoustic guitarThis episode featuring Tom Meny originally aired in June 2019.

This is a rewind edition, in which I've edited the conversation to be more succinct and somewhat more relevant. Tom has appeared in two episodes of this podcast. In his first appearance, Tom and I spoke about house concerts. This was the beginning of my...

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Ryan Miller And Jay Lifton – Something From Tiffany's, Guster, Their Journey Toward Film Scores, The Value Of Film Festivals, Music In Video Games (Ep 252)

Feb 17, 2023

Ryan Miller and Jay LiftonMy guests for this episode are the film-scoring duo Ryan Miller and Jay Lifton. Ryan is a founding member and the lead singer of Guster, who recently celebrated their 31st consecutive year of touring and recording. He has scored over 15 feature films and has worked with directors Colin Trevorrow, Jordan Vogt-Roberts,...

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Drew Ryder Smith – Website Platforms, Nashville, Texas Ties, Growing Up In Tennessee, Pneumonia, Songwriting Vocationally, Touring, Recording, The Origins Of Robonzo, And Legendary Drummers (Ep 251)

Feb 10, 2023

Drew Ryder Smith in black v-neck tee on black background

My guest for this episode is a country singer-songwriter, Drew Ryder Smith. He just released three new singles, which were delayed because of a dilemma caused by the many other Drew Smiths on streaming platforms and elsewhere. But the songs are out now and they sound great!

The recording quality of this episode is...

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Stacey Bedford – $100 Million In Commission-Free Sales, Bees, Lessons Learned At Bandzoogle, The Value Of Unplugging, Advice To Musicians, And The Importance Of Websites For Musicians (Ep 250)

Feb 3, 2023

Stacey Bedford, CEO Bandzoogle | Smiling, in a dark blazer and white top.Stacey Bedford, CEO of Bandzoogle is my guest for this special episode number 250. She didn't know  this would be our 250th episode when we spoke, but we had a great conversation.

Stacey shares the news of Bandzoogle's recent milestone of surpassing $100 million in commission-free sales of music, merch, and tickets...

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