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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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A True Rock Band—Matt James (Ep 160)

Jun 10, 2020

Matt James is the lead singer of a band called Blacktop Mojo. The band lives together in the same house - advantageous in a pandemic. They’ve been able to write music in self-isolation, live stream and they have a brand new EP called Static.

Blacktop Mojo is a regularly touring band and they frequent many festivals. We talk about the many considerations they’ll need to take when public gathering restrictions begin to ease.

Episode Highlights

We start by talking about live stream collaborations (04:30) and go on to discuss:

  • (09:50) Releasing albums instead of the single-release trend
  • (18:20) The range of music styles at festivals
  • (20:45) Adapting performances to the pandemic
  • (32:45) The original band makeup
  • (36:07) The role of a band manager
  • (38:20) Our favorite music and non-music podcasts
  • (47:00) Releasing albums on vinyl

For more show notes and resources go to UnstarvingMusician.com