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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.

Nov 24, 2017

Terry LaPorta says her daughter's singing started out as a hobby, but that by age 11 she was performing in Nashville honky-tonks. Her now 16-year old daughter Samantha has since become a Disney Radio artist, and is showing little sign of slowing down. In fact, with the new release of It's a Girl Thing, Samantha LaPorta...


Mike Dawson's Home Studio and Social Media Strategy

Nov 17, 2017

Mike Dawson is one of the coolest people I've met in the last year.  He's also a great drummer, podcast host, and Managing Editor at Modern Drummer Magazine; but my favorite Mike Dawson qualities are generosity and humility.  I believe it's these two qualities that brought him back to the podcast to help me celebrate...


Nov 17, 2017

Mike Dawson is one of the coolest people I've met in the last year.  He's also a great drummer, podcast host, and Managing Editor at Modern Drummer Magazine; but my favorite Mike Dawson qualities are generosity and humility.  I believe it's these two qualities that brought him back to the podcast to help me celebrate...


Nov 10, 2017

At age 16, Samantha LaPorta is the youngest guest I’ve had on the podcast. Our conversation took place on the same day that her single It’s a Girl Thing was released. She's a Disney Radio artist, something she always wanted to be, and she's has acquired a number of awards and accolades, including social site...


Nov 3, 2017

Aki Kumar fell in love with the blues and blues harmonica, but Bollywood pop is part of his music memory. This memory is creating what's likely to become a bonafide genre–Bollywood Blues. You can hear this on his latest album Aki Goes to Bollywood.

Although Aki is of Indian decent, his bold move to mix the blues and...