Episodes

  • Patrice Peris on Sync, Survival, and Why You Don't Need a Backup Plan

    Patrice Peris on Sync, Survival, and Why You Don't Need a Backup Plan
    Jun 29 2026
    This week singer-songwriter Patrice Peris joins Dave to flip the script on building a music career. That question musicians always get – what’s your backup plan? – is a terrible one, because Plan A was never required to land where you first mapped it. Through COVID, a cancer diagnosis, and a bone-marrow transplant she now calls a rebirth, Patrice kept asking what each detour was teaching her and never stopped writing, landing sync placements on Netflix, HBO Max, and The Voice along the way. Want to break into sync licensing yourself? Get resourceful and bullheaded: take a class, build multiple streams of revenue, and gamify the grind: how many gigs can you find, how many music supervisors can you email? Every musician is an entrepreneur, and the numbers game rewards whoever keeps opening doors. Then Patrice gets practical, because gigging musicians are athletes. You get her playbook for protecting your voice across three-set nights: a real warmup, scale work, stretching, smart placement that pulls the sound out of your throat and into the mask, and the vocal rest you keep skipping. From there comes the band conversation nobody wants to have: in-ear monitors and the whole mix exist to serve the lead vocalist, so drop the ego and decide together what you actually want your band to sound like. Build a backup bench while you’re at it, because life happens and roles need filling. Patrice stepped back from the stage but never stopped creating, and that’s the whole point: keep writing, keep adapting, and Always Be Performing. 00:00:00 Gig Gab 540 – Monday, June 29th, 2026 June 29th: National Waffle Iron DayGuest co-hosts: Patrice Peris 00:02:36 Live has given me things in waves that weren’t what I wanted Welcoming the unexpected 00:05:20 “What’s your Plan B?” Is a terrible question And Plan A doesn’t have to go where you planned 00:07:55 COVID and Cancer…all a journey00:09:10 Perspective… always be asking: what is this teaching me?00:10:43 Always writing00:11:40 How do you get started writing for sync? A nod to bullheaded persistence 00:15:10 Starting a Sync Business Always have multiple streams of revenueTake a class (or two) 00:19:44 Being resourceful is the key to bullheaded persistence Gamify it all!How many gigs can I find?How many people can I email? 00:22:57 Learn to be strategic and mindful Anytime you’re climbing the ladder, failure is inevitableInvest energy into the creative realm and also into the business realm 00:25:54 “No Plan” isn’t a plan Listen to your inner 16 year old…sometimes! 00:29:47 Coaching people to let go of the hat The 80% Rule 00:35:20 Growing your music business00:35:38 Vocal blowout Learn to Sing Like the Pro’s with Patrice Peris Voice StudiosGigging musicians are athletesGood warmupScale workPhysically stretchingTake some vocal rest 00:41:00 Listening for Placement Where is the voice going? 00:42:31 In Ear Monitors can make a big difference Bands need to understand the sound has to serve the lead vocalist 00:44:42 What do we want our band to sound like to people listening? Bands need to come together as a groupCommunicate and decide upon the goal for what the BAND is going to sound like 00:49:38 Get two of everything00:50:56 Gig Gab 540 Outtro Follow Patrice Peris Patrice Peris Voice Studios Contact Gig Gab! @GigGabPodcast on Instagramfeedback@giggabpodcast.comSign Up for the Gig Gab Mailing List The post Patrice Peris on Sync, Survival, and Why You Don’t Need a Backup Plan – Gig Gab 540 appeared first on Gig Gab.
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    53 mins
  • Sub Gigs, Mic Mutes & the Art of Mixing Live with Jesus Hernandez

    Sub Gigs, Mic Mutes & the Art of Mixing Live with Jesus Hernandez
    Jun 22 2026
    This week you start things off digging into the craft that separates good gigs from great ones. You’ll get the playbook for prepping and surviving sub gigs, learn (again!) why a splitter snake earns its place in your rig, and sort through the real options when you need a mic mute switch that actually works. Then you wrestle with a question every working band faces today: are fan-posted videos helping your brand or hurting it? It’s the kind of practical, in-the-trenches breakdown that reminds you to Always Be Performing, whether the camera’s rolling or not. Then guest co-host Jesus Hernandez joins, and you trace his path from a Portastudio kid to the engineer bands trust with their sound, along with the philosophy he’s built along the way: you’re serving people’s ears, and the console is your instrument. You’ll hear why you should ask a band what they want to sound like before you touch a fader, why learning to mix yourself turns your engineer into a producer, and how routing a digital mixer keeps everything simple when the power flickers. He shares the gear that’s earned his trust, hard-won war stories from the road, his time subbing as a bass player in Nashville, and life on tour with a Phil Collins and Genesis tribute. By the end you’ll be listening to your own gigs with sharper ears and a hungrier inner critic. 00:00:00 Gig Gab 539 – Monday, June 22nd, 2026 June 22nd: National Chocolate Éclair DayGuest co-host: Jesus Hernandez 00:01:32 Prepping for and playing Sub Gigs Ultimate-Guitar’s Pro Charts…now with lyrics! 00:04:25 The benefits of splitter snakeListener Questions 00:09:55 Mark-What’s the best MD Mic Switch? D’Addario Mic Mute Infrared Mic SensorOptogateRadial HotShot DM-1 or HotShot MDLILYP4D Mic Mute 00:20:25 Mark-Are fan-posted videos good or bad?00:24:36 SPONSOR: OneSkin. Get 15% off OneSkin with the code GIGGAB at https://www.oneskin.co/GIGGAB #oneskinpod00:26:54 Guest Co-host: Jesus Hernandez00:28:20 Lady and the Tramp Start taught him to record multi-track Then the PortastudioTascam Multitrack RecorderJesus became the go-to guy for recording bands and fixing sounds 00:34:27 A2 at a local theater Then the A1 went on vacation, and Jesus became the A1 00:35:38 Then a jazz club Sound reinforcement at the most basic levelUltimately what you’re trying to serve is people’s ears.Use your eyes to serve that purpose. 00:37:38 Recording was rough at first, but you learn! Making recordings with a live performance in mindLet it Be…Naked 00:41:24 Ask the band: what do you guys want to sound like on the recording? “Take a picture of the band, then paint on top of it!” 00:32:36 For live sound: how do you find out what the band sounds like? Before arriving: listen to the band’s records (or the band they’re covering) 00:47:26 When doing sound, consider yourself a band member “Playing the console” – The mixer is an instrumentI’m controlling the arrangement 00:48:50 Singing the praises of bands that can set levels on stage00:49:20 A band whose levels are ALL over the place So bad the band was sent home after the first set.You have to be your hardest critic 00:53:25 Learn to mix yourself, then your engineer can go from problem-solver to producer!00:55:26 “If the power goes out at the mixer, you’ll still sound good” Fixing it at the sourceThe night the power-flickered and factory reset the mixer!PreSonus StudioLive 01:00:19 Keeping it as simple as possible Soft-patching, routing, matrixes, oh my!Learn how to route a digital mixer 01:06:39 The downsides of strictly analog But you learn how to ring out frequenciesFix low-end feedback by popping in/out the polarity buttonRick Carmona (From “No Peace At All”), the engineer who mentored JesusEvery business is in the customer serviceDavis Thurston on Gig GabThe engineer has multiple customers: the band, the audience, and the staff at the venue 01:13:38 Bands vs. Reunion Gigs01:18:25 Bringing an analog mixer…and no snake!01:24:50 Soca Music01:26:00 Time for some war stories01:31:46 Subbing in Nashville as a bass player01:08:21 On the road with Face Value, Phil Collins & Genesis Tribute Band01:37:24 Jesus Hernandez Home Studio01:38:23 Gig Gab 539 Outtro Follow Jesus HernandezIG: @jesusandthecomplaintdepartmentJesus is my Sound Guy Contact Gig Gab! @GigGabPodcast on Instagramfeedback@giggabpodcast.comSign Up for the Gig Gab Mailing List The post Sub Gigs, Mic Mutes & the Art of Mixing Live with Jesus Hernandez – Gig Gab 539 appeared first on Gig Gab.
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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • Three Rush Fans and Rush's 2026 Comeback Tour: From the Room and From Afar

    Three Rush Fans and Rush's 2026 Comeback Tour: From the Room and From Afar
    Jun 13 2026
    Three Rush fans — a father, a son, and Spartacus — walk into a podcast. There’s no punchline, just the tape rolling on a conversation that was going to happen anyway, and you get to be the fly on the wall. Two of them just flew home from LA, where they stood in the room and watched Rush kick off the tour nobody was sure would ever come. The third has been taking it all in from a distance, which is its own peculiar thing when you once mixed front of house for the band for years. You’ll get the origin stories — a kite-flying contest in early-seventies St. Louis, an R40 playlist that turned a kid into a lifer — plus enough on the drummer question (yes, Anika Nilles) and show-count stats to earn the Rush-nerd badge none of them will quite cop to. Then it gets real. This is a band that fans and insiders alike once quietly accepted was finished, now back out there proving otherwise, and that turns the talk toward something bigger than setlists. You get to do this. Whether it’s thousands of people or a Tuesday night for a dozen, that gratitude is the whole game — the reason to Always Be Performing no matter how rough the bus ride was. Stick around for a ten-year-old’s perfectly timed gut check that still lands two decades later. Press play, and join Lucas Hamilton, Robert Scovill, and Dave Hamilton for a tour through the opening of Rush’s comeback — from inside the room, and from afar. 00:00:00 Gig Gab 538 – Monday, June 15th, 2026 June 15th: British Beer DayGuest co-hosts: Lucas Hamilton and Robert Scovill 00:02:46 Rush Stats All three co-hosts have seen Rush live with 2 drummersLucas and Anika are tied for Rush shows… as of this recording 00:04:39 Robert Scovill was living in St. Louis when he saw Rush with Rutsey KC Kite Flying Contest 00:07:31 Lucas’s Rush origin story00:08:31 About that whole live concert sound thing Spoiler: Rush always sounded good 00:11:02 Favorite Rush heirlooms00:13:55 I want a Red Barchetta for my midlife crisis Rush 2026 Tour started with 12 dates 00:16:02 That opening song, that opening night Rick Beato’s Breakdown of Xanadu 00:23:40 Anika Nilles’ dropped stick recovery Getting the first mistake out of the way moments into the first song of Rush’s 2026 Reunion tour 00:27:21 Time Stand Still for those emotional moments00:33:11 Lights and video for 2112 – in the cave!00:34:00 Singing 2112: Presentation at the tops of our lungs00:38:50 Moving Pictures to open night 3 set 200:40:13 Loren Gold’s keys and vocal harmonies And Geddy Lee’s voice, too! 00:44:29 The composition of YYZ Alex Lifeson is the most underrated guitarist in rock and roll 00:45:48 Anika Nilles is just a star00:49:25 Anika grooving during A Passage to Bangkok00:52:22 The physicality of playing Rush music The wisdom of days off in between shows for the entire Rush Fifty Something tour 00:57:41 You know what we get to do today? We get to go play music in front of thousands of people! This is the best job on earth 01:01:23 Who is Spartacus?01:03:33 Gig Gab 538 Outtro Follow Lucas Hamilton On Instagram Follow Robert Scovill On FacebookOn InstagramOn LinkedInRobertScovill.com (where you’ll find The Back Lounge) Contact Gig Gab! @GigGabPodcast on Instagramfeedback@giggabpodcast.comSign Up for the Gig Gab Mailing List The post Three Rush Fans and Rush’s 2026 Comeback Tour: From the Room and From Afar – Gig Gab 538 appeared first on Gig Gab.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Road Stories, Recording Secrets, and the Perfect Pop Song – with Rand Lempert from The Broken Rings

    Road Stories, Recording Secrets, and the Perfect Pop Song – with Rand Lempert from The Broken Rings
    Jun 8 2026
    This week on Gig Gab, Dave Hamilton sits down with guest co-host Rand Lempert of the Broken Rings, a two-piece recording project built on 15 years of musical kinship between Rand and guitarist Gio da Silva. You’ll hear how these two have crafted an intentional, travel-fueled recording process across cities, cutting live instruments and vocals together, passing files between New Orleans, Tampa, and now Denver, and why that friction and urgency is exactly the point. Rand makes a compelling case for keeping things analog as long as possible: real amps, minimal pedals, old-school mic placements like a modified Glyn Johns setup, and the conviction that nothing replaces the feeling of having a human being in the room when the tape (or hard drive) is rolling. The conversation ranges wide, from Rand’s vivid 9/11 tour story, stranded in St. John’s Newfoundland on one of the last planes to land before U.S. airspace shut down, to a deep dive into the art of the perfect pop song, with nominations for Tempted by Squeeze, Big Star’s Thirteen, Bryan Adams’ Cuts Like a Knife, and Fastball’s Out of My Head. Whether you’re a working drummer obsessing over beat placement, a songwriter who only writes when the muse actually shows up, or a road veteran who knows that idle days on tour are far worse than grueling ones, this episode has your number. Get out there, stay curious, and Always Be Performing. 00:00:00 Gig Gab 537 – Monday, June 8th, 2026 June 8th: Name Your Poison DayGuest co-host: Rand Lempert 00:01:38 The Broken Rings are a 2-man band Drums, guitar, vocals all handled by Rand Lempert and Gio da Silva, his bandmateThey consider themselves musical kin: They agree on 95% of all musicMet in Houston, played in bands, then moved to different corners of the USA 00:04:48 Songwriting duo starts with a long distance relationship Lutefish Stream 00:07:03 Recording remotely doesn’t have the muse of travel So many different avenues to approach recordingFinding a way to record with technology in a less sterile way 00:15:08 Preserving analog recording to digital “tape”00:17:07 The process of recording drums Don’t mess up the end of the track! 00:21:14 Country music00:23:25 Drummer kinship: Tris Imboden saves the day! Learning by visual 00:31:41 SPONSOR: Claude.ai – Ready to tackle bigger problems? Sign up for Claude today, which includes access to Claude Cowork, too, when you visit https://Claude.ai/giggab00:33:37 Surviving the road00:34:45 Road story: hanging out in St. John’s Newfoundland for 5 days Sonny James and the Centers in Europe in 2001“There’s nothing wrong with this airplane, but this plane is being diverted because of terrorist attacks in the United States.”Canadian authorities: “What do we do with these people? Bring them to a hockey arena!”Memorial University of Newfoundland 00:44:35 Opening up for Bo Diddley in 2004 In Beaumont, TexasTouring is a lot of driving, and you’re doing the drivingIt’s a lot of lugging equipment, and you’re doing the luggingYou get a hotel room…for the entire band! 00:48:55 When touring, days off are worse than the grueling days on00:51:02 It’s important to travel Touring is the way to do that for a lot of us musicians 00:51:25 Making touring maps as a kid is a good sign Rand needed to do this as a career00:52:50 First concerts, sound nerding, and getting lost in the music for the first time Rand got lost at four years old!Nerd out about sound and recordingFirst concerts! Weather Report for DaveAir Supply for Rand 00:58:05 The Best pop songs Gravitating towards the hook!Cuts Like a Knife – Bryan AdamsTempted – SqueezeThirteen – Big StarOut of My Head – FastballOne Headlight – WallflowersNo Matter What – Badfinger 01:12:22 Gig Gab 537 Outtro Follow Rand Lempert The Broken RingsSick in the city – The Broken Rings Contact Gig Gab! @GigGabPodcast on Instagramfeedback@giggabpodcast.comSign Up for the Gig Gab Mailing List The post Road Stories, Recording Secrets, and the Perfect Pop Song – Gig Gab 537 with Rand Lempert from The Broken Rings appeared first on Gig Gab.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • AI and Music for Working Musicians: Tool, Threat, or Bandmate?

    AI and Music for Working Musicians: Tool, Threat, or Bandmate?
    Jun 1 2026

    This week Stu Dias joins Dave from a slightly different corner of Durham, New Hampshire, and after a quick detour through barefoot drumming, sweaty-hand fixes, and oversized triangle guitar picks, the conversation locks onto the question every working musician is wrestling with right now: what does AI mean for music? You’ll hear why Dave reframes it as Assistive Intelligence (and the best procrastination-killer and writer’s-block-buster going) even as you stare down the harder stuff: Suno-generated tracks, Jack Tempchin’s AI-assisted album, and the ouroboros of machines learning from the music we make. Should AI art be labeled? What happens when it conjures someone’s likeness? And does any of it move you the way a human in a room can?

    That last question is the heartbeat of the episode. Dave and Stu weigh AI music against the cover-band hustle, remember what COVID lockdowns taught us about humans craving real humans together, and get honest about whose jobs are actually on the line and where AI mixing fits in your workflow. The kicker for every gigging musician: if the machines are going to use your voice and your playing, take a long-term cut of the sales. It’s a sharp, funny, occasionally unsettling look at the line between tool and threat…and a reminder that however the tech shakes out, you Always Be Performing. Hit play for the full conversation.

    • 00:00:00 Gig Gab 536 – Monday, June 1st, 2026
      • May 25th: National Barefoot Day
      • Guest co-host: Stu Dias
    • 00:00:56 Playing drums barefoot
    • 00:02:34 Iontophoresis for sweaty feet and hands
    • 00:05:05 We all have our own thing for ourselves
      • Large guitar picks for Stu. Equilateral triangles!
    • 00:07:03 AI and Music
    • 00:12:40 AI is the best procrastination eliminator
      • It helps with writer’s block
      • AI Based Plugins and Compressors are fantastic
      • For Dave, AI is Assistive Intelligence
    • 00:13:59 AI Generated music like Suno
    • 00:18:22 Should AI-generated art be labeled as such?
    • 00:22:58 What about if AI generates the likeness of someone?
      • De-Feedback on Gig Gab
    • 00:24:53 Ouroborotic
    • 00:27:31 Using AI to create music
      • Business Brain theme music
      • Jack Tempchin’s AI-assisted album
      • Beck’s Song Reader
      • Creating walk-on music for your band
        • Bowling For Soup’s (non-AI-created) walk-on music for live shows
    • 00:40:47 Comparing Human-Created Music vs. AI-Created music
    • 00:45:11 AI Music vs. Cover Music
    • 00:47:58 COVID Lockdowns taught us that we like to bring humans together
    • 00:55:37 What’s AI going to make Dave say?
    • 01:03:08 Jobs on the line
      • Elvis impersonators and sax players from rock songs in the 80’s
    • 01:05:42 AI Mixing
      • Davis Thurston on Gig Gab
    • 01:13:04 Do we have to
      • Take a long-term cut of the sales, folks!
    • 01:18:06 Gig Gab 536 Outtro
      • Follow Stu Dias
        • Diaspora-Radio.com
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Loaded Out, Rolling Home, Rolling Tape

    Loaded Out, Rolling Home, Rolling Tape
    May 25 2026

    Ride shotgun with Dave as he records GigGab on the drive home from a Casual Gravity gig, finally living out the show’s original mission. You’ll hear why packing your own mixer saves the night when the venue only wants a single feed from the band, what it’s like when an in-ear band plays its first fully sober gig, and why counting songs in to a click track changes everything once adrenaline stops driving your tempo.

    Then dig into relearning vocal harmonies for the Underground Band: using the Moises app to isolate vocals, pulling sheet music, and plunking out intervals on piano to lock stacks into your ear. Buddy Gibbons sparks a drumming debate on single strokes versus marching-style sticking through the Foreplay/Long Time triplets, and Dave gets honest about throat fatigue, Lyme disease aftermath, dust mite allergies, and the sublingual immunotherapy bringing his voice back. Listen to your body, learn the parts, and Always Be Performing.

    • 00:00:00 Gig Gab 535 – Monday, May 25th, 2026
      • May 25th: National Tap Dance Day
    • 00:00:10 Driving Home Experiment
    • 00:01:42 Casino Gig Setup
    • 00:06:38 Sober Show, Strong Set
    • 00:08:19 Relearning Vocal Harmonies
    • 00:18:15 Drumming Through Both Hands
    • 00:21:47 Insurance And Smoke-Filled Gigs
    • 00:26:42 Throat Troubles And Recovery
    • Stuff Mentioned:
      • Mackie DL32S
      • Moises
      • I Love a Piano
      • MusicPro Equipment Insurance
    • 00:31:24 Gig Gab 535 Outtro
    • Contact Gig Gab!
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      • feedback@giggabpodcast.com
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    33 mins
  • What's Your Band's Definition of Success?

    What's Your Band's Definition of Success?
    May 18 2026

    OG co-host Paul Kent rejoins Dave Hamilton to talk about how The Houserockers have stayed booked into their 27th year, and what your band can steal from their playbook. You’ll dig into the social media reality of 2026 (Reels are currently king), why your mailing list is the asset you actually own, and how to grow to 10,000 followers without losing your soul. Paul makes the case that if you want gigs, your band has to be a business, which means alignment on mission, passion, and musical style with the partners or employees standing next to you on stage. There’s nothing wrong with playing for fun, but go in eyes wide open about what you’re chasing.

    From there you’ll dive into the value of scarcity, Kevin Kelly’s thousand true fans, and why mixing up your setlists is one way to keep audiences coming back. Paul breaks down the current Houserockers formula (civic concert series, experiential marketing, and ticketed off-season events) and why aging-up audiences mean you have to market harder and talk to fans like Springsteen does: a lifetime conversation, all with individuals. You’ll also get the real talk on finding bandmates (Craigslist included), the Gig Gab bookable-band checklist, and Paul’s (joking?) pitch for two new show segments. Whatever your lane, Always Be Performing, and start treating every touchpoint like the gig it is.

    • 00:00:00 Gig Gab 534 – Monday, May 18th, 2026
      • May 18th: National Visit Your Relatives Day
    • 00:01:27 Guest co-host: Paul Kent
      • The Houserockers in their 27th year!
    • 00:04:21 Did someone call you an old man?!?
    • 00:08:46 The Gig Gab social media approach
    • 00:10:29 Your band can get 10,000 followers
      • Reels are it…today.
    • 00:13:37 Gain a mailing list
    • 00:16:41 It’s about the music business.
      • Is your band willing to be in business?
    • 00:19:00 There’s nothing wrong with doing what you want to do.
      • Just go in eyes wide open.
    • 00:20:49 Getting alignment within your band. You now have business partners or employees
      • Be aligned with mission, passion, style of music … the alchemy of it.
    • 00:26:48 The value of scarcity
      • Does success equal quantity of gigs?
      • Some people want to play five times per month
    • 00:30:43 Finding Your Thousand True Fans
    • 00:32:05 Mixing up your setlists is another way to keep people coming back
    • 00:36:00 Marketing 101 – you have to have something to say
      • Hopefully unique!
      • And then deliver.
    • 00:37:13 The Houserockers formula for today
      • Civic Concert Series
      • Experiential Marketing
      • Ticketed Events in the off-season
    • 00:39:13 Use your mailing list!
    • 00:41:28 Ticketed events required more marketing this year
      • Audiences are aging up
    • 00:43:04 How do you talk to your audience?
      • Springsteen: my career is a lifetime conversation with my audience
      • It’s about you, your personality, and each individual audience member
    • 00:50:11 Finding band members is an imperfect science
      • Craigslist lets you find who is available THEN.
      • The Gig Gab Band checklist
    • 00:56:41 Paul’s show ideas for Dave
      • Dave reads mean comments
      • Dave reads band ads from Craigslist, et al
    • 00:59:47 Gig Gab 534 Outtro
      • Follow Paul Kent
        • SVHouserockers.com
        • Facebook Houserockers
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        • feedback@giggabpodcast.com
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Relentless Consistency and the Scarcity Premium with Mike Schulte from The Pork Tornadoes

    Relentless Consistency and the Scarcity Premium with Mike Schulte from The Pork Tornadoes
    May 11 2026
    Guest co-host Mike Schulte joins Dave with 15 years of Pork Tornadoes social media wisdom, and the message is blunt: relentless consistency wins. You literally can’t post too much in 2026—nobody sees everything anymore, so repost that same flyer as a fresh post (not a share) and keep going. Give it 45 days before you judge results. Why invest? More fans mean more bodies at the gig, plus the social proof that signals to newcomers that other people already love you. And remember—you’re not competing with other bands, you’re competing with people’s couches. From there, Dave and Mike dig into the live-show craft. Build a sound check formula so it stops being a nightmare, then cook up a Suno-generated theme song to walk on to—Always Be Performing means the show starts before the first chord lands. Treat your setlist like art: the opener’s a throwaway, but song three is the most important slot of the night. Then think about your saturation—the Pork Tornadoes cap themselves at two ticketed gigs per year inside a 30-mile radius, and the minute they got scarce, their pay jumped tenfold. Simple, not easy. 00:00:00 Gig Gab 533 – Monday, May 11th, 2026 May 11th: National Eat What You Want Day (also Hostess CupCake Day!)Guest co-host: Mike Schulte 00:01:10 Did you ever watch Night Court Dave reminds Mike of HarryConfused BreakfastShows that were so far ahead of their time: All In The FamilyRoseanne 00:05:06 Managing your band’s social media Relentless Consistency is the key (right now).“You can never post too much” – Mike Schulte, May 11, 2026Mike has been running social media for Pork Tornadoes for 15 yearsEveryone doesn’t see every post (anymore)It’s money-drivenRepost the same thing, the same flyer, the same idea (as a new post, not a “share”) 00:09:49 Getting “started” on social media in 2026 I tried to follow your model and nothing changed. In two weeks.You’ve gotta spend a month or more (Dave says 45 days) 00:14:05 What’s the benefit of investing in social media The more fans you have, there WILL be more people who come to your eventsAlso: social proof. Showing people that other people like you. 00:18:55 Social Proof + Bullheaded Persistence = Success.00:22:00 People don’t go out like they used to You’re not competing with other bands, you’re competing with people’s couches 00:24:39 A band retreat! If 2020 hadn’t happened, Pork Tornadoes would’ve probably gone full time 00:26:04 SPONSOR: Claude.ai – Ready to tackle bigger problems? Sign up for Claude today, which includes access to Claude Cowork, too, when you visit https://Claude.ai/giggab00:27:42 Recent Gig(s) Gab Boston Cream Band at Seacoast Repertory TheaterPork Tornadoes is a 2-hours straight-thru band 00:34:19 Orchestrate your sound check Sound check used to be a nightmare, until we created a formula 00:38:27 Create a musical lead-in for your show For the wranglers in the Gig Gab audienceUse Suno to create a theme song for your band 00:42:57 Writing a setlist is an art Your first song is a throwawayThe third song is the FIRST most important song in the set (according to Dave)Develop business-like rituals for your band 00:48:32 What’s Your Band’s Saturation? Self-imposed proximity clausesPork Tornadoes Proximity Clause: No more than 2 ticketed events in a 30-mile radius per yearPlus one free-to-the-public festival gig to pull people inTo the venues who don’t have proximity clauses: why do you not?The minute we started getting scarce, was the minute our pay increased 10-fold 01:00:12 The Pork Tornadoes formula: simple, not easy. Gig Gab 532 Outtro Follow Mike SchulteConfused BreakfastThe Pork Tornadoes Contact Gig Gab! @GigGabPodcast on Instagramfeedback@giggabpodcast.comSign Up for the Gig Gab Mailing List The post Relentless Consistency and the Scarcity Premium with Mike Schulte from The Pork Tornadoes – Gig Gab 533 appeared first on Gig Gab.
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    1 hr and 2 mins