Playing through pain

Playing through pain

In this episode, Christine and Rick talk about the realities of pain and injury the pursuit of a career playing music. With an emphasis on prevention, the duo talk about things you can do to make your music career as long, productive, and hopefully pain free as you can.

Interview with Nullibi

In a Gigging Solo first, the Australian live-looper Nullibi stopped by to have a chat with Christine and Rick in this episode! They talk about making music, and in particular using a programmer's mindset to create live-looping mad science.

Additional Skills to Pay the Bills

In this episode, Christine and Rick talk about non-musical skills that have an outsized impact in the pursuit of performing for audiences for a living. Trying to get a music performance career off the ground? You’d be surprised at the skills that helped get us there.

The Case for Live Looping

In this episode, Christine and Rick talk about one of the biggest challenges to being a gigging musician, and in particular a solo performer - it can be lonely out there! Here’s how they try to cope with that.

Navigating Gear Failure

In this episode, Christine and Rick share some of their worst gear-related horror stories and how they right the ship when some part of their kit decides to test them in front of a live audience.