How Not To Be a Musician

How Not To Be a Musician Ep 5: 475 Band Names

As promised...pretty much me reading 475 potential band names...and sometimes having to pause for my own laughter to subside.

How Not To Be a Musician Ep 4: How I F***ed Up My Release Party

In this episode I explain in excrutiating detail an offhanded reference to "...missteps I made in the arrangement and execution of (my Secret of Him release party) that could easily fill an entire episode.” The song used for both intro and outro of this episode is actually from my Secret of Him EP. It's called Boy. Here's the official music video.

How Not To Be a Musician Ep 3: Memory Lane (pt 2 of 2)

In this episode, a continuation of the last, I cover a whole plethora of techniques on how not to be a musician, by way of the second half of my own history in music, as an example. Living history of proof-negative, or something.

How Not To Be a Musician Ep 2: Memory Lane (pt 1 of 2)

In this episode I cover a whole plethora of techniques on how not to be a musician, by way of the first half of my own history in music, as an example. Living history of proof-negative, or something. Oh, and at the end of the episode I mention I'd be uploading the entire .mp3 for the practice space recording of Orphose the Sphere, Part 2: The Attack, which was used as an intro. Here it is!

How Not To Be a Musician Ep 1: What this is all about.

Welcome to an alternative model of how to be a musician. Or…’how not to be a musician" - at least the way they tell you to be a musician.  This podcast is for musicians who "just want to focus on the art” as well as music fans who are interested in the process of music creation. I'm going to go deep into songwriting, recording, and performing, and into the thought processes that brought me there.