Three Rush Fans and Rush's 2026 Comeback Tour: From the Room and From Afar
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Gig Gab - The Working Musicians' Podcast
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Road Stories, Recording Secrets, and the Perfect Pop Song – with Rand Lempert from The Broken Rings
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...
AI and Music for Working Musicians: Tool, Threat, or Bandmate?
This week Stu Dias joins Dave from a slightly different corner of Durham, New Hampshire, and after a quick detour through barefoot drumming,...
Loaded Out, Rolling Home, Rolling Tape
Ride shotgun with Dave as he records GigGab on the drive home from a Casual Gravity gig, finally living out the show’s original missio...
What's Your Band's Definition of Success?
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 ca...
Relentless Consistency and the Scarcity Premium with Mike Schulte from The Pork Tornadoes
Guest co-host Mike Schulte joins Dave with 15 years of Pork Tornadoes social media wisdom, and the message is blunt: relentless consistency...
From Wedges to In-Ears: A Monitor Engineer's Playbook with Paul Klimson
Ready to make the leap from wedges to in-ear monitors? Or finally get the stage mix you’ve always wanted? Dave Hamilton welcomes back...
Stop Guessing, Start Growing: Fix Your Band’s Biggest Pain Points (with Dan Chantrey)
You trace Dan Chantrey’s path from drummer dad influence to choosing music over football, and quickly see the real lesson: the game has flip...
50 Years of Rush: Howard Ungerleider on Lighting the Lighted Stage
Step inside five decades of rock history with lighting legend Howard Ungerleider, the man who’s been designing and directing Rush̵...
The Crowd Is the Star: Piano Bar Secrets for Entertaining Any Room with Cliff & Susan Prowse
You don’t need a traditional path to build a thriving music career! Just ask Cliff and Susan Prowse, who turned classical piano chops...
Monitoring the Artists' Monitors: IEM Wisdom from Kevin Glendinning
In this episode of Gig Gab, you get the full story of how Kevin “KG” Glendinning cold-emailed his way from a Chicago suburb into...
Stop Winging It: Dial In Your Show with Clicks, Setlists, Insurance, and Gig Prep
You tighten your gig prep by treating every show like a pro mission: build rock-solid routines, line-check your gear and apps, and know your...
Touring Brains: Boundaries, Burnout, and Being OK, with Courtney and Paul Klimson
You see how life on the road quietly rewires your brain, from grief and burnout to decision fatigue and STC (Sleepy, Tired, and Crabby), and...
From Wall Street Hacker to Music Mogul: Mike Grande’s Journey
You get a front-row seat to how Michael Grande turned hard-won tech chops and late-night studio hacks into real music-business wins. From es...
De-Feedback Plugin for Working Musicians: More Gain, Less Feedback with Devin Sheets
You’re invited into a legacy family audio business that refused to accept “good enough” on feedback control and instead chased the impossibl...
From Festival Gigs to SXSW: Survival Tips for Musicians and Attendees
You get dropped into a two-show day where you’re juggling festival chaos, a paramedic emergency during set change, and a mysteriously mudded...
From the Eric Church Tour to the Grammys: On the Bus with Cellist Kaitlyn Raitz
You’re riding along with Kaitlyn Raitz as she breaks down the real mechanics of touring at scale: staying human on a bus, finding tiny routi...
Cover Band Confidential’s Dan Ray: Test the Market, Then Rehearse
You kick off this week with Dan Ray by reframing failure as a tool, not a verdict. Instead of obsessing over the “vanity listen” after a gig...
Creating the Room You Want to Be In: Laura Whitmore and the She Rocks Story
You jump into this episode balancing the reality of working gigs with the mindset that keeps musicians moving forward. From Dave’s rec...
Gear, Gimmicks, and the Good Stuff at NAMM 2026
You walk into NAMM 2026 thinking you will just wander and see what grabs you. You leave reminded that wandering works best when paired with...