The Gigging Musician Podcast
The Gigging Musician Podcast
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The DJ Secret That Books $1,500 Wedding Gigs — No Sales Calls Needed
Jared is fresh off a $1,500 Thursday-afternoon wedding at the Grant Humphreys Mansion in downtown Denver — one hour of (Disney-themed!) ceremony music, a $150 cash tip, and a happy bride. In this solo episode, he breaks down the exact system th...
Ep. 312 Mike Zabrin: How He Charged $27,000 for One Gig
Mike Zabrin built two Chicago-based entertainment companies — Funktastic Productions and DJ Hybrid Chicago — and just hit $100K in bookings on BookLive to earn his Major Sixth Gold Record. In this episode, Mike breaks down the "old money vs. new m...
How This Vegas Musician Books Multiple $10,000 Gigs on the Same Day
Jeff Celentano has spent 30+ years in the music industry — performing on the Vegas Strip, running touring tribute bands, and working with names like Grant Cardone and Alex Hormozi. In this episode, he shares how he thinks like a Broadway producer ...
From PhD Dropout to $100K Wedding Musician with Matt Ferree
Matt Ferree was working toward his PhD in chemical engineering at Ohio State when he realized his real passion was in the weddings he'd been performing at for a couple hundred bucks as a favor. He quit grad school, dove in headfirst with his piano...
How Celeste Vee Built a 200-Gig Violin Empire in the South Asian Wedding Market
Celeste Vee is an electric violinist who built V Entertainment — a multi-city agency placing trained violinists at South Asian weddings. In this episode, she shares how she went from solo gigging to coordinating 180+ gigs a year across New York, D...
