The Gigging Musician Podcast
The Gigging Musician Podcast
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How Bill Alpert Built a $100K Wedding String Quartet by Saying No to Cheap Gigs
Bill Alpert did not build 805 String Quartet by taking every gig or running elaborate sales calls. He built it by serving Central Coast California weddings exceptionally well — with a website that gets found, a trusted group of players, prices ...
How a String Quartet Crossed $100K With 330 Instagram Followers
Stephanie Sims Flack built the String Quartet of Northern Virginia after seeing musicians underpaid and overlooked — then turned a local quartet into a $100,000-plus BookLive business. In this episode, Stephanie shares how she: ...
How Roger Harrison Books $300K in Jazz Gigs — In Cities He's Never Played
Roger Harrison leads the Harrison Jazz Ensemble out of Tampa Bay — and he's booked over $300,000 in gigs through BookLive in just the last few years, with a career total likely approaching $1 million. But the wildest part isn't the number. It's...
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...
