The Gigging Musician Podcast
The Gigging Musician Podcast
Latest Episodes
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...
BookLive's 3rd $500K Award Winner: How Jen Cancio Built a Full-Time Music Career
Jen Cancio just became the third BookLive user to earn the $500K Award — and she did it without social media virality, touring, or a record deal. Just smart gigging at high-end private events. In this episode, Jared Judge interviews Jen to unpack ...
From 3 Musicians to $500K: How Viva Strings Built a Multi-City Empire
Pendra Lee Snyder of Viva La Strings joins Jared Judge to share how she grew her string ensemble from a nameless trio to a multi-city business generating over $500,000. Learn how she built a repeatable model across Dayton, Cincinnati, Nashville, a...
