The Lady J Podcast
by Live music matters
Is it possible to sustain a music career playing live gigs? YES. Lady J hosts conversations with fellow musicians and music industry professionals about how to get more gigs, get better gigs, and live a fulfilling and financially rewarding life as a pro musician. Because live music matters. ladyjmusic.substack.com
Episodes
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S02E03 - The Lady J Podcast | The Musician Mom Shuffle
Cleidys Tena Figueroa is a gigging musician, toddler-mom, wife, and educator who works hard to be present for her son in every aspect of his life, while working two jobs and trying to keep hold of her identity as a person in the process. Easy peasy. In this episode of The Lady J Podcast, Clei…
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S02E02 - The Lady J Podcast | Meet a Booking Agent that Musicians Actually Want to Work With
Every working musician needs non-musician allies. While the live music industry seems overrun with agent poseurs and charlatans, the antidote is David Craig. He's the owner of Mais Musica, a talent booking, event management, and AV hire company in the UAE, and he’s one of the most straightforward...
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S02E01 - The Lady J Podcast
I almost didn’t bother with a second season of this podcast. Not because I ran out of things to say, but because I genuinely wasn’t sure I had a point. Season 1 of The Lady J Podcast was full of great conversations about what it takes to build a career in the live music industry. My guests and I...
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EP10 – The Lady J Podcast
Last summer, my gigs were few and far between and my motivation was low. I needed a new challenge, but also needed some answers. What makes and sustains a career as a gigging musician? How do I get more gigs? How do I become a better performer? How do I make gigs more fulfilling and financially...
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EP09 - The Lady J Podcast
Music. It’s the music that sets Christmas apart. Other holidays may also be about love, and family, and food and gifts, and peaceful wishes, but no other holiday is as inextricably linked to its music as Christmas is. Which is why it’s my favourite. The songs, oh the songs. Songs that make you…
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EP08 - The Lady J Podcast
China was the worst. Well, to be fair, not necessarily the worst. But, of all the countries I performed in when I was touring, it was definitely my least favourite. Frankly, the sole redeeming feature of my 6-month Chinese experience was that I met Carrie and her husband, Joe, on my first night...
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EP07 - The Lady J Podcast
In the wee hours of a mid-January morning in 2015 I landed in Dubai with my band, ready to begin a long sought-after residency at The Music Room, one of the city’s most interesting and prestigious live music venues. A few hours later we met Romario Fernando, the resident soundman, for our first...
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EP06 - The Lady J Podcast
It’s a friendly takeover! Aston Wylie hosts a very special episode of The Lady J Podcast, interviewing Felix, my husband-slash-guitarist-slash-business partner, and me about our career together over the last two decades. Felix and I have been together since 2006, running a business and performing...
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EP05 - The Lady J Podcast
In this episode, Chris Santillán, musical director, pianist, and educator, proves how far a formal musical education can take you, if you “know your why”. Chris has spent his career telling stories through music, on tour and at sea, and he walks us through some of the highlights of his career as...
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EP04 - The Lady J Podcast
In this episode, Timo Higgs, DJ and producer, percussionist, music curator, lyricist, poet, and event organizer, shares how challenging life can be as an entrepreneur in a creative field, when you’re working from home… with your toddler. Timo’s been working in the music industry for twenty-five...
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EP03 - The Lady J Podcast
In this episode, Aston Wylie, singer-guitarist, songwriter, and fellow parent-of-a-small-child shares his conviction that original music belongs everywhere, including at cover gigs. Aston talks about his journey writing and playing his own music, when being a solo performer becomes a juggling…
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EP02 - The Lady J Podcast
I’m Lady J (onstage) and in the two decades that I’ve been a full-time gigging musician I’ve played nearly 3000 shows with my husband-slash-guitarist-slash-business partner. We live in Dubai with our two kids, and we continue to perform hundreds of shows per year. I firmly believe that there is...
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EP00 - The Lady J Podcast
Lady J is a singer with two decades and nearly 3000 shows of live onstage experience leading cover and function bands. Get to know her here in her introductory episode, live from home in Dubai. In future episodes, Lady J will be having conversations with her fellow musicians and other music...
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Is it possible to sustain a music career playing live gigs? YES. Lady J hosts conversations with fellow musicians and music industry professionals about how to get more gigs, get better gigs, and live a fulfilling and financially rewarding life as a pro musician. Because live music matters.
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