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Cover Band Confidential's Podcast (Music Business, Gigging Tips & Making Money as a Musician)

Cover Band Confidential's Podcast (Music Business, Gigging Tips & Making Money as a Musician)

Learn how to make good money playing music!

Coverband Confidential

450 episodesEN-US

Show overview

Cover Band Confidential's Podcast (Music Business, Gigging Tips & Making Money as a Musician) has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 450 episodes. That works out to roughly 290 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 32 min and 47 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Music show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 40 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Coverband Confidential.

Episodes
450
Running
2018–2026 · 8y
Median length
40 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Cover Band Confidential is the podcast for working musicians, bandleaders, and gigging players who want to make more money, book better gigs, build stronger bands, and run their music career like a business.

Latest Episodes

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Episode 449: They Stopped Booking Us. Then They Called Back.

Oct 2, 202640 min

Episode 448: The Keyboard Player Episode: Gear, Parts, Patches & Playing Nice With Guitarists

Sep 25, 202645 min

Episode 447: The Gig Got Rained Out. Then Things Got Ugly. | Mike Schulte (Confused Breakfast / The Pork Tornadoes)

Sep 18, 202640 min

Episode 446: How to Get Your Band Booked—and Invited Back

Sep 11, 202658 min

Episode 445: The Gigs That Remind You Why You Do This

Sep 3, 202653 min

Episode 444: 5 Skills Being in a Band Teaches You (Besides Music)

Aug 28, 202649 min

Episode 443: A Psychologist Explains Why Bands Are So Dysfunctional (with Dr. Jesse Erdheim)

Aug 21, 2026

Episode 442: What Do You Do When Your Regular Gig Disappears?

Aug 14, 202641 min

Episode 441: The Fantasy of the Perfect Band Lineup (and the Trade-Offs You Can’t Avoid)

Aug 7, 202645 min

Episode 440: Fender’s CEO Called Cover Bands “Analog AI”... So We Had to Respond

Jul 30, 202631 min

Episode 439: Musician Burn out? —Or Do You Just Not Want This Anymore?

Jul 24, 202647 min

Episode 438: The Show Must Go On—Even If It’s Trying to Kill You?

Jul 17, 202642 min

Episode 437: Is America Running Out of Fun? What the “Fun Shortage” Means for Working Bands

Jul 10, 202637 min

Episode 436: Local Band, Big Festival: How Cover Bands Earn Their Respect (With Mike Schulte of The Pork Tornadoes)

Jul 3, 202645 min

Episode 435: 10 Things Bands need to STOP DOING

Jun 26, 202655 min

Episode 434: Does Your Cover Band Actually Need a Manager?

Jun 19, 202639 min

Episode 433: 10 Things Every Band Thinks Are Optional (But Aren't) | Solo Episode with Adam

Jun 12, 202645 min

Episode 432: How to Find a New Band Member (Without Losing Your Mind): 12 Steps to Hiring Musicians

Jun 5, 202644 min

Episode 431: Holiday Ketchup (Catsup?) and LBK recap

May 29, 202612 min

Episode 430: 10 Ways Your Band Is Making Itself Harder to Hire

May 22, 202643 min
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