The MoneyGigs
By gigging musicians, for gigging musicians.
Episodes
12 episodes
Joe Cowels - The Playing Part's Free
Joe Cowels has played over a hundred shows a year for two decades, from dive bars to studio sessions, and he's got the stories to prove it. Including the one where a venue owner sat him down at a desk with a notebook and a pistol to talk about ...
Heart Attacks, Mosh Pits & the Gig Life - with JR Stoffel of BYNHOPOD.COM
JR Stoffel has been at Crutchfield since June 3rd, 1996 — 30 years of training people to talk about audio gear — and he still comes home at 2 AM most nights. He's a drummer, a musical theater performer, a disc golfer, a Toastmasters president, ...
Phil Carillo - Me No Play, Me No Roof
Phil Carillo has spent 45 years gigging in Southern California on steel pan and vocals — and he's the rare working musician who figured out ...
Dan Karlsberg — The Playing Was Never the Problem
Dan Karlsberg has been playing Cincinnati for a long time — CCM (University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music) grad, seven albums, and teaches piano to students from age four to ninety-one. He just released a solo record called Ro...
Jim Pelz — Starting Over at 35: Reinvention, Resilience, and the Real Business of Gigging
Jim Pelz started as a jazz trombonist in Boston, moved to Cincinnati, and then a rare neurological condition robbed him of his embouchure. Instead of quitting, he picked up the guitar and basically started over at 35. Today he plays the gigs he...
Jan Diehl: What 50 Years of Gigging Actually Teaches You
Jan Diehl has been playing professionally since he was 12 years old. Saxophone, clarinet, flute, bass — 50 years of gigs, 35 years as a music educator, and more wisdom per sentence than most podcasts deliver in an hour.I showed Jan my ap...
Understanding Your Gigs: Touring and Funding Tips with Gregory McKillop
Know your worth—see your real hourly rate and help fellow musicians avoid flying blind by rating the venues you play.🍎
Know Your Worth: Why Partnership Beats the "Homebody Culture" in 2026
Most gigging musicians spend years mastering their craft, but zero hours learning the actual economy of the rooms they play. In an era where post-pandemic "homebody culture" is the new norm, simply showing up and playing a good set isn't enough...
Cincinnati Musician Tracy Walker on Why Venues Don't Value You (And How to Change That)
Cincinnati music legend Tracy Walker has been gigging professionally for 25 years — and she's learned exactly which venues are worth your time, how to know your value, and when to walk away. We talk grocery store gigs, why musicians can't save ...
The Venue Was Packed. The Check Still Bounced. | Cybele McGazi
Cybele McGazi is a veteran of the Greater Cincinnati music scene — singer, keyboardist, SCPA alum, and the woman running the live music department at Lytle Park Hotel. She wrote and produced her own album at 27, raised her kids through COVID wh...
The Musician Who Wears Every Hat | Nicki Sage
Nicki Sage is a singer, songwriter, dancer, photographer, cinematographer, and self-producing artist who has built a full music career across Nashville, Chicago, and now Cincinnati. We talk about why the singer-songwriter lane is oversaturated,...
