The Real Gig with Bret Alexander
Pennsylvania songwriter Bret Alexander keeps it real about what it’s actually like to be a working musician. He’s bringing along friends who’ve survived the grind to swap stories and share laughs. Tune in for unfiltered chats, wild tales, and a dose of hard-earned wisdom from the trenches of the music world.
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This week on TRG - Jeremy Hummel returns to the podcast for part two of life as a drummer 101.
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This week on TRG - Bret is back in the studio with original member of Breaking Benjamin, pro drummer, and rockstar educator Jeremy Hummel.
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This week on TRG - Bret goes into the technical pieces of building a song by walking us through the making of his new song “Villain”.
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This week on TRG - Bret switches things up in the first ever solo episode of the podcast!
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This week on TRG - Bret & his partner in crime Paul Smith return to the podcast studio.
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This week on TRG - Bret & his partner in crime Paul Smith return to the podcast studio to discuss the illusion of one hit wonders, and the value of choosing the right mentors.
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This week on TRG - Mike Naydock joins Bret for Part 2 of the songwriters reunion.
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This week on TRG - Mike Naydock joins Bret in the studio to discuss their co-writing history, and how the beauty in music is what the audience takes from it.
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This week on TRG - Dustin Douglas from The Electric Gentlemen returns for part 2 of these guitar guys pow wow.
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This week on TRG - Dustin Douglas from The Electric Gentlemen sits in the hot seat to talk the real money making driver in the music industry.
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This week on TRG - Nyke Van Wyk joins us in the studio for Part 2 as we continue to discuss the beauty of unpolished sounds in the studio and on stage.
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This week on TRG - the man, the myth, the legend…Nyke Van Wyk joins us in the studio as we chime in on the value of making mistakes, and making them intentionally!
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This week on TRG - Paul Smith returns to the podcast hot seat, as these two dive into some of the tough love lessons from the recording studio.
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This week on TRG - Bret is joined by Chad Evans to talk about how overnight sensations used to really happen, and learning how to adapt to the new ways of the music industry.
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This week on TRG - Bret is joined by Jack Pyers to chat prison gigs & doing God’s work…all in one weekend.
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This week on TRG - Bret & Paul are finally talking… gigs?
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This week on TRG - Bret & Paul talk first time working with an actual producer and explain how music creation isn’t much different than building a house. Did we mention there was a snake?
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This week on TRG - Paul Smith returns to talk all things failure (no, but really). We learn about how entering the music world truly isn’t luxury, but accounts for some of the best dinner table stories (that is, if you can afford one)….
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