{"id":6555,"date":"2022-10-25T14:46:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/25\/musician-horror-stories\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T14:46:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:46:24","slug":"musician-horror-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/25\/musician-horror-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician Horror Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Imagine you wake in a strange dimension and realize you\u2019ve been transformed into\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">\u2026 an independent musician!!! <\/span><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Scary, right?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">In this Halloween-themed episode of the DIY Musician Podcast, we tell musician horror stories. <\/span><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">The kinds that are common amongst indie artists, plus a few uncommonly strange and disastrous stories submitted by listeners. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 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href=\"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/25\/musician-horror-stories\/#What_are_some_of_your_musician_horror_stories\" >What are some of your musician horror stories?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Youll_hear_cautionary_tales_about\"><\/span>You\u2019ll hear cautionary tales about:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Signing bad contracts<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Producers claiming to own your music <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Misalignment with your manager or agent<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Spending too much and hating the results<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Hard drive crashes!<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Stolen trailers, stolen gear<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Conflict with collaborators and bandmates<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Bad press meltdowns<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Live concert mishaps<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Becoming a Frankenstein of ego and insecurity<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">The most embarrassing soundcheck ever<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Holding bandmates hostage\u2026 literally<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Awkward interviews<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Drunken accidents, head injuries, and more<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">Getting lost (on stage!)<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\">A burning bus<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_some_of_your_musician_horror_stories\"><\/span>What are some of your musician horror stories?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Or call our listener line at 360-524-2209.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/diymusician.cdbaby.com\/music-career\/musician-horror-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musician Horror Stories<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/diymusician.cdbaby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIY Musician<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine you wake in a strange dimension and realize you\u2019ve been transformed into\u2026 \u2026 an independent musician!!! Scary, right? In this Halloween-themed episode of the DIY Musician Podcast, we tell musician horror stories. The kinds that are common amongst indie artists, plus a few uncommonly strange and disastrous stories submitted by listeners. You\u2019ll hear cautionary tales about: Signing bad contracts Producers claiming to own your music Misalignment with your manager or agent Spending too much and hating the results Hard drive crashes! Stolen trailers, stolen gear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-seo-blogs"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":false,"author_link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/author\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}