#25 -Gayle Skidmore, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
Photo by Wouter Van Der Linden
Gayle Skidmore has been writing songs all her life, and naturally she feels at home in this freelance musician world that I'm starting to explore myself. Two of her songs are featured in this episode.
00:00 'All My Life'
02:20 Introduction
03:25 Gayle introduces herself
06:13 Inspiring reflections on community
10:45 Being an American entrepreneur in The Netherlands
12:48 StageIt, Patreon, Ko-fi, Spotify...
24:00 All the instruments
29:40 Organising
31:15 'No Ordinary Life'
32:54 Making plans and writing things down
35:26 All the things to spend time on apart from music-making
39:10 Is there still a market for cds and cassettes?
41:14 Being a professional musician
43:05 Alain Souchon, inspiration and changing habits
49:38 What does 'musician' mean?
51:32 'All My Life', continued
52:20 Outro
Gayle's website
Podcast soundtrack by Mohamed Amer.
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