#25 -Gayle Skidmore, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist

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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

Analog People

Podcast soundtrack by Mohamed Amer.

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For any comments, my email address is ragnhild@wesenberg.org. You can also find this podcast on Instagram.

Ragnhild Wesenberg

Cellist - finding ways of making a living by doing what I love.

https://ragnhildwesenberg.com
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