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How To Quit Your Band

Quitting your band can be a hard decision but you can make it easier on everyone by leaving the band [...]

By Matt Rushton | February 3rd, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Band Related, Being A Musician | 2 comments

Playing Any Gig Is Better Than Playing No Gig At All

If you’re a musician, then playing any live band gig at all will help you become a better [...]

By Matt Rushton | September 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Being A Musician, Musicianship | One comment

Thanks To My Father For Supporting My Musical Journey

My tribute to my Father, Allen L. Rushton, for supporting me so much in my musical [...]

By Matt Rushton | June 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Being A Musician, Various Ramblings | 2 comments

How To Deal With An Emergency That Threatens To Cancel A Band Gig

How to deal with having a member of your band unable to play because of an [...]

By Matt Rushton | April 13th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Band Related, Stagecraft | Leave a comment

I'm Thankful For Music

   Thanksgiving week is upon us and I was just thinking about how thankful I am to be a musician and for all the incredible music that we have available to us. It’s really a great time to be a Live Musician with all the fantastic technology available to use in the creation of new [...]

By Matt Rushton | November 24th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Various Ramblings | Leave a comment

Getting Along Is More Important Than Musicianship

   That’s right, getting along is more important than musicianship. This is band chemistry 101 for all you live musicians out there. I’ve played with some of the most incredible musicians I’ve ever heard and I’ve also seen them not able to function in a band for more than a year. The musicians I play [...]

By Matt Rushton | November 7th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Band Chemistry, Band Related, Musicianship, Top Posts Of 2008 | 2 comments

The Crowd At Your Gigs

   The other day I came across a really funny cartoon which depicts the type of crowds that come out to see a rock show. You can check it out here: The Crowd At A Rock Show. It’s really funny because it’s so accurate in it’s depiction of the makeup of a typical rock show [...]

By Matt Rushton | September 19th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Band Related, Being A Musician | 3 comments

Why I Keep Playing Music

   Tonight my band “In Stereo” is playing at Club 90 in Salt Lake City. I’m really looking forward to playing while at the same time dreading all the work that comes with playing a show. I often ask myself  why I keep playing music. There are so many things that are a pain in the butt about playing yet at the same time [...]

By Matt Rushton | August 29th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: Being A Musician | Leave a comment

Movie Review – The Rocker

   I just went and watched the new movie “The Rocker” starring Rainn Wilson of “The Office” fame. A lot of people have been saying the movie is a “School Of Rock” ripoff and even though there are similarities, “The Rocker” has more adult laughs. So being a rocker myself and a fan of Rainn Wilson I [...]

By Matt Rushton | August 26th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Various Ramblings | One comment