Transitioning From Being a Local to Touring Band with James Baney

James Baney was the keyboardist and a founding member of The Devil Wears Prada. He had the opportunity to travel the world while getting paid to playing music. In this episode of Hear&See we talk about setting goals as a band and implementing them, navigating a music career and skills you can learn while touring. During my conversation with James we talk about topics such as:

Setting goals as a band and implementing them
Navigating a music career
And skills you can learn while touring

This was a special interview for me since my introduction to live local music was a concert James was playing. Following his career from being a local musician to professional has given me a great perspective on what that career path can look like. I hope this conversation gives you that perceptive too. Let’s get into it.

Something I hope that everyone can take away from this conversation is how having a goal and building yourself up can help fulfill that goal. I want to challenge you to come up with a business plan for your band and have members take ownership of one role to push the band forward. Share your results of what changed after a few weeks of implementing your business plan by emailing us at [email protected] or telling us on Twitter @hearseeco.

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Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by McKinney Botts at Winter’s End Audio Productions.

Special thanks to our friends in Champion Electric for the use of their song Apej in Season 2 of Hear&See.

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Thank you for listening. Go be an inspiration to others. I’ll see you next time!