(Don’t) Quit Your Day Job
by Paul Neil
July 17, 2025 10:00 pm
Did you move to LA in the 80’s to make it on Sunset Strip? There are many stories about making music for a living. Sometimes you need a day job and sometimes you play the worst gig. Let’s talk about the stuff that happened with people who have “made it” or “come close” or played to a dog in an otherwise empty room. There are funny and enlightening stories out there, so I started a podcast to tell these stories.
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