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The Skinny Release "Dig On It" Today!

Source: Pete Zimmer

The Skinny is: Kyle Asche guitar; Ben Paterson Hammond B-3; Jake Vinsel electric bass; and Mike Schlick drums. Formed in 2005, The Skinny became a band in the wake of bassist Jake Vinsel’s inspired association with the legendary James Brown funky drummer Clyde Stubblefield. Guitarist Kyle Asche, one of the most active guitarists on Chicago’s rich Hammond Organ trio scene, brought influence and repertoire from Grant Green, George Benson and Melvin Sparks to the band. Mike Schlick, a longtime cornerstone ...

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Career

The Skinny on Promotional Packages and Booking Agents

The Skinny on Promotional Packages and Booking Agents

Source: MusicianWages.com

OK, you're ready to get out there and perform. You have the skills, you have a promotional kit and you can visualize yourself working five nights a week and making pretty good bread. Your plan is to network with other musicians at jam night and find out who's gigging where and how much they're getting paid. You then cold-call club owners, hotels, event planners and drop off or e-mail your promotional material. They never call you back. You cringe as ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Dig On It

Tippin' Records
2012

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