Cover Band Confidential's Podcast (Music Business, Gigging Tips & Making Money as a Musician)
Jul 17, 2026 · 42 min · 11 segments
Adam arrives at this week’s episode suffering from meat sweats and a pair of thoroughly abused shins. Dan is helping his daughter learn bass, Adam’s son has discovered what a $3,500 Dingwall feels…
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Dan ReaHost
But this week, we're going to talk about something that I feel personally, and I'm sure everybody else has been through this before.
I touched on this briefly last week that we played this 4th of July thing and I hurt myself.
The short story goes, I was backstage, side stage, what have you, you know, it was in a field.
And we were in a trailer that the production company had opened basically just for shade because it was hot or whatever.
I was on like, it was one of those where the back is the ramp and it's secured with like, you know, the cables on both sides.
So I went to go turn to walk off of the ramp, not realizing that there was a cable there.
Like the guys, the guys in my band are like holding my feet, you know, to keep me from like fully busting over.
And I was joking with Amber, like, what part of my, I feel like my shins have suffered more than anything in my music career.
And then I have this big, nasty bruise on my right thigh, like right above my kneecap.
But in that, it kind of sparked a thought and I was like, I mean, I feel like we all have stories about getting hurt at a gig.
But this week, we're going to talk about something that I feel personally, and I'm sure everybody else has been through this before.
I touched on this briefly last week that we played this 4th of July thing and I hurt myself.
The short story goes, I was backstage, side stage, what have you, you know, it was in a field.
And we were in a trailer that the production company had opened basically just for shade because it was hot or whatever.
I was on like, it was one of those where the back is the ramp and it's secured with like, you know, the cables on both sides.
So I went to go turn to walk off of the ramp, not realizing that there was a cable there.
Like the guys, the guys in my band are like holding my feet, you know, to keep me from like fully busting over.
And I was joking with Amber, like, what part of my, I feel like my shins have suffered more than anything in my music career.
And then I have this big, nasty bruise on my right thigh, like right above my kneecap.
But in that, it kind of sparked a thought and I was like, I mean, I feel like we all have stories about getting hurt at a gig.
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