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The Helping Musicians PodcastAuthor: The Helping Musicians Podcast
A weekly musician helping podcast. Your mates who just wanna help ya make a living from your music. Answering the questions you give us, plus getting industry experts to share their tips, stories, and advice. New episodes every week. Key points summarised on the Instagram - @helpingmusicianspod Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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THE MAINE (Pat Kirch) // The Helping Musicians Podcast // Episode 157
Episode 21
Monday, 31 August, 2026
Today's guest is the endlessly wise Pat Kirch - drummer and founding member of The Maine, and the brains behind some of the smartest fan-community moves in modern music.We get into all sorts of value on this show - building a fan base that actually cares, the truth about the 1000 true fans theory, plus why the band edited every music video on their latest album two days before release...THE MAINE INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/themaineband/OUR INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/helpingmusicianspod/Episode Features:Why 50 people buying tickets and 15 of them grabbing a t-shirt is a proper career starting point, not a failureHow the famous "1,000 true fans" essay plays out in real life, 20 years into a band's careerWhy trying to reach everybody means connecting with nobody - and what going deep with a small fan base actually looks likeHow MySpace messages and post-show dinners with fans grew into 8123, a community with its own festival and tattoosWhy fans connect harder when they get to watch you evolve, and why looking a bit DIY early on works in your favourHow building each album into its own era, colours and all, helps fans tie your music to chapters of their own livesWhy every music video from the new album was edited two days before it came out, and why that's the whole pointThe Tour Next Door - why the band's tenth album tour skips the big cities and plays the towns next door insteadWhat playing free shows in mall car parks did as a thank you for ten years of fan supportWhy nothing in your career is as make or break as it feels in the momentNew episodes every Monday x
