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I’m going to be frank for a moment. (Then I’ll go back to being James, cue trap set.) I married up. To this day, I’m not 100% certain why my wife Sana married a guy like me. She’s educated, sophisticated, humble, submissive, was taught how to be a decent person – thanks to her mother…

Our days in Vietnam are numbered. While I don’t know the exact number at this moment, the plan was never to stay here indefinitely. A few developments have…developed in the last couple of weeks that lead me to believe we may be cutting out of town sooner than later. That being said, there are a…

Whenever I tell people what I do, namely podcasting, one of the first questions that invariably comes up is… How do you make money with podcasts? Do you get a tiny cut every time someone hits the play button? Do you have any type of agreement with Apple to share revenues? And the list goes on.…

Many moons ago, around April 2016 to be exact, I was fully immersed in hosting and producing the Trumpet Dynamics podcast. Although it’s taken on new life as of late, it wasn’t exactly my top priority for a few years between 2016-21 I published a new episode once per week in those early days. It…

The following is a true story. This past weekend, Sana and I met some of her coworkers for lunch at the nearby mall. It was amazing hot pot (think boiling soup in front of you while you cook meat and veggies yourself) and all in all a good time. After I had had my fill,…

Greetings, amigos. This week’s edition of the musicpreneur.com podcast is just out of the oven and sending it’s warm vibes all over the internet as we speak. Jim Lambie spoke with the great bassist Bryan Beller, founding member of The Aristocrats, and has toured with the likes of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and many others.…

My wife Sana and I just watched the biopic of the great Frank Sinatra on Netflix. If you’re in the market for a great watch, I highly recommend it. I’ve always been a fan of Sinatra, even though he was before my time, and this documentary revealed a lot about his personality, principles, convictions, (sometimes…

This past week, my colleague Jim Lambie sent me a Voxer message about a podcast recording he had just done. Like anyone beginning something brand new like a podcast – especially one that was already going like the musicpreneur.com podcast – Jim is still a bit unsure of himself and was a little bit hesitant…

One of my favorite memories from my childhood was visiting my great uncle Bob at his property in Tenstrike, MN. It’s about a 5 hour drive north of the Twin Cities where I spent most of my childhood. Uncle Bob’s property was very large, probably 10 acres or so, and he loved to garden. He…

I was perusing real estate listings in the Virginia Beach area the other day. That’s where Sana and I will be living permanently once her visa to reside in the U.S. is approved (and we received some good news on that front this past weekend, fingers crossed.) Of course there’s like a kajillion listings, so…