On Episode #29 of The Struggle is Real Buffalo Music Podcast, Ryan Gurnett, Will Webb and Nate Noworyta talk with John McLucas of the LA-based, music industry podcast “The Stay Spongy Show”. John gives us an inside look at the music business in La La Land and why working for free isn’t always a bad thing as a musician.

The guys also play music from Previous Love, Over and Out and The Molice along with the previous and upcoming shows for local artists.

0:00 – Cold open
1:06 – Intro
3:20 – Previous Shows
6:10 – MUSIC: “Caffeine” by Previous Love
10:25 – Interview John McLucas
27:30 – MUSIC: “Agree to Disagree“ by Over and Out
30:30 – Interview John McLucas Continued
41:20 – Upcoming Shows
51:55 – MUSIC: “Romancer” by The Molice
56:10 – Housekeeping / End

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Our wonderful announcer Dustin also creates the wonderful Upchuck Theater Podcast, which can be found here.