Episode 16 - Crusasis - On never being able to quit music even if you want to

This week I am chatting with Ryan Smith of the band Crusasis. This episode hits super close to home cause Ry is my boyfriend and bandmate, but he has a really interesting perspective with music because he has played many different instruments in many different genres in many different ways. He's done: 

• Jazz/Wedding/R&B gigs on sax
• Busking in NYC
• Hired gun gigs on drums
• Singing/screaming/drumming in a DIY metal band
• Touring in the US and Europe
• Singing and playing guitar in Crusasis
• Months in the open mic scene in Hungary
• Music in the mountains of California
• DIY recording
• A ton of drumming for my band Francie Moon

We also chat about a time in life where he stepped away from his life in music as he knew it and found himself making music anyway wherever he was. We chat about how if you are a musician, it is always a part of who you are, but you also need to care for the other aspects of your identity as well. 

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About the podcast: Host and musician Melissa Lucciola talks with signed and DIY musicians from around the world about their lives behind the scenes. From maxing out credit cards, sleeping on floors, sharing beds and having the whole band get paid $250 to play Madison Square Garden, you will hear the in's and out's of life on and off the road and the real struggles of the modern day musician. 

Third intro song is "Wind Strings" by Francie Moon
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