Progressions: Success in the Music Industry

About Progressions: Success in the Music Industry

Conversations exploring creativity, productivity, and career growth in the music industry. Join in each week as Travis sits down with some of the industry’s best and brightest to discuss the mindsets and strategies that they use in their careers every day.

Publisher

Travis Ference

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Sept 2020

Latest episode

9 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 164 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Apr 2026

   What I'm Doing Differently in My Next Studio

   Travis reflects on his new recording studio build and breaks down what he's doing differently this time. In this episode we'll cover: Studio Construction & Acoustics Workflow Optimization Speaker Shootouts Atmos Analog Gear CONNECT: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/appleSpotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify

2. 

   19 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How to Get the Gig: A Musicians Guide

   Dan Kalisher is a Los Angeles based pedal steel, guitar player and producer. As a 15+ year veteran of the studio and touring scene Dan has played for Noah Cyrus, Sabrina Carpentar, Grace Potter, American Idol, and A Complete Unknown Soundtrack. In this episode, you'll learn about: How to be the one that gets the gig Building trust with people in the industry Why networking is a dirty word The 6 Aspects of Instrumental Mastery Finding your niche *** CONNECT WITH DAN: 🌐 Website: https://dankalisher.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dankalisher/ CONNECT: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify

3. 

   17 Jan 2026

   2025: What the Hardest Year of My Career Taught Me

   Travis discusses how the loss of his studio reframed everything he thinks matters to having a successful career in music.

Inside a recent episode

How to Get the Gig: A Musicians Guide

Published 19 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Whatever your niche is, lean into that because that's going to be kind of, you know, uh, like I wouldn't necessarily, um, be as good on like a metal session as my friend, my run, or I wouldn't be as good on, uh, uh, uh, you know, a crazy R and B section session as like my friend, like cam cam Griffin, you know, like great R and B guitar player. Um, Great metal guitar player, whatever it may be. It's like, that's not necessarily my niche, but I have a different niche. So it's like, what's yours? Exactly. Everyone's going to have a different one or a few different ones. And then the third thing is kind of going back to what we talked about before, like the intangible skills, right? […]

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• Ari Herstand
• Jane Doe
• Howard Benson
• Mat Leffler-Schulman
• Andrew Scheps

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5.0 / 5

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