Michael "Fish" Herring: Making a living as a Musician

<p>What do Justin Timberlake, Prince, New Kids On The Block, Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys Dru Hill, Idina Menzel, Lady Antebellum, Dropkick Murphys, TLC, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, and Sir Elton John have in common? When they need a guitarist, none of them call me. But they all call “Fish”. For more visit <a href='http://www.colorblindfish.com/'>www.colorblindfish.com</a>.</p> <p>In This Episode</p> <ul><li>00:00 - Meet Michael “Fish” Herring</li> <li>03:00 - Starting out and finding your own voice in music</li> <li>08:00 - Hitting the road for the first time</li> <li>12:00 - Marriage, family life and rock and roll</li> <li>15:00 - Making the move to LA</li> <li>21:00 - Playing with Prince</li> <li>25:00 - Playing on The Thong Song with Sisqo on Saturday Night Live</li> <li>27:30 - Touring with New Kids On The Block</li> <li>34:00 - Life on the road</li> <li>37:00 - The legal side of the music business</li> <li>41:00 - Beyond playing music: Producing, recording, mixing, artist development, scoring film & tv</li> <li>46:00 - Managing and balancing it all</li> <li>57:00 - Advice for aspiring musicians.</li> </ul> <p><a href='https://www.chroma-projects.com'>M</a><a href='https://www.makingalivingshow.com/'>aking A Living Show</a> is produced by <a href='https://www.nemedia.ca/'>Next Exit Media</a> and hosted by <a href='https://www.robilevy.com/'>Robi Levy</a>.</p> <p>Listen to the show on <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/making-a-living-show/id1508754047'>Apple</a>, <a href='https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL21ha2luZ2FsaXZpbmdzaG93L2ZlZWQueG1s'>Google</a>, <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/0piDgPJj0ktIZB91I0FbVo'>Spotify</a>, <a href='https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/making-a-living-show'>Stitcher</a>, <a href='https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-making-a-living-show-68316812/'>iHeartRadio</a>, <a href='https://makingalivingshow.podbean.com/'>Podbean</a>, <a href='https://radiopubli