145 – Ganesh Giri Jaya Pt. 1: Making His Living With Cover/Tribute Bands, Leading and Singing from the Drums, Yoga and Spiritual Practice | Working Drummer podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
145 – Ganesh Giri Jaya Pt. 1: Making His Living With Cover/Tribute Bands, Leading and Singing from the Drums, Yoga and Spiritual Practice
Ganesh Giri Jaya was born in New Orleans, moved to Atlanta at age 16, spent his early 20’s in L.A. and Portland, and ultimately returned to Atlanta where he has remained for the past 25 years. His career has usually found him drumming and/or singing in cover and tribute bands of various types. He was one of the original members of Yacht Rock Revue and for the past few years has been the singer, drummer, and leader of its overflow band, Yacht Rock Schooner. Those bands and a few others are under the umbrella of the entertainment company PleaseRock. In his mid 20s, he was introduced to yoga and soon delved deeper into it, beyond the physical practice most of us have done at least once, and into the spiritual, emotional and psychological lessons it has to offer.
In this podcast, Ganesh talks about:
The origins of Yacht Rock Revue and Yacht Rock Schooner
The popularity of cover/tribute bands, and their market value vs. original artists
Social media marketing strategies
How over-preparing allows you to play through nerves
His process for learning songs
Our mutual admiration of Levon Helm
His yoga practice
Playing with bassist Khari Simmons
This episode is sponsored by Crush Drums
