Show Notes
What does a contemporary, thriving music career actually look like?
Roberto Hermosillo has built it. He's a GRAMMY-nominated guitarist, studio musician, songwriter, TV actor, and the owner of Roberto's Music Studio, a boutique lessons agency in Santa Monica. In this conversation, Roberto and Eric talk honestly about the multi-hyphenate life: balancing artistry with entrepreneurship, ditching the old music school playbook, and building something that makes you genuinely happy.
In This Episode
- How Roberto went from independent teacher to running a multi-teacher lessons agency… nine iterations in
- The intentional geographic move to Santa Monica and why location strategy matters for music educators
- What he learned writing curriculum for a major guitar brand and why he calls it "a free degree in music education"
- The GRAMMY-nominated Solid Rock Revival project with Alice Cooper, Slash, and Rob Halford
- The difference between followers and fans, and what a real music career looks like today
- Why the old music school playbook feels dated in today's world
- Turning down an arena tour with one of the biggest Spanish-language artists in the world, and why he has no regrets
- The no-physical-location agency model and paying teachers well as a competitive advantage
- J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis as the original multi-hyphenates
- Building a career you actually want… health insurance, a retirement plan, families who love you
Learn more about Roberto's work here.
www.robertosmusicstudio.com
Instagram, FB @soyrobertohermosillo
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