Audio Story

Grady Byrne is a young guitarist in Nashville, TN. Although there are many ways to make money in this industry, many Nashville musicians play on Broadway to earn their living. Grady describes in this story how he prepares for these shows and what the audience tends to be like in these southern bars.

Script

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“Hi, I’m Grady Byrne. I’m a professional guitarist and I’m going to be talking about playing on Broadway.” -Grady Byrne

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“I️ mean when I’m playing down there, there are lots of hammered people yelling at me to play certain songs or climb up on stage.” -Grady Byrne

[NAT SOUND DRUNK GIRLS ON BROADWAY :05]

“You’ve gotta wait until we get there.” -Performer

“The biggest thing is just learning tunes. There’s a couple of ways you can go about it. If you have friends that play downtown, you can ask them if they have set lists that people send them, or you can just go to Broadway and take note of what tunes there are.”- Grady Byrne

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