Music On Your Own Terms 126 "Ivan Bodley - Am I Famous Yet?"

Music On Your Own Terms 126 - Ivan Bodley - Am I Famous Yet? Joining me this episode, with a resume as long as your arm, is pro bass player, Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley, who has just released his memoir "Am I Famous Yet?". Ivan shares his music business history starting with college radio, and then working for Epic records, promoting bands like Living Colour. He then discusses what prompted him to go to Berklee to complete his foundational knowledge in order to play for a living instead of promoting other people's music. We hear about his gigs with Sam Moore of Sam And Dave, Bo Diddley, various on and off-Broadway gigs, as well as his more recent touring stint with the reformed Humble Pie prior to the start of the pandemic. Don't miss the Spinal Tap references, how washing dishes at a dude ranch led to buying a Fender P bass, that in turn allowed Ivan to purchase an apartment in Queens, and his grandmother's 102nd birthday! Click here for the main show notes page! Ivan Bodley on the web - http://funkboy.net Ivan Bodley on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ivanfunkboy/ Ivan Bodley on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FunkboyMusic Topics discussed in this episode : Epic Records | Living Colour | Hoobastank | Everclear | The Fillmore | Sun Ra | Sly And The Family Stone | Van Halen | Kool And The Gang | Spinal Tap | SXSW | Sam Moore | Sam And Dave | Rhino | Harry Shearer | Derek's Cucumber | Broadway | This Ain't No Disco | Rock Of Ages | Helen Hayes Theatre | Constantine Maroulis | Joel Hoekstra | Queens | Riq Lazarus | Josh Turner | Mother's Finest | Atlanta Rhythm Section | Gary "Moses Mo" Moore | Jerry "Wyzard" Seay | Rick James | Midnight Special | Wolfman Jack | Berklee | Humble Pie | Greg Ridley | The Queen Extravaganza | Blood Sweat And Tears | Bands With No Original Members | Jerry Shirley | Dave Colwell | Bad Company | Steve Marriott | Peter Frampton | The Shangri-Las | The Marvelettes | The Drifters | The Coasters | The Platters | John Scofield | The Meters | The Neville Brothers | Tipatina's | Aaron Neville | Tulane University | University Of Miami | North Texas State | Will Calhoun | Ed Tomassi | Marbin | Lansdowne Street | Lenny Pickett | SNL | Tower Of Power | Joe Hubbard | Gary Numan | The Cars | Zither | The Who | John Entwistle | Bo Diddley | Motown | Martha Reeves And The Vandellas | The Temptations | Marvin Gaye | Gladys Knight | Stevie Wonder | Steely Dan | Hartke | Tech 21 Fly Rig | Sansamp | DR Strings | Fender | Gretsch | Moxy | Iron Maiden | Crispin Cieo | The Uptown Horns | James Brown | Kenny Soule | Dag | Nantucket | James Dower | Doug Hinrichs | In The Heights Make sure you check out the Support The Podcast Page to get deals on various items mentioned above! --- Support the podcast by buying me a coffee! Thank you! --- Please welcome our new sponsor Ignite Your Music Career! You may remember in episode 90, I chatted to internationally acclaimed musician and educator Craig Dodge, about sync licensing and his course Ignite Your Music Career. Ignite teaches you how to earn more royalties, up front sync fees, and recurring revenue from your music. Learn more or sign up today here! --- Website - http://www.musiconyourownterms.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MusicOnYourOwnTerms/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/musiconyourownterms/