Post the Gig, Get the Gig: Social Media for Working Musicians with Edgar Solorzano

You moved to a new city where nobody knows your name. Now what? When Edgar Solorzano left Venezuela for South Florida ten years ago, his answer was simple: hit record. He took a GoPro to a country gig with a band of firefighters, posted the highlights, and kept posting every day: under a minute, the best moment of the night, replying to every comment, even the mean ones. When the only calls were for country gigs, he started posting slap covers of Level 42 and the Red Hot Chili Peppers until the phone rang for everything else. It’s the same move that started it all back home, where a 2006 YouTube video landed him in the busiest band in Maracaibo, playing up to six shows a night.

Then Edgar walks you through the working week: three or more nights of weddings, corporate gigs, casinos and clubs, almost no rehearsals, and what to do when you’ve pulled up the wrong charts for a 35-minute hora. You’ll hear how VAM Band’s system makes a gig easy to walk into, why Edgar turns the nanny tracks off, the in-ear mix where kick and bass melt into one instrument, and the dead-simple rig behind all those gig videos: an Insta360 X6 and a second in-ear receiver on the same channel. There’s also a warning about talkback culture before you go live, and yes, a detour to nerd out on Rush. Post the gig, share the gig, and Always Be Performing.

00:00:00 Gig Gab 559 – Monday, November 9th, 2026


November 9th: World Ballet Day
Guest co-host: Edgar Solorzano



00:02:00 First a full-time student…and posting videos
00:03:45 How I found Edgar (and the Rob Santoro connection)
00:05:04 Starts with Country Gigs
00:06:06 Building your profile


Took my Go Pro, recorded the show



00:09:57 Getting the algorithm to recommend you


Post every day
Be less than a minute
Find a highlight of the night



00:11:19 Reply to everything
00:13:56 The importance of playing multiple styles
00:17:37 Being the youngest member of the band
00:18:44 Publish to YouTube!


Mac Geek Gab 1



00:24:30 Time to Nerd out on RUSH
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00:30:35 Playing at least 3 nights per week


Corporate gigs
Wedding Gigs
Casinos and Clubs
VAM Band
Paid rehearsals



00:32:24 Rarely rehearsing
00:33:25 Trying not to read on gigs
00:37:58 Playing with VAM Band


Adam Moskowitz, The Invisible Conductor – Gig Gab 397
Demolishing Walls & Pulling Teeth with Adam Moskowizard – Gig Gab 425
Tangents, Tracks, and Tenacity – Gig Gab 507



00:40:33 Nanny Tracks
00:43:10 The best in-ear mix


Kick & Bass
Snare, Hi-Hat
Keys & Guitar
Vocals
Drum Overhead & Vocal Reverb



00:46:27 In-ears keep you in control


Mixing yourself



00:49:36 Streetlight, the corporate/casino band
00:51:41 Clicks and tracks are just tools
00:53:04 Recording and Processing and Sharing your gigs


Insta360 X6 – the best for musicians
Two receivers
And the talkback mic



01:00:11 Edgar’s in-ear rig


CTM AS-7 In-Ears
Sennheiser G4



01:04:27 Gig Gab 559 Outro


Contact Edgar Solorzano


EdgarSolorzano.net
IG: @edgar_solorzano
FB: @Edgarflush



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