Supporting this show lets me keep this podcast 100% free. I don’t want to put up a paywall, or even a partial paywall, like other podcasts are doing. But the truth is, running this show is W-A-A-Y beyond a full-time business, as far as time, effort, and expenses go.

And when you consider you pay for audio books, Sirius, music services and every other form of quality entertainment… paying for access to over 900 shows and dozens of hours a month of freshly created audio & video content you can’t get ANYWHERE else… supporting this show makes total sense.

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Background:

The first broadcast of this show was on August 31, 2017. 900 shows later, it’s grown to be not only the largest and most popular podcast in the guitar niche, but according to Voxalyzer, ELG is in the top 1% of all podcasts and the most prolific musician interview show. I’ve interviewed side men, side women, and artists in genres from bluegrass to metal, and from more than 25 different countries. To keep it interesting, roughly 15% of my guests play instruments other than guitar, or are well-known & successful music insiders like producers & engineers

I support my guests. In an era where the opportunity for direct promotion is shrinking daily, I really go out of my way to help my guests promote any new record, products, services or events they have going on. After all, getting turned on to new music is one of the many benefits of listening to this show.

I enjoy the community growing around the show. I’ve found musicians and music fans to be some of THE most open-hearted and open-minded people around. We also get a steady stream of comments and input from listeners by email, on social media, and on YouTube. I do my best to respond to most of them, and have developed a warm rapport with many of the shows listeners.

The Bottom Line: As you can imagine, producing so many shows, each one being between 1 1/2 & 2 1/2 hours long, on average, isn’t easy. Between booking guests, preparing for interviews and researching guest’s backgrounds… doing the interviews and editing the audios & videos… the amount of time and cost on my end, and for other staff, is staggering.

Here, these are real numbers, just to give you an example of one of the tasks involved: to get my first 500 guests, I’d estimate I had to make 750 calls or texts and send out over 1500 emails. But… I also reached out to another 500 people, who were either not interested in coming on the show, or who simply couldn’t do it. These contacts required almost as many calls, texts and emails. And that’s just ONE aspect of the show.

Not to mention, maintaining the website, getting the show distributed, maintaining social media presence, advertising and marketing costs, and so on. And advertising revenues only cover so much.

Loads of listeners have asked me how they can support the show, how can they thank me for what I’m doing, and for the community we’re building together. Now you can do all of this, right here on this page.

FAQs

Can I cancel or change my monthly support? Yes, of course. You can do both – simply email support AT everyonelovesguitar.com

Is my payment information safe and secure? Yes. Transactions are processed by Stripe, one of the biggest online (and now offline) credit card processors. They are under constant scrutiny to keep up with the absolute latest and most stringent security standards in the card-processing industry.

When will I be charged? You will be charged when you put your transaction through, and you’ll receive a confirmation email receipt

What currency are the transactions in?  US Dollars

Can I get a refund? You can cancel any future credit card debits, but we are unable to refund payments that have already been processed.

Please email support AT everyonelovesguitar.com for any other info, and thanks for supporting the show!