About this podcast
Has your music career become a problem?
Are you nearly famous but also completely broke?
Are your friends and family concerned about your life choices?
Are you desperate to quit but just can’t get off the Rock n Roll Train?
You’re not alone. Rockstars Anonymous is here to help.
Being a musician is hard. Like a crazy rollercoaster of soaring highs and crippling self doubt, it can be impossible to find stability. We’re here to share the ugly truth about the music industry, offer some solutions, and have a laugh about it too. Consider us your music agony aunts. And cheaper than a therapist. So come inside, grab a coffee, and let’s talk about it.
We can take it one gig at a time…
Episodes
The newest 20 of 47 episodes
- Every Rep You Take · 1 h 0 minWhy was Hana’s cello improving faster than her harp when she barely practised it? We talk about making practice count, working on tiny sections, testing your memory and…
- Across the ValueVerse with Aaron of Essex · 1 h 40 minCould the future of independent music exist without Spotify or Meta? This week, we’re joined by Aaron of Essex, host of Into the Valueverse and the man behind the New Music…
- Sweet Extremes are Made of This · 1 h 8 minMusicians have a reputation for taking things too far. Mishkin and Hana would love to tell you they’re sensible exceptions. Unfortunately, this week’s meeting contains evidence…
- Season 5 Teaser · 2 minWe considered getting sensible jobs 💼. Instead, we made Season 5. Teaser episode where we share our rebrand and give a little insight into what you can expect for the following…
- Episode 43 - Staying Afloat (2026 Edition) · 1 h 14 min · Season 4 Episode 4Hana's getting married in two weeks and Mish lost her voice, so naturally we recorded a podcast. This week we're sharing our 10 tips for staying afloat when life and music are…
- Love The Metronome · 1 h 5 minThe metronome has a bad reputation. It's rigid, it's annoying, and it's few people's idea of a good time. In this episode, Hana and Mishkin make the case for why that's a…
- Episode 41 - Holding the Note · 54 min⚠️ This episode contains discussions of pregnancy loss, postpartum mental health, and rage. Please take care listening. This week Hana and Mishkin are joined by Georgia Train —…
- Episode 40 - Zoom In, Zoom Out · 59 min · Season 4 Episode 1Welcome to Season 4 of our podcast and a slight rebrand! After a packed start to the year involving tours, music videos, prison teaching stints, and at least one birthday…
- Episode 39 - Waterfalls, Rivers, and Lakes · 48 min · Season 3 Episode 9Singles, EPs, albums - how do you know what to release, and when? In this episode, Hana and Mishkin break down the case for each format using the only framework that matters…
- Episode 38 - The Starman with Jason Achilles (The King of LA) · 37 minThis week Hana and Mishkin are joined by Jason Achilles - LA producer, session musician to the likes of Dizzy Reed and Jerry Cantrell, and the man behind the microphone NASA sent…
- Episode 37 - Rate & Hate Part 2: The Ten Worst Genres Of All Time · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 7Hana and Mishkin are back with another Rate and Hate, this time tackling the musical genres they'd least like to encounter in this life or the next. Ten genres, no mercy, one…
- Episode 36 - Famous in Five Steps · 1 h 10 min · Season 3 Episode 6Ever wondered why some releases just work whilst others disappear into the void? It's not luck, it's having a system. In this episode, we break down our five-step campaign…
- Episode 35 - A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships · 40 minIn this special episode, all four artists from the upcoming Heart of Darkness tour gather in the Cotswolds to talk about what they're building together. Hana and Mishkin are…
- Episode 34 - Rate & Hate Part 1: The 10 Worst Songs Of All Time · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 4Two musicians who have been forced to play the worst songs ever written at countless weddings finally unleash their rage. From Coldplay to Bruno Mars, we're breaking down exactly…
- Episode 33 - Staying Afloat · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 3Magnesium, manifestation, and getting violently shaken to sleep: 20 musician life hacks In this episode, Mish and Hana share the life hacks that have actually helped them…
- Episode 32 - Pause · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 2Do you have the best job in the world but also want to quit at least once a day? Are you always on the VIP list but somehow end up eating dinner by the bins? Do you ever play…
- Episode 31 - All On Black · 1 h 1 minIn this episode Mishkin and Hana talk about the financial, time, and emotional gambles musicians take - plus the story of how the universe reimbursed £18 worth of pettiness. Do…
- Episode 30 - How to Build an Empire · 57 min · Season 3 Episode 10⚡ Nobody talks about the decade it takes to build an empire ⚡ In this episode we breaking down the three pillars of building a music empire (collaboration, confidence…
- Episode 29 - My Sister, My Lover · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 9Hana and Mish get brutally honest about the complicated intimacy between bandmates—from electric on-stage connections to blurred boundaries, naked music video shoots, and that…
- Episode 28 - The Release Survival Guide · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 8Release days used to savage us - the kind where you refresh social media like a maniac and feel like you've thrown months of work into a digital void. So here we have it: seven…
