Am I Famous Yet? Memoir of a Working-Class Rock Star

Tailoring Talk w. Roberto Revilla - Tailoring the Memoir of a Working-Class Rock Star with Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley The Rock N Roll Tailor meets the Funkboy Bassist this week as Roberto is joined all the way from New York by musician Ivan Bodley! Ivan is a seasoned bass guitar player and music director. He has performed with over 50 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and over a dozen Broadway shows. He has performed with a host of musical legends including Sting, Elvis Costello, The Temptations, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge, Bo Diddley, Carlos Santana, and U2's The Edge. He has played Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Centre, performed on Broadway in Rock of Ages, Spider-Man and Kinky Boots, on TV with Conan O'Brien and Craig Ferguson… We could go on and on! He recently released his book "Memoir of a Working-Class Rock Star", the tale of his life to the present day, rich with so many stories from a rollercoaster ride of a career. With so many lessons in persistence and overcoming adversity to achieve your dreams, this is one episode you do not want to miss! Enjoy! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1716147/9704101 IG @therobertorevilla TW @ItsBobbyRevilla --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

In Episode 18 of The Brainwave Podcast, host Gail Hulnick talks with bass player Ivan Bodley (aka Funkboy) about his career as a musician, songwriter, producer, music director, and working-class rock star. Ivan has performed with Sting, Sam Moore, Gloria Gaynor, Martha Reeves, and 50 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. In the interview, we talk about the inspiration for one of his latest songs, "Crabwalk," about working on music remotely after Covid shut down live performances and in-person songwriting sessions, and about the day-to-day life of the professional musician. Ivan hosts a podcast called "Am I Famous Yet?" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/am-i-famous-yet-memoir-of-a-working-class-rock-star/id1540160547 He's also written a book called "Am I Famous Yet? Memoir of a Working-Class Rock Star." www.funkboy.net The Brainwave Podcast is presented and produced by WindWord Group Publishing & Media. https://www.windwordgroup.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

This is a great conversation with my new pal Greg Potters at the AlbumReview.Net podcast. Greg says: "In this episode, Ivan and I will talk about his life as a professional musician on the road and in the studio as portrayed in his book. With a career that has taken him to more than 29 countries playing to audiences of up to 82,000 people, it is no wonder that Ivan “Funkboy” Bodley is truly a working-class rock star." www.albumreview.net @albumreviewnet Get my book: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

A week in the life of a working musician that included a closing night off-Broadway, a late-night shift on Bleecker Street, a Russian wedding on Long Island with a maitre 'd from hell, and the inevitable blisters gained from practicing upright bass. Get my book: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

Stories from a few weeks back about Subbing over to the Broad Way on "Ain't Too Proud, the Life and Times of the Temptations" and "Regina Comet" just off the Broad Way. Backing 12 doo-wop acts in 3 shows over 2 days in Atlantic City testing sight-reading survival skills. Photo with Bobby Rydell Get my book: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

Three days of no sleep. A wedding gig in Florida. Subbing on an off-Broadway show. Playing with Vincent Pastore aka "Big Pussy." Shaking 20 months of rust off preparing to once again sub in a pit over to the Broad Way and deal with a show bass that feels like wrestling a bear. Get my book: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

First time subbing on a new off-Broadway show. Flying to Mexico to get on a cruise ship. Lost at sea with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Little Anthony. Straight off the boat to a wedding gig in Florida. Back to NYC for my second time subbing on the off-Broadway show. Get my book: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

A stressful week! Learning a new off-Broadway musical 10 days before my first time subbing. A 40-year-old bass spontaneously popped off it's bridge and sent it clattering to the floor. Double gig days and late-night shows. Jay & the Americans concert. And a wedding gig where one of the musicians was in the wrong key for a stunning amount of time and couldn't seem to hear it. Get my book: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

Trying to learn a new musical and re-learn an older one, including very rare bass player on stage choreography. Suddenly feeling over-extended after 15 months of doing nothing. Another 20-hour workday. Performing with a nine-piece band of strangers. And crack of dawn flights to play with Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. Get my book: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

Rants and ruminations from the week in review. A rare triple that became a 22-hour workday ending with a 4 a.m. subway ride home. A same-day round trip to Massachusetts and back for a wedding gig. Watching the making of a preventable clam onstage. Hiring an expensive band for a wedding and then playing the first dance and parent dances as mp3s. And ending the week with a case of laryngitis. Get my book: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

In which I have only two gigs in a week, get asked to write charts that never get used, enjoyed my first post-pandemic traffic jam, played a 7-hour gig, dodged coyotes & bears, and had my first encounter with live on-site butchers. Get my book: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

Notable events for the week included fake it 'til you make it at a jam session. A great viewing party for The Tony Awards. Wedding musicians who seem allergic to doing homework for a job at which they were being highly paid. A finicky request list from a fastidious couple that required an epic song transcription. And an orthodox wedding at which the groom wanted to sing "Fly Me to the Moon" and where law enforcement was nearly summoned, though not for the singing. Get my book here: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The stress of self-quarantine after a Covid exposure scare that jeopardized an entire Broadway production. Playing an event that billed itself as Disney World but with guns. Driving 5,000 miles in just two months. Playing a 5-1/2 hour wedding gig that made my hand seize up. Flying in a small plane into a dangerous line of thunderstorms. And finally getting to witness my lovely partner's debut in a new show over to the Broad Way. Get my book here: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

A lunchtime gig for pensioners who left as soon as the free food ran out. Cancellation due to a Hurricane. The most popular wedding night of the year. Frustration with professionals who don't do their homework. Rage at selfish people who jeopardize my ability to make money. Get my book here: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

This is a super fun conversation with my old pals from New Orleans, the very charming and entertaining Paul Sanchez and Mike Mayeux. We talk about my book, the music biz, life, the universe, and everything. Pour yourself another cup of coffee and check it out. Get my book here: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

This eventful gig week involved drunk, rude, and entitled wedding guests, a head injury resulting in blood on a fancy tennis court, a Father of the Bride who fancied himself a guitarist, me pretending to be a Cessna charter flight co-pilot, people on Nantucket refusing to greet strangers cordially, plumbing problems in a B&B, my car frame grounding out on a curb, and an expensive and very heavy bag of drum hardware dropped into the Atlantic Ocean, straight down to Davy Jones' Locker. Get my book here: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

This is a rebroadcast of an episode of Good Talk with Donnie Vapor and Robin Eve originally aired on Strong Island Television Oct. 11, 2020. Donnie was a great friend of mine who has since passed on. I really enjoyed this conversation with him. He was also kind enough to play my song "Look at That Cookie" in the episode as well as to replay one of the chapters from my book "Am I Famous Yet?" RIP, Donnie, you were a good man! Get my book here: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

A gig at the Minnesota State Fair with Little Anthony & the Imperials complete with Jumbotron, getting "recognized" in airports and hotels, gig cancellations, and subsequent rescheduling. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

In which I discuss Covid testing required for international travel, a one-nighter wedding gig in Tuscany, and getting off a flight from Rome and going straight to a gig. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

This week I detail a jam session in Manhattan, a classic rock gig at a biker (adjacent) bar, multiple Covid tests for gig protocols, writing copious charts in preparation, a wedding in Massachusetts with questionable catering, and a little schadenfreude at the misfortune of others... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been with me on this entire journey. What a strange and fun life it continues to be. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

First concert back from the pandemic with Jay & the Americans in Buffalo, NY. A visit to the final resting place of Rick James. A pool party at a billionaire's crib. And more overnight drives through the countryside on the highways and byways. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I attempt to extract life lessons from my aspirations to be a professional musician. Has it all been worth it? It is worthwhile even doing it? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

Wherein I recount a jam session gig featuring "Sir Duke" in the key of A, and a road trip to Napa, CA, on very little sleep for a fundraiser where I enjoyed a brief encounter with a drug-addled maniac. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail a particularly memorable gig celebrating an historic event by performing with three Rock & Roll Hall of Famers in one night. It was a career-high punctuated with a final indignity. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

More tales from the road describing the trials and tribulations of playing in a house band for a blues jam, then a cabaret show with a Tony-nominated Broadway star, a double on Bleecker Street playing in funk bands, a fundraiser in Connecticut, and a wedding in Maine. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail the daily challenges of being a freelance musician and the motivation it takes to start each day with step one. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

More tales from the road. This week seemed like the first "normal" week back at work since the pandemic. And even though a wedding gig ended with police and EMS responding, it didn't seem out of the ordinary... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The copious logistics necessary to create a ritzy wedding in a remote field at 7,000 feet elevation in the Rocky Mountains. Missed flights. Exercising and performing at altitude and a sound company attitude. Differing levels of road-doggedness noticeable in the touring party. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

Six hours of driving, a six-hour gig, and six more hours of driving all in the same day! Also miscellaneous wedding gig shenanigans therein. www.funkboy.net --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail the notable difference between playing in the backing group versus being an actual member of a band. My book is available at www.funkboy.net --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

In which I discuss outdoor gigs, weather permitting. Entertaining late-night drunks, the importance of setlists, learning how to improvise cohesive song endings onstage (or not!), and the necessary skills and occasional impediments involved with ascertaining the exact hours of an engagement. My book is available at www.funkboy.net --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail incidents where immediate remuneration at the completion of my duties is neither forthcoming nor expedient. Get the book at: www.funkboy.net --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

This week I detail long hours in the car, a country club with in-house noise police, witnessing a traffic stop that was a guaranteed trip to jail, hiring a drummer in Italy via smartphone while underground on the NYC subway, and the definitive answer to the question: how many bandmembers does it take to push the play button on a karaoke track? My book is available at www.funkboy.net --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

My former boss, Martha Reeves of the Vandellas, says some very kind words about my playing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail what it's like to be a substitute musician on a circus gig. Further expounded upon is the fondness I develop for the show's star dromedary and his tale of woe. My book is available here: www.funkboy.net #AmIFamousYet #WorkingClass #RockStar #bassplayer #music #memoir #podcast #musician #rockandrollhalloffame #rocknroll #jazzfunk #QuarantineSessions #MusicFromTheVaults #broadwaymusicals #jazz #fenderbass #musicismylife #BassLessons #bassist #jazzmusic #jazzmusicians #broadway #contemporaryjazz #funkmusic #precisionbass #musicaltheatre #bassistsofinstagram #musicvideo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

Road stories of the week including 9 hours of driving to a wedding gig, a monsoon that almost canceled the entire event, a guitar player who made some interesting decisions on the gig, a drunken patron who wanted to sit in with the band, and a curious case of indecent exposure among the extremely rich. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I recount many summer concerts in New York City backing legends of soul music including one show that almost ended in a duel with pistols. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

I'm trying something new here. Now that the gigs have returned post-pandemic lockdown, I have decided to regale you with a synopsis of the week's notable events in the life of a working-class musician. The full season of "Am I Famous Yet?" will continue having chapters released on Fridays for an additional eight weeks. After that, I plan to send some re-broadcasts of podcasts where I was a guest down this feed. As always, my book is available via www.funkboy.net. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail specific incidences of receiving very confusing instructions in the form of printed sheet music. My book is available at: www.funkboy.net --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The brief chapter in which I recount a brief incident of receiving a brief from a fellow traveler. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I explore the phenomenon of people remembering my face for some reason when I don't necessarily remember theirs. I detail one jarring incident when I had forgotten meeting a celebrity who nonetheless remembered meeting me. And he had the receipts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail the surprising frequency with which I am assaulted by this question and the variety of people who are insisted upon as answers to this question. It's never flattering. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail the social hierarchy almost universally imposed upon lowly musicians at catering halls and the hoops that must be jumped through not to get yelled at by random people who aren't even your direct employers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The episode in which I give thanks to my viewers and give an update about the status of the physical publication of the book, which is now finally available here: https://funkboynyc.wixsite.com/funkboy/am-i-famous-yet --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail various phenomena that greet a weary traveler upon first walking in the door of a new establishment, which is something as musicians we do constantly, ranging from rare warm welcomes to odd and belligerent reprimands that usually have nothing to do with us. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail the shenanigans that are specific to Russian wedding gigs and how it is possible for a mother of the bride to lip-synch a selection from "Phantom of the Opera" completely without irony. "Am I Famous Yet?" is now also available in BOOK form! https://funkboynyc.wixsite.com/funkboy/am-i-famous-yet --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I detail the many kinds of private parties and the resulting shenanigans therein. A Funeral Directors' convention? You bet! Also, my book is finally available! Get your copy here: https://funkboynyc.wixsite.com/funkboy/am-i-famous-yet --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

What do Santana, Keith Richards, Joan Jett, Chic, Wilson Pickett, Stanley Clarke, and Rod Stewart all have in common? The chapter in which I quantify my greatest misses. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The dirtiest and also the shortest chapter in the book. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support

The chapter in which I am fired not once but twice from the same gig. I'm hoping to be rehired so that I can be refired for a record third time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivan-bodley/support