Miguel de Maria, Elegant Spanish Guitar

Leaving A Boring Desk Job To Make A Living Playing Spanish Guitar At Events

April 19th, 2021
$3K
revenue/mo
1
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Miguel de Maria, ...
from Tempe, Arizona, USA
started February 2004
$3,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
0
Employees
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

I’m Miguel de Maria, and I started a freelance guitar performance company. I provide live Spanish guitar background music for weddings and corporate events and bring in about $3000 a month.

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What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?

I worked a desk job out of college and hated it, so I began tending bar nights. As chance would have it, one of the places I worked had live entertainment--a Spanish guitar duo. I loved the atmosphere they created, and, being a guitarist myself, would sometimes sit in when things were slow behind the bar. One month, the normal musicians went on vacation to Spain, and the backup band had some problems. I went up on stage and helped them out, and just kept playing!

Whenever I play a gig, I view it as an opportunity to get more...

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