#797 - Bass Player Starts BassLayerz Clothing Hustle
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Sports fans have all kinds of options to showcase their love of the game through apparel. Why can’t musicians have the same?
Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to SideHustle School, my name is Chris Gilapo, and today's story will look at |
| 0:13.7 | a bass player who starts a clothing brand slash hustle called Bass Layers. |
| 0:19.3 | This concept is interesting. |
| 0:20.9 | People routinely wear garments that show their passion for sports, school pride, or certain |
| 0:24.9 | labels. |
| 0:25.9 | Now this bass player, who is also a respiratory therapist by day, wanted a way to wear his |
| 0:30.3 | love for music in the same way that those students or sports fans would. |
| 0:34.0 | So, he got to work with a co-founder to create that clothing line to appeal to musicians |
| 0:38.2 | from all walks of life. |
| 0:39.4 | As a side note, making SideHustle School is like memory lane for me every week, because |
| 0:44.0 | in addition to all the different ideas I learn about that I want to pursue myself, I'm |
| 0:47.8 | often reminded of random projects over the years that I started or tried to start at one |
| 0:51.9 | point long ago I had a business called Cheap Bass Drinks. |
| 0:55.4 | I was a bass player myself in what feels like another life, and I resold electric bass |
| 0:59.9 | strings in bulk. |
| 1:01.5 | So I had that website, and sadly it never really took off, never really got in tune, but |
| 1:05.6 | I did it for I think about three to six months while I was doing some other stuff. |
| 1:09.4 | So fun fact, we're probably never going to profile cheap bass strings on SideHustle |
| 1:12.6 | School since it never really made any money, but it was something I haven't thought about |
| 1:16.0 | in a long time. |
| 1:17.1 | Alright, sports fans have options to showcase their love of the game through a peril. |
| 1:21.4 | Why can't musicians do the same? |
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