Extra Awesome: Ditching the day job to follow your passion with Nick Clark

Sorta Awesome

Cloud10

Education, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Today we are releasing the first episode of the Extra Awesome bonus episode series! Megan asked musician Nick Clark of the band Progger to join us on the show to talk about how he went from being a semiconductor engineer to a full-time musician in Austin, TX. Nick's story is fascinating and full of joy, and we hope it is inspiring to you today. SHOW NOTES: Texas State University BobcatsSXSW music festivalBryan Donohoe and Snarky PuppyParamoreThe Funky KnucklesD'AngeloProggerMusic.com Find Nick at @ncbassphysics You can find Megan on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.2	Hey everyone I'm Megan Teak and this is Extra Awesome. A series of bonus episodes from Sorta
1:09.3	Awesome designed to bring even more awesome into your life.
1:14.4	Today's show features musician Nick Clark,
1:17.1	a bassist with the band Proger.
1:19.5	Fans of Sorta Awesome will know that Proger allowed us us to use the song Strut for the show's music.
1:25.3	And today, Nick is going to tell us a little bit about how the band got together.
1:30.7	He'll also share his story of going from a semiconductor engineer to a full-time
1:36.6	musician in Austin, Texas. He'll also let us in on the most awesome part of
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