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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Guitar strings

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

And your labor


Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 19 books and a long-time entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher.

You can find out more about Seth by reading his daily blog at seths.blog and about the workshops at akimbo.com .

To submit a question and to see the show notes, please visit akimbo.link and press the appropriate button.



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0:00.0

What kind of strings does Bruce Springsteen use on his guitar?

0:03.8

What about Jerry Garcia or Prince?

0:07.0

Three of the biggest grossing live entertainers of our generation.

0:11.6

Hey, it's Seth. And this is a Kimbo.

0:20.1

We'll be back in a second to talk about guitar strings and equity.

0:24.7

But first, here's a message from our sponsor.

0:27.7

This ad is an invitation for people like you to show up,

0:33.0

serve, and support your local public schools to shape our future from the inside.

0:38.0

What is public education for?

0:39.8

The answer to caring educators around the world is that it's four hour students

0:44.4

to build skills and connect with caring adults when they may not be able to go home to one.

0:50.0

Join us in serving students in your community and help them see that people like them

0:54.8

can care about learning and creating, and that people like them can care about each other.

1:01.4

Well, Bruce uses Diadario, Jerry used Vinci, and Prince used DR strings.

1:08.6

And so the question is, if these three artists grossed more than a billion dollars in ticket sales

1:15.3

during their career, what percentage of it ought to go to these guitar string companies?

1:21.2

Because after all, without guitar strings, they're not really able to play.

1:26.5

I got this question from a listener just a couple weeks ago.

1:30.8

Hi, Seth. Eric from Natural Tennessee.

1:33.3

Love the podcast and longtime fan of your work, since I first pulled the unleashing the idea of

1:38.9

Iris at random off of Borders books, shelf, as a senior in high school. Big impact on me at a

1:45.5

crucial time in my life and for that, I'll always be grateful. My question is about compensation.

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