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# Veteran musician Gary Shea shares lessons learned in new book
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/musician-gary-shea-shares-lesson-learned/
- Published: 2025-06-17T15:24:45.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-17T15:25:01.000Z
- Description: Veteran musician Gary Shea shares lessons learned in his long career performing and recording music around the world in a new book. Shea is a founding member of the bands New England and Alcatrazz, with gold and platinum records to his credit.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Veteran musician Gary Shea shares lessons learned in his long career performing and recording music around the world in a new book. Shea is a founding member of the bands New England and Alcatrazz, with gold and platinum records to his credit.

In **“[No Bass, No Party: Sketches of My Life in Music](https://www.amazon.com/No-Bass-Party-Gary-Shea/dp/0228634563?ref=hypebot.com)“** musician Gary Shea shares lessons learned and stories of what lies in the corners and ‘neath the bright lights of the music business.

For every step forward, Shea says that the industry took two bites of his soul. But he endured and now in the book and in this interview with **Michael Brandvold** and **Jay Gilbert** on the **Music Biz Weekly Podcast,** he reveals all his secrets.

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