{"id":1034,"date":"2019-05-09T05:30:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T12:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mtrushmorepodcast.com\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2022-04-06T06:03:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:03:01","slug":"episode-167-musical-side-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtrushmorepodcast.com\/episode-167-musical-side-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 167: Musical Side Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>If you’re a famous musician, it’s easy to feel like you are doing the same thing over and over. Sometimes you just need to mix it up and do something different. 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