# Street Smart

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Podcast: [The Career Guy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-guy-3712690)
Published: 2025-01-19T18:12:04+00:00
Episode link: https://the-career-guy.simplecast.com/episodes/street-smart-i4nI2u_3
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## Resource

This episode is with Corbett Frasz, owner of Corbett’s Rock & Roll Barbershop. It is known as the coolest barbershop in Calgary. Corbett is also recognized as a well-renowned drummer in the Canadian music industry. He has collaborated with other artists such as Aaron Pritchett, Clayton Bellamy and The Clayton Bellamy Band, Gord Bamford, Jason McCoy, and the Road Hammers. This interview starts with Corbett describing his teen years living in Regina, Saskatchewan. He illustrates his interests in sports and particularly music. He talks about how he developed, pursued, and became proficient in playing the drums. There is nostalgia in this episode as Corbett explains his musical influences, and how he grew musically. He takes the listener through his journey from rehearsing or jamming in his mom's basement, to playing bars or clubs and becoming an established musician. His experiences working with the artists listed above give the listener an inside look at the music industry during the '90s and early 2000s. Corbett illustrates the life of a musician, which comes with many surprises. One such surprise is having a day job to provide a steady income to override the uncertainties and turmoil of a musical career. The business segment of the music industry is discussed. This includes networking, interacting with other musicians, and moving around in the industry. Money, traveling with other artists, living in hotels, and dealing with an array of personalities that this type of life brings are all discussed. Corbett highlights his life-changing experience as he and his bandmates were offered the opportunity to go to Nashville to sign a record deal. He reveals how he stopped and took a break to assess his values as an artist and a person and shifted his career to the hair industry…

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