With gyms closed, live music gone and everyone searching for ways to stay sane, these three content creators provided critical help to people like me.
videos to learn various bluegrass licks, frequently landing on lessons from a guy who goes by Banjo Ben.
In addition to Clark, there's Sarah Kusch, a personal trainer in Los Angeles, who I learned about from my wife and whose videos have replaced my gym membership. And after trying and failing to get into meditation on many occasions, I tested out Waking Up from Sam Harris and never turned back. Like many multi-instrumentalists in and around Nashville, Clark has worked as a professional musician in recording sessions and on tours, most notably playing banjo, mandolin, dobro, guitar, and piano forBy 2011, he'd put most of that to the side to focus on music instruction for his website, Banjobenclark.com. When the pandemic hit last year, sign-ups initially ground to a halt as economic concerns caused consumers to slash discretionary spending.
Clark, 41, said the number of customers on his site jumped by about 20% last year. He didn't want to provide specific revenue figures, but said it's a million-dollar-plus business. Clark said he's excited for the economy to reopen so he can start traveling and welcoming more people to his property, where he hosts camps and retreats for music enthusiasts. During Covid, he's picked up customers across the globe and has spent more time helping them one-one-one, when he's not creating new on-demand content. He's hoping to do a mini-European tour, bringing people together for day-long camps.
Clark is also looking forward to reconnecting with his sisters, twins Penny and Katy, who live on the family farm in East Texas and perform as an acoustic duet called"I'm ready for live music to open back up," Clark said.Sarah Kusch led the life of an in-demand personal trainer. In between teaching 12 classes a week at
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