A Conversation With Irish Guitar Player Jim Murray // Rune Barslund's Podcast (Episode 3)

During our 2025-tour of Denmark Jim Murray and I sat down for a really interesting chat about touring life, how to make your living from playing music, performance anxiety, how to develop your own sound, guitar accompaniment, the use of nylon strings in traditional music, and what makes a good music teacher. 👉 Jim's website - https://www.jimmurraymusic.com/ 👉 Video of Jim and I playing Waltz for Mum and Dad   / dqepctvihn5   👉 Video of Jim, Sharon Shannon, Michael McGoldrick & Gerry O'Connor    • Sharon Shannon Trio | Fleadh 24 | TG4   Content 00:00 Jim's musical upbringing 02:00 How Jim got into guitar playing 03:38 Jim’s current musical projects 05:48 How to make your living from playing music 08:25 Accompanist vs melody player – pros and cons 10:02 The good and the bad things about touring life 14:41 Why Jim decided to become a psychotherapist 19:11 The advantages of being both a psychotherapist and a musician 20:17 Dealing with performance anxiety 25:12 Jim’s playing style and his thoughts on guitar accompaniment 30:28 What Jim likes about playing nylon strings 32:32 How Jim developed his own sound 34:47 Jim’s musical heroes 37:19 What makes a good teacher? 40:58 Jim’s new guitar tutorial 43:19 Funny outtakes