Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Tiffany Galchutt. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Tiffany, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. How did you come up with the idea for your business?
In Dallas there are a lot of tribute bands and I’ve always admired them and wanted to start my own tribute band. But I wanted to do something different. There are a lot of bands that tribute to the same artists. So when I really started to think about it, I thought to myself, there were no pop tributes. So I started to think of pop artists that have been super influential and had a mind blowing show, something challenging and Britney Spears popped in my head. And I’ve been a fan of hers since I was little girl and I thought to myself, with my singing background, dance background and my creative mind, I can put together a tribute that no one in town is doing. In fact no one in the world is doing. There are lots of Britney impersonators sure, but no one had a full band, dancers, over a dozen costumes changes and a full 2 hour show. So I used my connections, found my band and dancers and that’s how Toxic: The Britney Spears Experience was born. Fast forward 3 years, I ended the show and used my same band with an additional member now and created a new tribute. I wanted to do something different yet again that no one was doing in town and I wanted this project to be a little more loose and fun. So I came up with my up coming Paramore tribute, called Ain’t it fun: A Tribute to Paramore.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
I’ve been in the Dallas music scene since I was 19 years old, so the past 9 years. I’ve sang for multiple wedding bands and cover bands during this time. I wanted something that I could call my own and wants to do something outside of the cover and wedding scene. I wanted to dip into the tribute scene, and that’s when the tribute journey started. Getting my projects started was not easy. A lot of people tried telling me how to run my projects, how I should design the show and if I didn’t agree with them, they would make me feel like I would fail, like my ideas wouldn’t amount to anything. I channeled that negative energy and turned it into a “I’ll show them” kind of mind set. And I did. I did it my way, I confided in people in my Dallas music scene that I truly trusted and respected, I asked for help from the best of the best and I ultimately did the work, studying the artists I was tributing and put together shows that mimicked the real artists. And doing this way, paid off in the end. Not only did it impress others, but it was rewarding to me because I trust my gut and went with my instincts.
What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?
I don’t settle. I go big or go home. I put together a quality project that took me years to get down. I made sure every dance move was perfect, I made sure all of my costumes were as identical as possible to the original artist. I knew if I didn’t feel confident while practicing our show, that it wasn’t ready. Once I felt unstoppable, I knew we were ready. And once we debuted, the music scene went crazy and we started getting booked out of state and all over. It was quite the journey. And now because my Britney tribute went over so well, now that I’m about to launch my Paramore tribute, all the same venues will want to book me easily because they know me from Toxic and know what I bring to the table and that it will be a solid exceptional project.
How do you keep your team’s morale high?
The Golden Rule, treat others the way you want to be treated. Not just in general, but however you would want your boss to treat you, you should treat your team like such.
Image Credits
Thomas Moore George Pecoraro Concert Fotos by Chad