Posts by Nathan Singleton

Not only did I think rock and roll foolish and immature, but I felt as if somehow I had let my son down by being a wastrel for all of my adult life instead of preparing for proper fatherhood.

I’ve followed a lot of advice on how to “grow an audience.” How to “build a fanbase.” Sounds weird to me—like gardening or carpentry tips.

There’s an automatic simpatico between touring bands crossing paths on the road—they’re the only people that know what your day-to-day is like.

The audience is there for beer, not your music. Rather than be bummed out, I try to focus on the freedom no audience expectations can give you.

I’m beginning to need a fair amount of rationalizations to keep doing this as the years and miles of small potatoes touring stack up. I miss my family.

We haven’t been out west in four years. We have no presence there, no local band connections, no nothing. Why are we doing this? I’m too old for this.

Don’t buy shots for the band. Honestly, the last thing most performers need (myself included) is more free booze.

If I feel this strongly about albums, there’s got to be other musicians out there that feel the same way.

A moment of clarity came after I turned 30—I could barely bend down to plug in my pedal board and my guitar felt like an anvil hanging around my neck.

Total satori. Chemically induced. I had figured it out. Drinking was the secret to dealing with this fucked up lifestyle.