Posts Tagged ‘touring’

Playing pool is not exercise. Playing pinball is not exercise. You will gain weight. Prepare yourself now; surviving a tour is an art.

Woe to the musician lost in endless halls, quietly trying her room key in a hundred locked doors, one after the next.

The point of this story is not to encourage you to play every beer store or to boast about our huge fan base of terminally ill people.

How things have changed in four short years! So now, what do I do? Go back to waiting tables? Work in an office? Have a boss?!

It may feel awkward actually taking money from your fans. Get over it. This money helps you keep going. Every purchase is a vote to keep your music alive.

Every four years, in the early hours of a new or renewed mandate, I do find myself mysteriously yet resolutely standing at a personal crossroad again.