Monday, May 12, 2008
Getting to, Jetting to
I often feel that chronology reports don't make good blogs. I'd rather choose a topic or one set of events and enjoy that solitary moment. But then again, I don't mind flipping thru photographs of a long vacation and reliving each day. So let's play catch up.
After Atlanta, Toca & I got to Jet over to Denver to play a show with Landon Pigg, Graham Colton & Gavin Degraw. (If you haven't checked out Landon Pigg, I highly recommend it.) From there we were to spring back to Champagne Illinois for a show at Eastern Illinois University. But along the way, some flights got cancelled and we were separated from our luggage. The only way to make the show that night was to hire a private jet, which from Denver to Illinois took only 90 minutes and landed us just 6 miles from the gig in a random corn field. Awesome. Especially considering commercial flying had routed us thru Chicago or Dallas and would've taken up to 8 hours of travel time. (For the curious, this is only the 2nd time I've flown private aviation in my career. The jet at the opening of the I'm Yours video is edit mastery, we actually shot that video on a normal commercial inter-island flight.)
The guy on the left is Phil Collins, but I didn't get clearance to show his face in this.
From Illinois, we bussed up north to see our friends in Canada and played the two best shows on the run. Thanks to everyone in Toronto and Montreal for making such great blurry memories for us. We held our closing ceremony up there as well and said goodbye to the MakePeace Brothers, Bushwalla, & Justin Kredible.
This picture is missing all 7 of the monitor engineers we went thru in a month. That's a lot btw.
If only there were a huge zip line to get us from Boston to Maui. What a view that would be! Instead we flew, again. But doing two shows in Hawaii might be the perfect way to end any tour. Especially if you put three days off after that to explore the islands, study the tides, and let yourself sink in the sand.
Honolulu also gave us the chance to play our largest headlining show to date. More than 6000 people came out to a night at the Waikiki Shell. Aloha!
Mahalo Nui!
Sadly, I spent my only 4 days at home suffering from allergies and sinus pressure. I bet when you are sick, it is time that ultimately heals the body. All the supplements and medicines you take are just there to satisfy your need to fix yourself. Regardless, I love the Neti-Pot.
Tea Anyone?
Hmmm. What would keep this zig-zag pattern going? Go to London of course, yesterday I got lost skating thru Kensington Gardens & Hyde Park on the perfect Sunday. I'll be here a few days, long enough to find an adequate wake/sleep cycle, and then we'll break from that and head to Stockholm, Sweden before spinning around and visiting San Diego again, for a day.
In case you haven't realized. This glamorous life really only requires a knack for sitting. How else would I find so much time to read and write blogs? Being a traveling musician, or Rock Star as it was once referred, is just knowing how to get in the van, how to guide yourself thru airport security, how to relax on a plane, how to get in another van, how to deal with lost luggage three times in three months, and how to accept that time zones don't apply to you, that life is just a series of naps.
(sorry - I suck at pasting images - I tried and failed.......Tim)
Getting to, Jetting to
I often feel that chronology reports don't make good blogs. I'd rather choose a topic or one set of events and enjoy that solitary moment. But then again, I don't mind flipping thru photographs of a long vacation and reliving each day. So let's play catch up.
After Atlanta, Toca & I got to Jet over to Denver to play a show with Landon Pigg, Graham Colton & Gavin Degraw. (If you haven't checked out Landon Pigg, I highly recommend it.) From there we were to spring back to Champagne Illinois for a show at Eastern Illinois University. But along the way, some flights got cancelled and we were separated from our luggage. The only way to make the show that night was to hire a private jet, which from Denver to Illinois took only 90 minutes and landed us just 6 miles from the gig in a random corn field. Awesome. Especially considering commercial flying had routed us thru Chicago or Dallas and would've taken up to 8 hours of travel time. (For the curious, this is only the 2nd time I've flown private aviation in my career. The jet at the opening of the I'm Yours video is edit mastery, we actually shot that video on a normal commercial inter-island flight.)
The guy on the left is Phil Collins, but I didn't get clearance to show his face in this.
From Illinois, we bussed up north to see our friends in Canada and played the two best shows on the run. Thanks to everyone in Toronto and Montreal for making such great blurry memories for us. We held our closing ceremony up there as well and said goodbye to the MakePeace Brothers, Bushwalla, & Justin Kredible.
This picture is missing all 7 of the monitor engineers we went thru in a month. That's a lot btw.
If only there were a huge zip line to get us from Boston to Maui. What a view that would be! Instead we flew, again. But doing two shows in Hawaii might be the perfect way to end any tour. Especially if you put three days off after that to explore the islands, study the tides, and let yourself sink in the sand.
Honolulu also gave us the chance to play our largest headlining show to date. More than 6000 people came out to a night at the Waikiki Shell. Aloha!
Mahalo Nui!
Sadly, I spent my only 4 days at home suffering from allergies and sinus pressure. I bet when you are sick, it is time that ultimately heals the body. All the supplements and medicines you take are just there to satisfy your need to fix yourself. Regardless, I love the Neti-Pot.
Tea Anyone?
Hmmm. What would keep this zig-zag pattern going? Go to London of course, yesterday I got lost skating thru Kensington Gardens & Hyde Park on the perfect Sunday. I'll be here a few days, long enough to find an adequate wake/sleep cycle, and then we'll break from that and head to Stockholm, Sweden before spinning around and visiting San Diego again, for a day.
In case you haven't realized. This glamorous life really only requires a knack for sitting. How else would I find so much time to read and write blogs? Being a traveling musician, or Rock Star as it was once referred, is just knowing how to get in the van, how to guide yourself thru airport security, how to relax on a plane, how to get in another van, how to deal with lost luggage three times in three months, and how to accept that time zones don't apply to you, that life is just a series of naps.
(sorry - I suck at pasting images - I tried and failed.......Tim)
posting because i feel this blog should be first on the list...
