At NAMM this year I was lucky enough to run into a lot of old friends. One of them – my dear Berklee friend and drummer Roger King, introduced me to one of his best friends, Mark Schulman, years ago in LA.Standing at the...
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It may seem silly, but even a brief touring gig can really take it out of you…While I...
Read MoreWhat? What!? WHAT?!!! Hearing yourself onstage is no joke when it comes to getting your performance down. Do you know what you need to?Many years ago, I read a story about a Nashville touring band—I’m not exactly sure which one,...
Read MoreMayday Parade is getting some attention out there and the Rev got some inside info at their recent House of Blues show in Las Vegas.Currently on a national tour coming to a town near you, Mayday Parade is quickly gaining ground...
Read MoreIf your rock star dreams include having the coolest bus on the tour, why not ask santa for one of these? Look inside http://www.marchi-mobile.com/showroom/fahrzeuginnenausstattung/ Marchi Mobile designed Palazzo as...
Read MoreYou might think some of the world’s top touring artists have money to burn on tour. You’d be wrong. So when someone like Debbie Harry needs a teleprompter on the Blondie tour, instead of buying an expensive...
Read MoreWhy is there a brick on Tommy Kessler’s pedalboard???The Reverend tries to get to the bottom of it onstage with front of house engineer Jim Roese, but we’re still not sure what it’s doing...
Read MoreWhile I adjusted my internal clock to run on American Eastern Standard Time after a 15-day tour in Germany, Scotland, England and Ireland, I looked back at the things that were done right and realized why paying attention to the...
Read MoreA common form of chaos deals with organizational skills, or the lack of, and the resulting effects. Without succumbing to going totally global here, I refer to coping with individual projects and how to keep...
Read MoreChaos can occur in a multitude of settings. It pops up when a group of players attempt to play together or when a group approaches a craft or new technique from various levels or angles. Everyone learns from different directions...
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New Years Resolutions. How can the concept be avoided when it has been around for so long? I...
Read MoreThe need to adapt, improvise and overcome continues for me even after coming off the road. It’s odd how often I return from a tour and find myself hammered with some sort of temporary human illness that is –...
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