Trying to become a professional touring musician or crew member can sometimes feel like trying to join a secret club—one with no official or well-distributed codes of conduct. It takes years of experience to discover the ‘rules,’ often learning through your own embarrassing wish-the-ground-would-swallow-you-whole kind of mistakes. It’s always tough to be the new …
Tom Bailey – Thompson Twins
Tom Bailey is one of my favourite artists that I’ve worked with. Humble, talented, gracious and wise -- plus he always has good stories to tell. At the very end of our US tour in October, I asked him a few questions as we rode on the tour bus on the way to the airport. …
Photos from my new favourite venue: Mountain Winery, CA
Found this unedited gem from the Charli XCX/Bleachers/BØRNS 2015 tour…
https://youtu.be/K4ewf5edGJw After-show dressing room party in St. Louis.
Simon Tellier Interview – Drummer for Pet Shop Boys/Gloria Gaynor/Charli XCX/Taio Cruz
There’s an air of effortless grace and composure that the French bring to the table. They even invented the name for it; a certain je ne sais quoi. A thing that is hard to describe, and harder for the non-french to imitate. These are qualities that come to mind when I think of Simon Tellier. He's …
Sandy Beales Interview – Touring Bassist with One Direction
The word "boyband" conjures up certain images. Fan mania. Handsome, fresh-faced looks. An abundance of hair gel. Low V-necks. Embarrassing dance routines. Ballads. Each member standing up from swooning atop their bar-stools for the song's key change. One Direction makes you think of all these things, but a little more too. If you haven’t heard …
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