Videoįor all it’s flaws, a career in music is still the only way I’ve ever been able achieve that sweet feeling of being part of a group of people who, if for only one hour a night, are completely functioning as one bad-ass unit, while still somehow feeling like you’re the only one that matters. Whenever folks think about the life of a touring musician, I bet they don’t think about what a huge percentage of our time is spent crammed in a van with a bunch of sweaty dudes you wish had showered more recently, and vice versa. Poppycock! Music as a viable source of income died with mp3s, and most people suddenly having really shitty taste in music. VideoĪnother misconception is that I’m making money off of playing music. Plus, Still Flyin’s less rock ‘n’ roll, and more kinda new-wave/kraut/dub-reggae/italo-disco/yacht-pop. (I make love.) I never really got into drugs. I’m married so I don’t really get to have sex anymore. Most people think these are the three food groups I eat from everyday. You can practice all you want at home, but invariably, nothing will sound right when you all meet up to play it together. One of the toughest parts about being in a band of multiple home bases is attempting to write and learn new songs together without ever being in the same room.
Like, I would have never bothered going to Cleveland, but ever since a tour routed me there, I always look forward to going back.
The other awesome thing about touring is getting to visit a bunch of different cities, some of which you never even thought of visiting, but which turn out to be really cool. The daily grind has a way of, well, really grinding you up. The best part of touring, obviously, is not being at work. Videoīig Audio Dynamite “Everybody Needs a Holiday” I myself live 400 miles from my nearest bandmate, and that’s the closest proximity of cities in the bunch! It’s easy to lose focus this way, but somehow we manage to pull ourselves back together every once in a while. This is no small feat, as our members have somehow managed to scatter themselves all over the world.
It’s touring time for Still Flyin’ again. Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra “Got It Together” next month supporting new album On A Bedroom Wall (Ernest Jenning). Multi-instrumentalist Gabe Saucedo made us this “touring-themed” mix tape in honor of the band’s trek across the U.S. Founded and led by Masters Of The Hemisphere’s Sean Rawls, the San Francisco-based collective is all about fun times and good friends, as evidenced by its chorus-like harmonies and synth-heavy pop hooks. Self-described “hammjammers” (hammjamm being loosely defined as “when a good time gets better”), Still Flyin’ is such a band. When you’re a band that looks to Matthew McConaughey as a role model and is comprised of a seemingly endless list of members spanning the globe, you’re allowed to make up your own words.
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