TourView By Tara Tinsley
A day in the life of a working musician
Wake up too early and make coffee
Network (online, by phone, in person, set meetings, book shows etc)
Exercise in some way to stay in shape
Practice for as many hours as you have between all the networking and other PR work
Write press releases, create flyers, and invite people to shows
Try to catch up on emails and Facebook messages but get annoyed halfway through cause you just want to play
Wish you had a manager
Look for manager
Give up on that cause you have to get ready for the show
Tell all your friends to come out to the show cause that is the only time you have to hang out with them because their nights off are your nights on.
Pack up all your gear and load it in the car
Play the night away to eager or ignoring ears
Pack up your gear and get paid (hopefully)
Unload the car (upstairs, for me) even though you’re tired and you just poured your heart out on stage and want to pass out.
Check email
Update Facebook status
Go to sleep
Repeat
Note: I’m on iTunes so check out my song “Tonight” It’s about the struggles of being a musician and time flying away from you but it’ll all be alright if only for Tonight. Remember, when you’re on stage, the world is a better place. If it wasn’t for music, the world would just be beeping horns, talk radio, and silence.
