If you buy tickets to an event like Bumbershoot or Lollapalooza, you can probably assume that most bands on the lineup spent a few hours before the show with various reporters and music journalists.
The sex-addicted playboy misogynist that sleeps all day and only wakes up to get high, trash hotel rooms, and do it all again is a fantasy as delusional as The Flat Earth Society. A traditional US club tour lasts weeks, however many bands tour for several months of the year because ticket sales are the main source of income for most bands.
Here a r e s o m e examples of how bands travel overseas on massive European and South American tours. So if there are a few quiet hours before a show, tour moms and dads will usually call home to check-in and make sure everyone is doing OK. More than likely though, bands will often use their downtime to focus on other aspects of the band, like writing new music or pursuing other business opportunities.
Then we go back on tour. You know we tour so we can make the records so we can go back and tour the records. And although more and more bands are building their own studios, and the technology that allows artists to record from home is getting better all the time, many bands — especially those signed to major labels — still book time at traditional studios to record their albums.
This means artists only have a few weeks to write and record new material before going back on tour. In order to be better prepared for that studio time, bands will write songs backstage, on the tour bus, in hotels, on park benches, and anywhere else they can find a few minutes to get into a creative headspace.
So while the singer and guitar player head off to write new songs, the other band members might take some time to pursue other business opportunities.
Touring is usually the way most bands make money — with ticket and merchandise sales being the primary sources of income. Even before COVID, most money made on tour got re-invested into the band to cover recording and tour expenses.
Most musicians depend on a side-hustle, or an additional part-time job to help provide a supplemental source of income. Bradley Walden Emarosa teaches vocal lessons, offers songwriting workshops, and helps to manage independent artists like The True Blue. Hundreds of musicians are part-time graphic designers, tattoo artists, video game streamers, producers, bloggers, ghostwriters — the list goes on. Bands like We Came As Romans and All Time Low had band members that were still in high school when they booked their first tours, so homework had to get done in the time off between shows.
Remote programs at most universities and even trade schools have become extremely accessible, and many touring musicians take advantage of that. But for the musicians that prioritize their time off, there usually are opportunities before the show to get out and explore. On longer tours, bands will actually schedule days off throughout the tour like a weekend to rest before getting back to work. Artists that need some fresh air might go on a hike, or find a lake to swim in. Before a show, a band may try to find somewhere interesting to go for lunch to sample the local cuisine.
Regardless of how much time off a band has on tour, everyone has to eat. So the time before a show will usually include a meal or some snacks. If there are any festival dates or college campus shows, a few meals may be provided by the event organizers, but typically, the food on tour is not exactly glamourous. What is a rider?
A rider is a list of requests that a band or musician might have before playing a show. Here are some examples of ridiculous tour riders that musicians have demanded at their concerts. A standard rider will usually include light snacks like fruit, cheese, sandwiches, water, and sometimes a few alcoholic beverages like beer. Physically, live shows can be very demanding for musicians. Bands may channel a very high-energy performance, and warming up can help prevent both short and long term injuries.
Band members may warm up individually, or together, but typically will stretch, do jumping jacks, push-ups, or something to loosen their muscles.
Some musicians like to go for a short jog to get their blood flowing and others like to meditate or do yoga. John Entwistle is basically the only man ever born who could make a bass solo entertaining, and he is gone; this window is closed, rockers. The unaccompanied guitar solo should have died with the s with very, very few exceptions.
We know scalpers get a lot for tickets, but the way to stop that is by using paperless tickets, not by matching their insanely high prices yourself, artists. Wise up, rockers! Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. You are no longer onsite at your organization. Please log in.
For assistance, contact your corporate administrator. Arrow Created with Sketch. Calendar Created with Sketch. Path Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. Plus Created with Sketch. Why do we start modelling ourselves based on one good trait? The most convincing theory suggests prestige allowed our ancestors to recognise and reward individuals with superior skills and knowledge, and learn from them, increasing their own chances of survival.
This allowed new discoveries and techniques to spread across the whole population, and enabled each successive generation to build on and improve the knowledge of their predecessors. These people are famous, wealthy, and successful, so we should mimic them to better our own chances to improve on life. There are many musicians out there, and very good ones, that are unsuccessful.
Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Cobain. Do we still look up to these musicians? Surely we can enjoy the music, the art, without ever knowing who was behind it. If you heard a song you liked — and you really like it — and then you do some research into the soulful, beautifully gifted individual behind it, only to find out that that person is a racist, violent, frequently convicted sexual harasser — do you still like the music? The music may have been recorded by some someone other than whose picture is on the cover—Looking at you Milli Vanilli.
Most human beings harbor generally superficial tendencies, which is why so many of us respond to marketing that features attractive models and celebrities. If the answer was nothing, and everyone knew that, would they still have legions of fans? Or is it because of fame? The musicians get noticed for their music first, get a little exposure, then come the groupies. And the stalkers. Why do we worship people that look good when their music is average or they had little to do in the production of it?
Is there a difference between girls and boys of different ages? Ahh Kim Kardashian. Paris Hilton. Famous people. You could say that musicians, writers, and painters leave their minds on their work, but the point is that their work could become more famous and recognisable than themselves. The art can transcend the artist.
That thing we talked about earlier, Prestige, is a very general strategy that is targeted at successful role models, rather than specific traits. Society has placed individuals from each of these categories atop the pyramid of fame. And we model ourselves after them in very general terms. Role models are supposed to be people that we can learn from, and improve upon, and that help to make society stronger. Music is just as enjoyable as sex. Listening to it activates the same pleasure region in the brain as during sex.
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