Regular people have no idea how hard touring is for bands who have yet to establish a following. Most new bands don’t either. Yet, figuring out how to make it all work is precisely the test that bands must pass to learn the skills they’ll need and prove they have the dedication it will take to endure the hardship of the music business until they find success. You think touring is all parties and after parties and hotel lobbies? Read on to learn how touring can be the best worst experience of your life!
- Booking the tour is incredibly boring and tedious and most bookers aren’t even going to respond to your emails or voicemails.
- You and your bandmates have to do absolutely everything yourselves.
- Nobody is going to come to your show, and the venue won’t want to pay you.
- You’re going to be exhausted from late nights, early mornings, and terrible sleeping conditions.
- You and everyone else in the van are probably going to get sick too.
- You’re going to have the time of your life.
If you can book and make it through your first tour taking everything the experience has to throw at you and coming out having learned some tough lessons and making a grip of new friends, you just might have what it takes to make it.
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