“I’ve been making electronic music for twenty some odd years but, because I grew up playing in punk rock bands, when I started touring, I thought in order to be a viable touring musician I had to do it with a band. I would DJ or tour with a full rock band.” YearsOrderRocksGrewBandGrew UpMusicianTwentiesOddPunkTouringPunk RockDjsRock BandsElectronic Music Author:Moby
“I realized that I don't like touring. I'll never complain about it because no one wants to hear about a relatively successful musician complain about the hardships of staying in a hotel.” WantSuccessfulMusicianComplainingI RealizedHotelStayingHardshipTouring Author:Moby
“Indie record stores are as important to a touring musician as an incredible thrift store. I can't overstate how good it feels to place an original pressing of 'veedon fleece' in your most underused of shirts and pack it into your suitcase, anxiously awaiting the day you get home so that you can play it as though it was your reward or trophy from the long journey you had just finished embarking on.” FeelsLongI CanImportantPlayHomeRecordsJourneyMusicianOriginalsRewardsIncrediblesFinishedStoresShirtsPacksTouringTrophiesThriftSuitcasesLong JourneyRecord StoresFleeceEmbarking Author:Nate Ruess
“I was 16 when we made the first song. We've been touring for half a decade together and we've had quite a bit of time spent learning our craft. You improve as a song writer and as a musician over time.” FirstsMadeTogetherSongBitsHalfMusicianDecadesCraftsTouringTime Spent Author:Andy Biersack
“Touring is my favorite part of being a musician. All the places I've traveled and lived affect me in many different ways. Good and bad.” WayDifferentMusicianMy FavoriteDifferent WaysTraveledGood And BadTouring Author:Elle King
“So if you can make it through, you know you've got something good, you can handle anything. We've been blessed to grow but at the same time, the hard part is having to wear every single hat. It's exhausting, but it's entirely worth it because on the flip side, the best part about being a touring musician is being a touring musician.” IfsKnowsHardGrowsSidesMusicianBlessedHandleHatsWorth ItTouringFlipExhausting Author:Lizzo
“I think every touring musician sacrifices aspects of their life to do it.” ThinkingSacrificeMusicianAspectTouring Author:Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi
“When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks and there's always a certain level of tension in your life.” CertainLevelsRocksMusicianTensionTouring Author:Mark Kozelek
“Freddie [Highmore] is great in the movie [August Rush]. It comes out this Fall and I play a young cellist, a prodigy, who is touring and doing concerts. She's very young and has a one-night fling with an Irish rocker, played Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who is also a really talented musician.” PlayYoungNightFallMusicianConcertsTouringOne NightAugustFlingProdigiesRockersCellistsTalented Musicians Author:Keri Russell
“It was actually the production group that ended up producing the show for us...Every musician, especially in the hip-hop community, you always make these show recaps or vlogs, and essentially what "Touring's Boring" was is, we tried to make our vlogs interesting and almost more like a TV show. That's how we got discovered by TV.” ShowsCommunityInterestingGroupsTvsMusicianHip HopProductionsBoringHipsHopsTv ShowsTouring Author:Mike Stud
“I won't complain about touring, because I really do believe that a public-figure musician complaining about being a public-figure musician is just absurd. Like, 'Boo hoo hoo! I have to stand on stage and people pay attention to me!'” PeopleBelievePayAttentionStageFiguresMusicianComplainingAbsurdPay AttentionTouringPublic Figures Author:Moby
“My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.” HardStarsParentSeriousMusicianPopsTouringPop Stars Author:Rufus Wainwright