You have to be able to grow and move with the organism that is the music industry. You need to maintain flexibility. Ownership of your own stuff is key and then you're able to dictate on a present-terms basis what would be the most effective way to protect yourself and what you've created. You also don't want to lock yourself into a situation where a major label owns part of your touring and merchandise.
I knew how touring was for 10 years, but it's completely different now that things are popping off.
The Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and with very good reason.
Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.
When I was five I was touring, singing and dancing. Always gone, always out of school.
I'm quite grateful to the BBC. They helped me back onto the touring circuit.
Since the traditional recorded-music business models have drastically changed, there is truly diminished income derived from recorded music by artists - both current and catalog. The touring industry has become much more important as a majority revenue stream and the ancillary fan experiences and promotions that may be derived from it.
You want to make music that reflects your ideals, but considering the isolating process of recording and the time and energy requirements of touring, there aren't a lot of opportunities to express those ideals anywhere but the music itself.
The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater.
Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.
The problem with touring isn't the traveling and the shows, it's the vegetal state you get into.
Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.
I'm not going around touring the U. S. when I've got nowhere to live.
At 17, I signed a recording contract right out of high school, so I started touring and traveling the world. I sort of missed out on the college experience.
When we were touring heavily in America, we based ourselves there for a couple of years, but now we're all back here and it seems to be the place.
When Black Flag and DOA and all those bands were touring in the early 80s, it was kind of a forest and you just kind of got your way through it. Now it's like a six lane highway with Starbucks every twenty meters. That's just civilization.
I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.
I started touring in 2006, and there was an agreement made for merchandise between my mom and myself.
Right now I can't be sure that I will be back on stage. We have been touring for two years and that is way too much.
Before I started touring, I worked with someone to help me, even physically, because I was so shy. And you can't be shy going onstage. So I had to push myself in a direction that wasn't myself.
