I love touring.  Traveling, experiencing new places and meeting new people brings me a tremendous amount of joy.  Below is a picture of The Wedgewoods, a Ska band I played drums for and toured across Canada with.  I think this is us playing in either Edmonton or Banff for 2 drunk people and the bar staff.  Ah, the glamorous life of a touring band….

Music is a love.

I appreciate musicians because they typically end up working their asses off and invest upwards of $30 000 into their craft with little to no financial return.  Perhaps that may seem like a waste but there is really no describing the freedom that comes with being able to express yourself through music.  I do believe however that ANY artist can carve out a decent living in the commerce game when they accept that 90% is of the game is marketing.

Below is a picture of me tuning the drums that my brother Mark gave me when I was 11 years old…

And this is a picture of me working as a mannequin to make some extra cash while on tour…..