This year, I am working much later in the year than I have since I started touring, what feels like a very long three years ago. I'm grateful for the work, but I don't get home until December 19, just in time to not relax at all before the holidays.
I've been on a rap/pop music tour most of the late fall and early winter. I had about ten days off after the big March-September country-pop gig ended, and then headed down to Alabama for the production build and rehearsals for this show. This show started off pretty shakily, with a lot of gear, and quite a few people getting cut, but we all managed to find our feet and figure out how to manage the load ins and outs.
As this year winds down, I find myself in a place where I don't really know how I feel about concert touring. I love the actual work parts of the job as a PA tech, but I feel like I'm coming to value the things in life that touring pretty directly interferes with. However, there are some very good looking opportunities on the horizon, and I want to work, and save, as much as possible in the early portions of next year, as I'm planning something big for next fall. It's been coming for a while, and after receiving the blessings of a few people, I'm definitely going to take the leap.
