Written by: Jess Baker
Whether you’re staring at the same walls deciding if you are going to leave that full time job to go on tour, or sitting in the back lounge of a bus trying to figure out how to “come off the road” and still support your family, making the decision to take that huge leap of faith can leave even the most confident person full of conflict.
In the late 1990s, I was an industry fledgling, working in a lighting shop. Some of the best “road-crew” of that time would prep their tours there. With their ability to load 12 trucks into a venue in a single day and their stories of adventure in exotic lands, I thought they had the coolest job in the world. Going on tour became my first clear career goal. When the higher-ups finally gave in to my nagging and sent me on my first tour, I was barely old enough to drink, had recently finished college, and was ready to see the world.
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