August 2009
38 posts
one in eight million
…..I’m back in NYC. I’ve been back for a week, but Cam and I had some out of state shows over the weekend, so I feel like I haven’t REALLY been back. But now I’m in Starbucks, working on my computer, surrounded by a bunch of people I’ll never know, never meet, and that fact doesn’t depress me. To be perfectly honest, it’s a relief. I am an...
Cincinnati Breakdown!
Cincinnati was a special show, because it was a fundraiser for Stand Up To Cancer! All of the door money (our usual suggested $10 donation) went to that cause, and can I just say - Cam and I have helped to raise over $1000 for charity on this tour, and I am just amazed at the generosity we’ve seen. THE WORLD IS FULL OF GOOD PEOPLE, EVERYONE. I am so grateful to be reminded.
Expenses:
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St. Louis Breakdown!
Income:
CD sales: $200
Door: $200
Expenses:
Gas: $22.84
Adapter for car: $50
Total: $400 - $72.84 = $327.16 + $1528.14= $1855.30
Jackson, TN breakdown!
Hours driven: Thought it was 5, should have been 6, ended up being 7 because of TRAFFIC. Music listened to: Paul McCartney, Rilo Kily, The Meters, Taylor Swift, Chuck Klosterman (“on tape”), Ascetic Junkies, Fleet Foxes, The Meters.
Hay stacks and Trucks we passed on the way: Countless
Expenses:
Gas (two tanks): $47.34
Sound Equipment: $100, split between ourselves and The...
Chicago Breakdown
This is a little overdue, but here’s how we did in Chicago:
Hours driven: 5 (3 there, 2 after to our place of stay (free)).
Music listened to: Elton John, Lady Danville, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, Elizabethtown soundtrack, Rufus Wainwright
Tanks of gas: 1.5
Beers consumed: 2 for Cam, 1 for me. We were driving. Expenses: Tolls: $4.75 Gas: $17.81 Dinner: $32.00 Total: $54.56 Income: Cd...
Staying healthy on tour
Hey everybody, Cam here. When Lauren and I were getting ready for this tour, we decided we were going to stick to eating healthy food. There’s a lot of crap you can eat on the road, and with one exception we’ve avoided anything that resembles fast food. That includes bar food which is usually anything that can be thrown into a deep fryer. We’ve managed to do it by bringing a lot of healthy...
Indianapolis Break Down:
Number of underage people they let in the club: absolutely zero, even if he was my brother. And I forgot my i.d. and they didn’t let ME in either until I had it.
Number of my posters hanging in the men’s bathroom: 2. i feel like that’s one more than necessary.
Number of FREE GUITAR STANDS: 1, which isn’t a lot, but FREE GUITAR STANDS ARE AWESOME. Birdy’s declares...
Carmel, IN break down:
Why every artist should play their hometown:
Number of awesome people in attendance: about 120
Number of times it ALMOST started raining: three or four, but it held off until RIGHT after our set
Music played on stereo prior to set: Brandi Carlile. It’s a tradition.
Expenses:
$0. This is our home-base, so we didn’t have any gas or food costs.
Income:
Door money/Gas money:...
Dayton Show Break Down:
Hours driving: 2
Family members seen: a lot
Music listened to: The Weepies, Eva Cassidy, Sharon Jones and the Dapkings, Michael Jackson, Genesis, me and Cam, because we practiced our uke and mando songs in the car while my mom drove.
Mosquito bites: 3. I had bugspray, so that was good. INCOME: Door money: $165 CD sales: $70 EXPENSES: Gas: $22.84 Food: $12.26 -Steak ‘n Shake 9.98
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