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killer tour so far, though by chance i've reverted to minimalism.

7/24/2012

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tour has been really amazing so far, it has totally exceeded my expectations. having previously only done one off out of town shows in the last few years, this is the first time i've really been on a proper tour where i am playing to a new city and a new audience every night, bringing the music of the dulcitar to the unsuspecting masses. the funniest thing, especially considering my first tour blog is that i've had to strip things back equipment wise since playing in Shepherdstown. i haven't been upset about this at all, and it really has been nice to get back to the simplicity of dulcitar > loopstation > PA or guitar amp.

so it all happened when we rolled into Baltimore on Saturday. we arrived in the midst of the Artscape festival, and due to street closures and tons of people around the venue, we couldn't get anywhere near it to unload, and ended up just having to park quite a few blocks away in one the event parking garages. so after checking in at the wonderful Bohemian Coffee House, and finding that they had a couple PA powered speakers i just decided to keep my setup light, which was nice. it took me back to where i started with this whole solo music thing in the first place with no excess, forcing myself to play music where the most important part of it is the melodies and how well you play them, and not how many crazy effects you can layer on. Seeing as how no one in these cities had any expectations about what i was going to do, it still turned out to be thrilling for the audience, i was beyond floored by the amount of feedback i got from people, and have been lucky to sell quite a few copies of my album. plus you can't complain about only having to make one trip from your car to the venue with your instrument, merch, and your cables and whatnot.

In both Phily, and Worcester, i ended up doing the same thing, due to limited stage space and the need to do ultra quick changeovers, so the giant pedal board of death just stayed in the car. hopefully i'll be able to get it back out at some of the rest of the stops we have but if not, i'm glad to have a setup that i can adapt to wherever i am. it mirrors the music i get to play in a way. when i improvise i just try and make music that works for where i am, for whoever is there, and i can't be tied to a specific set of equipment to make it happen. being flexible is the key to killing it on tour.

hitting the road in a little bit, i'll update again soon.

take care,
dave
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Miranda Nelson link
2/25/2021 08:53:02 am

Grreat blog you have here

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