Rocking Horse

"Hard living be the death of me
Yes, lead me to an early grave
To die in the saddle, must be my destiny
But to ride this rocking horse I must be crazed"
Warren Haynes and Gregg Allman

Being a musician, one of my goals in life is to someday go on tour. What may separate me from the preconceived notion of a touring musician is that it wouldn't take a huge bus and selling out arenas to satisfy my goals. I would be perfectly content with sleeping in a 15 passenger van, showering in truck-stops, eating truck-stop food, and playing clubs and small theatres. I realize this is a hard life, but every musician has to get their start somewhere. This whole life after highschool thing is somewhat intimidating, but I want to go at it full force. I know for a fact that it's not going to be easy and there will be setbacks every now-and-again. Some people may call me crazy for wanting to spend months at a time in the back of a gross smelly van with a bunch of gross smelly friends eating gross smelly food playing music in front of gross smelly fans for next to nothing in return, but I want to experience what some of my heroes experienced as they made their way through the lower realms of the music industry. I feel like I would be doing a disservice to the musicians who came before me playing the style of music that influenced me if I wasn't to go through trials and troubles to get to the point that they are. This will most definitely involve riding the proverbial "rocking horse" that is life on the road and I will have to spend life in the saddle, but I know a love for music will bring me through whatever troubling times come my way.