What would it take to get you to join a road band full time- local or national level? Would you quit your job, would you leave your family, would you leave your dog?
Would you do it if the money was right, if the band was that good, and the lifestyle was acceptable?
Last time I was on the road full time, I made $400 a week and all my expenses were paid (meals at the venue only, travel, and stage clothes). I really don't know what it would take now. I'm too old anyway. I don't think they make hadicaped accessable stages (lol).

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haha, i think I would have to make a lot more money than I ever did before on the road.(sometimes we didn't break even, but that's a whole other story.)

It would probably be nice to find a way to turn the clock back 10 or 15 years too.But I think i would do it, if i found the right project. Population density up here is a big issue for touring. In Canada you have to travel a lot more distance between gigs. When we played in the states it was much more financially viable, due to not having to drive 800 miles between gigs.

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

well, i'm young and i'd like to try it. who knows, i might go for it in a few years after college and everything.

-Jake

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"I don't care how good you are, how fast you are. You ain't good enough no lessin' you got the soul." -Hubert Sumlin

If it was a band I liked, that played music I liked, with people I liked hanging out with, then it wouldn't take much.

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I'd do it, playing music and kickin' with my friends while traveling the country in a tour bus (van if unsigned).... good times to be had there

Been there and done that for way too many years. The band used to operate as a partnership and we traveled quite a bit and drew a weekly salary.

On the "plus" side - you hone your skills well and the band gets very tight. The money is decent, but no benefits other than tax write offs.

On the minus side - being in a hotel for a week in a place like (for example - Trenton, NJ) can get old very quick. You also get to see some of the real sleazy people that are out there.

If I was just starting out now, with what I know, I'd stick to recording and just hit the road to promote your music.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

If my expenses were being covered and the rest of the band weren't complete wabs I'd do it, i guess i have low standards.

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Rated "M" for meaty.

It would take me actually being able to play guitar worth a damn!

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Blues with a feeling.

GUILD GUITARS: MADE TO BE PLAYED!

i would bring my dog for sure haha.

bradley did it

...but he also did lots of heroin

as long as i like the music then nothing... its how i plan to make a living.... hard as hell but i wont be stuck sitting in a chair in some office dying to break something

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Favorite bands:

Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

I was going to say it would take actual guitar talent on my behalf but that covers it too

I'd never leave my family for that or anything else for that matter unless it meant leaving them periodically so that I could improve our quality of life.

I am past that point, but I would jam for nothing with anyone just for the love of it.

I toured when I was young, now that I am older...just give me a studio and the occasional show and I am happy. I love the life I lead and have no desire to go back and tour...
ABS

If I could get a leave of absence from my job, and still keep my benefits I'd seriously consider it.
If it was to play for someone else, so not my own project that's being promoted, I'd want my expenses covered, and have some extra to pay for real life stuff, and I'd like a guitar tech as well.

But it would also depend on who it was I would be touring with--it would have to be music I enjoyed playing.

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It wasn't Willy-Nilly, it was at crows.

Well im still n school, but i believe i would do it if i could, i'd love 2 join a band & travel. But i would miss my family & friends...& i would miss my pets(;

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"being a rock star is the intersection of who you are, and who you want to be." -Slash