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The day I lost my Leatherman: a cautionary airline guitar story
I want to share an experience I had traveling with guitars last summer. I was dropped off late to Toronto Airport to catch a flight to Beijing. I had two acoustic guitars in professional carbon-graphite flight cases as well as … Continue reading
An incredible year
I think this past year has been the biggest of my life. It was a year of creating, producing, traveling, performing, making new friends, learning, meeting challenges and growing. It was a year of “firsts” — my first album in … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Guitar, Learning, Music, Performing, Photography, Recording and producing, Teaching, Thoughts, Touring, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Guitar, learning, Music, thoughts, Travel
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China on my mind
I went to China for the first time last month. I spent ten days playing concerts and workshops, sightseeing, exploring, eating, drinking and shooting photos in the three biggest cities — Guangjhou, Beijing and Shanghai. Food, the heat and humidity, … Continue reading
What I gain from touring
The tour is over. Fifty-one dates/ two-and-a-half months…just like that. I can’t believe there’s no airport to get to, van to climb in, hotel to check into, venue to set up in, sound check to do, show to play, fans … Continue reading
The romance of commercial air travel
Remembering the distant sound of a single engine airplane passing overhead when I was a little boy growing up in a small town in upstate New York. It was the sound of possibility, travel, adventure and the wider world. I … Continue reading
Photo post: The U.S. tour 2011
Here are some random photos from my U.S. west coast tour. The four-week tour began at the end of September in Portland, Oregon and headed south to spots in northern, southern, central California, the Bay Area, and finished in Yosemite … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Food and Wine, Outdoors, Photography, Touring, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged food and wine, outdoors, photography, Touring, Travel
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What it means to be sponsored
My upcoming U.S. tour is being sponsored by a global shipping and logistics company called GAC. How did I find this sponsor? I didn’t. They found me. One of their ten thousand employees saw me play in Glasgow a few … Continue reading
Posted in Logistics, Music, Sponsorship, Touring, Travel
Tagged logistics, Music, sponsorship, Touring, Travel
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Surfing your stress
I hate deadlines. They cause stress. Stress is uncomfortable and unpleasant. But I have to admit, stress and deadlines have been a huge part of discovering the most valuable things about myself. Life without them would be unthinkable, not to … Continue reading
Posted in Health and Well-Being, Thoughts, Touring, Travel
Tagged health and well-being, thoughts, Touring, Travel
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Book that hotel room early
After playing in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England on a Saturday night at the end of May, I drove all night back to my home in Scotland. 470 miles. It was not by choice. My manager had spent much of the … Continue reading
The social side of touring
2010 was a year of catching up with people. I did a twelve-date tour of the northeast and upper midwest U.S. in September 2010. It was notable for more than just the normal travelling and performing that comes with a … Continue reading
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