One of my biggest barriers has been the sheer amount of equipment that it takes to do what I do
Playing a show is literally a full days work
2 hours of breaking down and packing the performance setup into The Van
1 hour of waiting around the club for someone to let me in
2 hours of unloading into the club and setting up (usually not including a torturous sound check)
30/45 minutes to perform (usually for 3 people and the sound guy)
2 more hours of breakdown and packing back into The Van
45 Minutes of lading from The Van to the house
It’s been a while since I played a gig that made any of this worth it so I stopped for a while
The idea of touring by myself isn’t very practical either
The idea of a mini-kit came from trying to figure out how to get to Japan
I needed a compact dru...
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