February 2009
4 posts
Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
I like throwing songs in to my blogs every now and then. Sometimes I feel like someone else can explain how I feel better than I can. That’s the power of great music. It occurred to me at once
That love could be a great illusion
That makes fools of brillian thinkers everyday
And turns hearts of stone and steel
To a place where they would feel
Like they are falling, falling quickly in...
Being lonely.
I was talking to my good friend Derek for a long time the other night in Poughkeepsie and he said something that’s been haunting me a little bit. He said that touring means being alone. Its weird to the non-touring eye because your constantly surrounded by the same 5 people 24/7, how can you be lonely? Imagine going away for 2 months and then coming home. Think of how much happens in 2...
Bands with a laptop, an ipod and an auto-tuner.
I don’t get it. I don’t get it. Kids eat it up. They love it. “Bands” that have no talent whatsoever except some expensive equipment and a strange desire to be famous, fast. Instead of learning an instrument and trying to be good at it, they want this insta-band. While other bands are hard at work making real music, these “bands” put out a full length album with...
Hello Strangers and Lovers.
Hello! Welcome to my new blog. Quick intro, my name is Mandi. I tour with Thee Armada from Houston, Texas. I’m their merch girl, part time tour manager and pretty much their mom. I’ve been touring with them for almost a year now. Girls in the music industry, especially the touring world, are pretty rare and are much different than guys in the industry. This blog is for rants and raves,...