Category archives: Touring

3 Ways To Maintain Your Health On The Road

Unfortunately for artists, touring tends to draw out some of their most unhealthy habits, and maintaining both your emotional and physical wellbeing while on the road takes a concerted effort. Here we look at three important ways in which musicians can maintain good health on tour. __________________________________ Guest post by…

Going On Tour? Plan For Space Travel [Martin Atkins]

Touring can present a number of challenges, all of them made harder by the pressure it puts on your ability to think. Here we look at how planning ahead and treating the tour as if you’re going into orbit in space can help prevent disaster on the road. __________________________ Guest…

5 Techniques For Maintaining The Fans You Made On Your Last Tour

While a lot of emphasis is put on how to prepare for your first DIY tour, it’s also important to make the most of a tour after it’s over. Keeping the fresh-faced new fans you made on the road is essential to growing not only a solid fanbase, but your…

A Penny Saved Is A Tour Date Earned: How Be Frugal On Tour

DIY touring is challenging for a number of reasons, but perhaps none is greater than the financial burden it places on you and your bandmates. That said, touring is fun and necessary part of developing your career as an artist, and with proper planning, you can limit the amount of…

Is It Possible For Touring Musicians To Attend School

The question of attending college or going back to school is a dilemma many artists face at some point throughout their career. While it can stabilize your position in the industry and give some broader career options, balancing your life as a musician and getting a degree can be difficult….