One of the biggest problems with being in a band is having the money to fund everything. Some of you may have watched our EPK video and saw Matt explaining that at any given time some of us are homeless, broke, borrowing money, etc etc. Well.... thats 100% true... currently Chip is homeless... any takers? He can sleep in one of those dog kennels if anyone has an open one around... just kick him some pork rinds every now and then and he's golden. Just make sure you let him out for practice. Matt is currently the money guy, but, he dropped a few thousand already into the band recently and is about to spend more on a trailer and t-shirts for us. Last year, I was spending most of the money... prior to that Chip was... Mike was at one point, Tony has generally been on the up and up, but, we can never seem to all have money at the same time.
As soon as things start to work out, on come the lay-offs and the hard times... lol, its like never-ending insanity. Which, is basically what life mostly works out to be right? I mean, generally, if you have a career, you wake up and do the same thing every day, expecting a different result... sometimes you can move up a notch, but, mostly, in the grand scheme of things, you end up only having a small amount of space to go up, but lots of space to fall down. You work so hard to get to "that" point, the point where you feel like you got the world by the balls, then one little thing can pull it all away!
This is why we make music, and have the expectation that we will probably never be millionaires from it, we understand that and aren't looking for stability and safety. We all know music can never give you that... unless of course you are Britney Spears or one of a dozen other disney kids... they got the formula down, get kids that appeal to other kids, and keep them in the spotlight until they are adults and launch them up even farther with the support of their already huge child and young adult fan base. Anyway, I digress... I actually just wanted to say digress, its a cool word, don't you agree?
Anyway, even though we don't want careers in management or with the state and what not... we still need to make some money to leave with on tour. As I said in the last blog, the costs of tour are astronomical.. our chances of making money above our expenses is pretty much slim and none on the first tour and we need money just to get by in case all of you wonderful people decide you would rather go to the lake or the beach than see our show... or maybe you just feel like sleeping... all are ok choices, but, won't help us much, lol.
Right now, I need a drumset and some new cymbals, I had to hock them so i could work for this company and I needed money for gas and stuff till I started getting paid, well, that didnt work out well. Tony needs new bass equipment, but, he got layed off from his Union Carpentry job a few months back... we have heard that he had an interview to be a union welder until he leaves, pray that happens because that can really help all of us! Mike, Chip, and Matt all work at a great restaurant in NYC, but, only Matt has a server job which is where the money is. Chip spends his day torturing and using the guillotine on lobsters as well as making dumplings... and Mike, he gets paid 12 bucks an hour to browse myspace and take calls. But, NYC is a very expensive place to live, so, Chip and Mike barely get by on their meager wages.
We have come to the conclusion that we all need about 1k saved up by the time we leave. That gives us 5k cushion in case things start off slow and we don't sell much merch, or if people don't show up to our shows.
I had the idea to make money off of blogging, and for a couple of us to get jobs we can do from our computers on the road... I.E. Admin Assistant, Customer Service, etc. from our wifi connection through verizon on the road. This hasn't been looking too promising... but if you tell people about our blog, that could start to make a turn for the better for us.
I'm gonna go ahead and put the feelers out there.... If BHL were to say....sell their bodies to the highest bidder while on the road... would there be any buyers? just saying.... lol
I'm just kidding, but I have a feeling Tony is already in Chelsea looking for a buyer.... he's always touching chips nips, might be something to that... lol
And NO, none of us are gay, ha.... just gay for pay.... tony.... lol j/p
alright, well, comment our blogs, and also, scroll down to the bottom of the page and tell us which song from BHL is your favorite!!
Peace and Chicken Grease...
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