The Public Internet Diary

Gina says "That's what we do. We're quick starts."
After just leaving an RV dealership where we may get our new home/touring vehicle.
I'm starting to stress.
Like every summer I tour across Canada, come home to Barrie, ON and work the day job and write and perform music.
This time though the stars lined up, or that's what we're telling ourselves at least.
We're leaving Barrie, getting a mobile home and touring across, not only Canada, but The United States, as we promote the new album This Machine Floats.
We leave in 9 days.
Only problem(s) we don't have our RV, the album isn't finished, the merch hasn't been decided on, the tour is not fully booked, and we are getting low on money.
Today I'm a bag of worries.
Gina is not.
Because we're quick starts.

Very attractive quick starts.

So this is the adventure we chose. Ready or not, we're doing it.
If a motor home doesn't come through we've already decided to make the journey in our little Mazda3 hatchback towing a trailer.
Did I tell you our dog is coming?
Well he is.
15 year old Trail will be on the road with us.
We're not making this easy on ourselves are we?

He only eats sushi now.

Playing music alone is not going to pay all the bills and get this mysterious gas guzzling beast across this block of land.
I started a business a few years back called The Canadian Comic Bin. (Facebook! Twitter!)
I buy and sell old comic books. It has been doing quite well and has allowed me to stop teaching.
We will continue with the business and buy and sell on the road.

So, for the next year I'll be a comic dealing troubadour travelling around with his fiance.
Oh Right, we got engaged during Mardi Gras in New Orleans this last February. So we'll have to complete that circle eventually...

Gina and I will be hopefully going back and forth on this... well she hates the word blog, so lets call it public internet diary.
We plan to both write, make videos, post pics all that great stuff.
I hope to make fun of her whenever possible.
We are fans of breweries and good food.
So this public internet diary will be littered with information on where we are eating drinking playing and vacationing. I feel if you have 2-3 days off in between gigs and you are in a different city it counts as a vacation.
As well as regular musician triumphs and foibles.

Lets wrap this intro-ish post up.
I've given up eyeswide and now I'm straight up Neil Crowe.
Find all the tour dates at www.neilcrowe.com
We are always adding pop up gigs, house concerts or a brewery show.
If you have interest in hosting us or helping set up a show contact writetocrowe@gmail.com
I've gotten a great artist to create the work for the CD and Tour poster his name is Jon Merchant
Check out the Canada East Poster!

And that's that for now, let's see how the week progresses.
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