A little over a year ago, I was ready to up and quit Minneapolis, feeling that I couldn’t sustain a career for myself here. It’s hard to do well here if you don’t fit somewhere on a corporate ladder. Not that I have high ideals of success for myself, but I want different things than most people, which means I have to try a little harder just to stay afloat. In short, Minneapolis doesn’t know what to do with me. I stayed because it’s an easy place to call home, and because I was broke and couldn’t afford to move. Then I decided that if I could afford to move, I would just travel instead.
I’ve never been on a road trip by myself besides weekend trips to Madison, etc. This year it’s a possibility because I actually have a job and my life’s expenses are small. So I’m going on a trip in September. Best case scenario, it’ll be a tour and I can play a string of shows around the southwest and the midwest. Worst case scenario, I hang out on the road, stay in campsites and record music on a portable fourtrack. Most likely it’ll be a little bit of both, and no matter what, I’ll have at least two weeks off of work and away from home.
I have to stay on budget, which includes getting my car fixed up and getting all my bills paid up to and through October. And putting the next record out as a small CDR edition. My collection of synths, keyboards and effects boxes are going to have to wait, as are my in-progress guitar building projects.