One night madness!

Today marks the 13th day that I've been on this Legally Blonde gig. I'm sitting at a hotel in Indianapolis, enjoying my second night off so far (though today was a travel day...I haven't had a pure free day yet). I've done 11 (killin') shows in...Columbus OH, Mason City IA, Sioux Falls SD, Ames IA, Davenport IA, and Cedar Falls IA. So far it's been pretty much solid one nighters...new town everyday. Tomorrow we're heading to Portsmouth OH for a show; we'll be in five cities this coming week.

One may wonder how humans exists with such a wild schedule. The following is my day-to-day itinerary.

-Wake up at 7ish in hotel
-Drink Tea
-Get on bus at about 8
-Waste roughly 6 hours of my life in transit
-Arrive at hotel around 2 and loaf/nap for 2.5 hours
-Get to venue and set up my gear by 5pm
-Eat some form of fast food
-Play show/be a robot (more on that in a moment)
-Go to hotel and sleep, possibly have contact with other humans before this
-REPEAT. WITH NO VARIATIONS. Seriously.

That's basically the life so far. I can't wait for having some 3 day stays in a few cities. The nicest stay so far has been (besides my initial stay in Columbus OH) Sioux Falls. It was a win because Jer Werner, his girl Des, Steve Erickson, and Jared and Heidi Peterson came out to the show and we chilled afterwards. It was fantastic! And I got to have one day of not having to ride the bus (we were there for two whole days!).

Playing the shows is a totally different playing experience for me. It is...robotic. By now I have the whole show memorized and the music down (I still use the charts for reference though...it'd be almost impossible not to). I have figured out a routine for myself since I switch through so many instruments/effects. I do the EXACT same thing every show. No spontaneity. The overture starts and I enter the Anders-Music-Robotron zone. It's a mix of auto pilot and muscle memory. I'm pretty sure if I actually started thinking in the middle of the performance I would screw up. ITS WEIRD. Not in a horrible way, but it's not the coolest thing outside of oatmeal with half a cup of brown sugar (blatant inside joke, if you know my eating habits).

Enough with the words, here are some pics!

(Above) Here's life aboard the bus. Yes, that is a grown man with a teddy bear. He gives it a voice (I'm still trying to understand theater folks). And finally a nice view of Iowa.

(Above again) Baller hotel. Dinner of champions. Funny name for theater. Des Moines (we stayed there when we played in Ames, IA). Me completing this blog.

That's all for now! Will have more news next week. Peace!