Sunday, December 29, 2013

Musicians And the Road Life

Some musicians stay in place. They don't like to travel, and they only do local gigs I know musicians like that. The band I used to play with is like that. We only took about one trip a year.

But other bands are on the road all of the time. Every week is a different city or more, and many different music venues.

With road trips, there is always the problem of transporting the equipment. Guitars, drums, amps,
behringer mixer x1832usb, this and that--all have to get loaded on the bus and unloaded, again and again. And in the right place on the stage.

But all of the travel and packing and unpacking is worth it when on stage and looking at all the people who have come out to see you.

Am I getting CO2 Poisoning From My Car?

For the last week I have been having some weird symptoms--feeling tired, run down, achy, sort of like the flu. And then, having a little bit of vertigo. That is not bad, but it worries me, as I don't want it to get worse. Vertigo mainly when I lie down and when I get back up. I was concerned but was hoping it was only temporary.

Then today, I was driving two friends around in my car. They both said they smelled car exhaust inside my car. I feel like I had smelled it some, but not really. Don't know why I didn't smell it. But it did seem like something was swirling around inside.

I came home and looked up car exhaust fumes. Sure enough, the exhaust causes some of the symptoms I have been experiencing. I am going to get my car checked out pronto. This is not something you want to mess around with.