Standing at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC
For those of you who don’t already know, I am in fact a full-time working musician. That’s right! I actually make a living performing and playing music! I have to pay the bills some how☺ When I’m not busy working on my own music or on the road with recording artist Jessie Farrell, I am back home or somewhere else in the world, playing shows with one of a handful of other amazing bands I work with. This week was no exception. Early Wednesday morning myself, and the rest of the sixteen piece band, headed for the Vancouver airport on route to Washington DC. You know it’s a high profile gig when you are traveling in style with such luxuries as private transportation from the airport directly to a 5 star hotel/conference center/shopping mall monstrosity (which I came to fondly refer to as “The Complex”), and a room on the top floor with a breathtaking view overlooking “The Complex” and the Potomac River! It’s business trips like these when I truly believe I have the greatest job in the world!
Show day is always a hectic day. Having arrived quite late the night before and having had a relatively early stage call, given the three-hour time change, I managed to spend the entire day without leaving “The Complex.” But why would I have to leave? Anything you could possible need you could find at “The Complex”…. for twice the price you would have paid anywhere outside of it..!
All of a sudden it was show time. There never seems to be enough hours in a day when you’re getting ready for a show. This being a brand new show, produced by Mooncoin Productions, there was a certain nervous excitement in the air. To be honest, I was more nervous about the eight costume changes I had in the 60 minute set, then the actual performance itself! Luckily, I made all my cues, but I did perform one of my lead songs with a corset on upside-down.?! My darling friend Aleisha assured me that no one would have noticed..:)
After successfully pulling off a show of such a high caliber, we were all on a high, and we were not about to let it go. It was time to hit the after party! An open bar and some amazing retro dance tunes, met us at the rooftop dance club in “The Complex.” I danced the night away…☺
The next morning came too soon, but we only had a few hours to leave “The Complex” and actually check out the city of Washington DC, before heading to the airport. We visited the Lincoln Memorial, the Reflection Pool, the Washington Monument, the National World War Two Memorial, the White House, and much more. We were power tourists for the day. Standing at the Lincoln Memorial in the very spot Martin Luther King stood to deliver the words “I have a dream,” looking over the Reflection Pool, I could actually feel the history.
It was an amazing trip. Just another day in the life of a working musician!
Kylee xo
I remember the 5th grade when I was playing at an AMEB level that was twice the level of what a regular kid should have been playing.
Totally had technique down, but the performance scared the be-jeebers out of me so much that I pretended so slam the key cover of the grand piano onto my fingers when I got onto stage.
Everyone laughed and thought it was a comedy routine, so I decided I better take advantage of it and finish. I only ever played 2 other concerts when I was a lot older but I don’t think I could have pulled that off again!
Gosh, I was way too scared to ever take music seriously. Making something beautiful live is a hard thing to do! Much respect to musicians who make a living doing it. I’ll stick to animation
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Sounds like an amazing trip. Sometimes I like to wear my corset upside-down just as a fashion statement. I say just go with it.