Talk Show Host has much to say. Have a seat !
Toronto, and Canada in general, seems to have a pretty active scene but bands don't tour that much. How would you explain this ?
Chris: There is plenty of touring within Canada, but to tour, say, the United States, requires months of paperwork and thousands of dollars. For a band like us with very little notoriety, a tour will consist of tiny venues and DIY spaces, so the permits required for US travel would generally guarantee a massive financial hit. The bigger bands from our scene like PUP have label and governmental support so they're able to move around the globe much easier. We did get lucky with our Euro tour this year. Fab had the connections to make it work without a booking agent, and the very nature of touring that continent is completely different than North America. The notion that a promoter would give us both a place to sleep AND a delicious home-cooked meal was completely foreign to us. We were able to tour for two weeks on relatively little money, and we basically broke even. I miss it. [caption id="attachment_6340" align="alignnone" width="1000"]
Talk Show Host, by Harley Haskett[/caption]
Leave a comment
Log in to post comments