Music bidness. Yuck.

Turns out that, in my absence, I've been taking some time to let my brain not become so scattered over this silly canvas that is my "business." Many of these pursuits and ambitions can't be ignored forever, even with a newly purchased PS3 Slim, coffee, and awesome chick. Time to jump back into the fray that is my clustered idea generator, AKA brain.

Psychostick is moving forward with our third Holiday Hate tour. We had a certain band on the tour that we were very excited about, but they ended up dropping off due to management decisions. That's gotta stink when you aren't allowed to make your own decisions in your own band. I can see how it's easy to get into that position, but delegating tasks should be limited to some degree. I know the band wanted to tour with us, and it would've been a great move for their careers, but the management wasn't keen on it because we do things a little differently. Sadface.

I wish we could remove Psychostick from the music business altogether, but still tour with cool bands and sell records. The politics and tactics involved with putting a tour together, keeping everyone happy, and walking away with a profit is absolutely disgusting and obnoxious. It's sadly a necessary evil... and I really think this is why we're such a DIY band because we want to keep as much of the evil out of our business as possible. I think we do accomplish this on some level, but the fact that we want to tour with bigger-than-us acts means we have to "play ball." Oh yeah!

But let's not be completely negative. The other side of the coin - the fun concerts and amazing records that you get to experience are the results of this necessary evil. So on the surface, things look harmless and are enjoyable, and that's the important thing.

Heh. Forgive my cynicism.

More to report? Seeing that I'm actually taking time to write something, YES! So quit yo' jibbah-jabbah.

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