Flufftronix

It’s been fun. Some twenty or shows completed, two or three to go before the long drive back to Bloomington and I resume frantic work on the half-dozen projects which need to get finished some time before Summer.

At first I was feeling kind of let down about playing a lot of smaller shows. On one hand, it’s really my first time doing a serious tour in this part of the country and I don’t really have too much music people can get into beforehand. And I’m still learning what makes people dance (I have a much better idea now, and am really really looking forward to writing new stuff once I get back home). On the other hand this whole booking, promotion, and show-picking mess is a huge game of chess, and I’m really in the beginning stages of that, too. It’s been a wonderful learning experience.

I’m starting to feel like that one guy on Transformers who hangs out with all the robots. He’s got this mechanical suit he runs around in, fighting evil alongside the Transformers, sometimes repairing them also maybe? But without his suit he’s just a dude, all the Transformers are what they are, or the other thing they are, I guess. Which is like me, with my laptop: I’m barely a musician without it. I need to work on that.
And hey, it’s May 1st! I should be doing something festive, something exciting. Today is a good day. It’s good to think about all these wacky adventures I’ve been going on, which off the cuff seem somewhat apolitical to me, and remembering why I’m doing them and how they really do tie into my grand schemes empowerment, dismantling oppressive institutions, and nurturing more sustainable and inclusive communities. Lots of people I feel privileged to consider myself a contemporary of (and feel guilty for always comparing myself to), I don’t think they have that drive. It keeps me in check and in focus. And once I’m more confident in my music, I know I’ll be more able to talk about my ideas and expose people to all this wonderful stuff that keeps me feeling vibrant, feeling alive.