Using your vacation as an opportunity to play

I’ve definitely fantasized about it. I’ve thought about actually taking the vacation with the purpose of going to a gig.

Basically, casting a wide net to any place you’d like to hang out for a week, then seeing if you get any bites. If you get a gig about a month out or so, arrange your vacation around it and make it the focal point of your trip. Something like that?

Man, I’d love to do that a couple times a year. I go crazy if I don’t have some kind of creative work to do on a vacation.

I have tried it and it worked. This summer I was off for vacation to the Dominican Republic for two weeks. My cousin owns a “bodega” in a small town of about 500. The place turns into a get together later at night for the locals, the music is always playing in the afternoons. One day joking around I asked him if I can mix a bit at least for 2 hours and he took it seriously and said yes 0_0. The next day I setup with my stuff, yes I took my Numark Mixtrack and laptop with me on vacation, and got everything ready. It took me about 20 minutes to get everybody dancing and having a good time but for the next hour and a half nobody was sitting down. After my time was up and I gave it back to the guy that usually does the music (only a laptop). As soon as I stepped down everybody wanted me back in. I told them that I was on vacation and I was suppose to be drinking with them instead of doing music. When I finished everything I couldn’t believe it. It was the best 2 hours I have done.

I was a great feeling being in another country and still be able to rock the house.

Heh, this is the exact thought that was on my mind recently.. I have two scheduled work sessions on the seaside and a two week gap between them so I am hitting up local bars and clubs.. sent my mixes, bio and contact to all clubs in that area I could find.