IMG LIve Tour : June 2007

Well, we're near the end of the tour.

Right now I"m in Council Bluffs, IA and will partake in their lovely casino cuisine in just a few. But before i get to the everlasting mediocre food that is alwasy served from the buffets, I'll review the first month of the tour.


June 10th to June 25th:

I arrived via night flight to Norcross, GA (just outside of Atlanta, GA) to meet up with the rest of the tour. While in Georgia, i met both the West & East coast teams and we went through 2 weeks of training. Although sometimes it was a little boring, IMG Live was really good about taking care of all of us and event let us have the weekends off to hang in the city. The only places i really got to check out though were the malls, five points (where i saw Andre 3000) and Twisted Taco (some kinda hook-up bar).

This was all good and fun and it was awesome getting to know everyone on both teams. My team seemd like they would be pretty cool and get along well. I had Mike, who previously toured with me on the MTV U tour i did, and there was Matt, who got the gig via Mike somehow, and Angela, who was recommended for the gig through accounting.

Some highlight of training including setting gear up and breaking it down, figuring out the pack, making hotel reservations, cargo plans and flight reservations. Also we all went out for sushi one evening which was really fun and Josh pate (sorta one of the head dudes) took us out to eat at Ted's which was really cool.

Eventually training was over, which was good because we all wanted to get on the road. Our first event was in Kennesaw GA which went off really well, partially because we had alot of people to help us out during our presentations. AFter this event we flew off to Iowa and did some gigs there. It was pretty awesome getting to ship our gear, reminded me of what Brian from BBVD goes through when shipping the bands gear via plane. It was pretty simple and i was not intimidated by it which was awesome. After a successul stay in Iowa, we headed back down to Miami where we met Chanel. By this point we'd gotten to see some people's personalities come out, some good for the tour, and some bad, but hey that's the road.

However this brings us to July and I will have to hold off before venturing further into my storytelling as I have to get dolled up for a night out with the boys.

TTFN

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