Doppler, A Roadies View

Thursday, January 31, 2013

2013 is underway

ASIA Lighting Rig Japan 2012
Is it really a month into 2013 already?  Wow time seems to be flying by.  2012 was a fairly busy touring year which was good for the bank account.  I spent most of the year touring with the band YES.  We did a North American tour which included the US, a couple Canadian shows and a show in Mexico City.  We also did a tour of the far east which included Japan, Australia and Indonesia.  Things wrapped up at the end of the summer.

Mount Fuji
In September I was asked to work with the guys from ASIA which of course includes Steve Howe and Geoff Downes from YES.  It was ASIA's 30 anniversary tour.  This time we started in Japan and then did a North American tour.  The tour wrapped up at the end of November.

It was then announced that Steve Howe would be leaving ASIA to concentrate on solo work and of course the band YES.

Speaking of YES.  The band will be hitting the road at the end of February for another North American tour.  They will be performing three of their classic albums in their entirety.  Also there will be a five day cruise during the middle of it, that will feature several progressive rock bands along with YES headlining.

After this tour we should be heading to South America in May.  After that there is talk of a summer tour but where we haven't been told yet.

part of the kitchen remodel
Since I have been home for the holidays I have worked a few local shows, but mainly I have spent this past month remodeling my kitchen.  I hired a contractor to do 75% of the work.  I designed the kitchen and did most of the demo and all of the painting.  I was very fortunate that it came in at what I had budgeted.  I have a home improvement line of credit which I have been using over the past year to make improvements to the house.

It's tough doing anything around your house when you spend more time away from it than you do in it.

I will be working this year just pay for most of these improvements but in the end it will be worth it.

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