You Be The Judge

Two years ago....

Randomity

Sometimes, you bang your head against the wall and can't come up with anything interesting to write about.

And so, you just write a tiny, little bit about everything.

Joey turns to me and says...

...half-jokingly, "Is this God's country?"

And I reply, not jokingly, "Absolutely."

(These pictures have been shamelessly stolen from the Instagram of merch guy and all-round great conversationalist, Brent Buckingham.)

 

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A few things you might want to know...

...before coming on the road with the Tyler Ward Band.

1. Sometimes abbreviations just aren't enough. Which is why, more often than not, we just end up using the first letter (even if it doesn't save us any syllables).

"Hey bro, let's go grab some d." [dinner]
"I really need some s." [sleep]
"I am gonna punch you right in the f." [face]

When you think you're ready, start trying to one-letter multiple words per sentence. That's when things really get crazy.

2. Offstage Entertainment. House, MD. Happy Endings. White Collar. Homeland. Go On. New Girl. Friday Night Lights. TV? Yeah, we like the good kind.

The Warmup

Getting warmed-up backstage. Anyone care to guess whereabouts?

 

Not bad...

...for a dude with no record deal and no radio play.

One day in, and he's already Top 20.

Not bad. Not bad at all. Way to go, Ty.

The atomic weight of AWESOME

Werk.

Obsession is the enemy of balance; balance is the soulmate of meaning; meaning is the progenitor of joy. Let's not take this graphic too literally.
That being said...

_ Nothing replaces elbow grease. Nothing. Even geniuses work their butts off.
_ If you don't love the practice room, you'll never fully appreciate the stage.
_ If something is important, do it every day.
_ Do the work, enjoy the results; it's fun to be good.
_ Entitlement never achieves.
_ Sometimes it's not about the destination, it's about the journey.
_ Nothing worth having is easy to obtain.

Dream Teams

If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.

_ Steven Tyler, Eddie Van Halen, Billy Sheehan, Gregg Bissonette.

_ Peter Gabriel, Steve Lukather, Jaco Pastorius, Vinnie Colaiuta.

_ Sting, Bruce Hornsby, Michael Landau, Steve Gadd.

_ Sammy Hagar, Jeff Beck, Tony Levin, Simon Phillips.

Happy Birthday, America

Don't take my word for it...

Stereo-untypical

Boris Penton of Dragon House crew proving that one doesn't need crappy electronic muzak to craft a jaw-dropping hip-hop dance routine. Enjoy.

An unintended consequence of music's awesomeness.

A picture is worth a thousand words.....

....which probably explains why this picture is so true.

How True It Is