It has been a long freezing winter, but my bandmate and I have managed to keep practicing in the streets and in clubs the whole time.
I suppose my associate and I play about five or six times a month during winter, but my associate and I make up for it in the summer, playing up to six times a week during the tied up season.
My friend and I make about $100 a afternoon in tips during the summertime, so it is tough to not play a lot. I make about $1300 a month in the summer, which pays all of my bills for the month. I do Heating and A/C technology sales too, so I am able to save a fantastic amount each month or drop it in an investment. I suppose next year I am going to just do music for my job and stop laboring for the local corporation. I have been doing boiling water boiler repairs the past few years, along with some heat pump installs, but music is going to start taking more of my time so I will have to stop doing it, my friend and I plan on playing in the ski resorts during the winters now, so that will put us on stage entirely five days a week. My friend and I will play in ski lodges heated by fireplaces in front of a bunch of cheerful skiers and I suppose it will be a lot of fun for us all, which is more fun than playing next to a boring space heater. Our music is made up on the spot, which is what makes it so fun for me and for the crowd.