I want people to feel free and welcomed.
The Rehearsal
Ten performers tell us how theyre preparing in the days before their big fall shows.
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I have an amazing band, and thats where everything starts.
Some of these guys have been with me now for eight years.
We get out there together.
Every crowd is really different.
Your personal chemistry is a part of that alchemy every night.
The recording of an album is the first draft of the record.
It really starts to breathe when you add different people with different influences and personalities every night.
Before tour, I make a brief with the show creative.
Then I find the right collaborators: I interviewed ten guitar players.
I do the same with lighting designers or costuming people.
I want the show to feel like the best house party youve ever been to.
That version of New York was so alive and colorful to me when I moved here from Maryland.
I want people to feel free and welcomed.
When I think about my band, my favorite thing is that we play music in the dressing room.
Im always looking for more challenge as a performer.
You keep learning what works or what just feels good for yourself.
Recording is a more introverted process.
Its like the difference between embroidery and knitting.
You have the ability to work in such small and slight detail.
Onstage, its more broad strokes.
I feel like a high-intensity athlete.
Right now, Im doing strength and sprint training every day so that I have breath stamina.
Its my favorite thing in the world.
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