Robert Jon Burrison on Enjoying Stay and Early Days Working as a Barista

Inform us about your tour car. Any notable breakdown tales?

We received a brand new tour van, in 2022, in order that’s been our street warrior the previous few years, Her identify is Betty. She has 60K miles now. She’s been nice no main issues. (“Knock on wooden”)

We’ve got just a few breakdown tales up to now with vans. We’ve been caught on the aspect of the street, with strangers towing us to the closest restore store, having the son of the mechanic fixing our drawback with a hammer, and so on. we’ve been by all of it.

How do you eat cheaply and/or wholesome whereas on tour?

Cheaply is straightforward. Healthily is tough. After we drive all day on a regular basis you mainly be taught what fuel stations have which you can survive on till you get to your vacation spot, in hopes that they’ve one thing that isn’t to dangerous for ya. We strive our greatest. We’re all just about over most quick meals chains within the nation.

What number of strings do you break in a typical yr? How a lot does it price to exchange them?

We break so much on tour, I couldn’t inform you a quantity that will even be shut, However Ernie Ball has been excellent to us about getting us sufficient stings to get us by.

The place do you rehearse?

After we are residence lengthy sufficient to get collectively we hire a small room from a buddy of ours that has an incredible set-up house for us to rehearse and write and get stuff accomplished. Nothin loopy we simply go there to “Work” not to hang around a lot.

What was the title and a pattern lyric from the primary music that you simply wrote?

I feel it was known as “I Gotta Go” and it was quite simple and had a really Johnny Money factor happening.

Describe your first gig.

It was at a Coffeehouse in Lakewood, CA. I sat within the nook and performed some actually not so nice songs that I wrote. It was the start of what I do now, So I’ve fond reminiscences of it.

What was your final day job? What was your favourite day job?

I’ve just a few day jobs rising up, however the one which I had the longest was I used to be a Barista at a Coffeehouse known as “It’s a Grind” in Cerritos, CA (Not there anymore) for six years. It was nice as a result of it catered to my schedule on the time. Working mornings, not nights for exhibits and I may take off and journey the nation each time a possibility arose.

How has your music-related earnings modified over the previous 5-10 years? What do you count on it to appear like 5-10 years from now?

It’s modified so much. 10 years in the past, I mainly had no music associated earnings and now I do. I hope within the subsequent 10 years I’ll have extra then I do now.

What one factor have you learnt now that you simply had wished you knew once you began your profession in music?

That taking part in reside is one of the best and one of many solely manner that you simply get higher at it. There’s no different manner round it, placing in these 10,000 hrs is actual and makes you perceive, and higher at your craft. I by no means questioned it, however by no means realized how worthwhile these early days had been to what I do now!