On this episode of DTB’s “Tour Tips (Top 5)”, the doom metal band, Khemmis, recommends their tips for being on tour, while on tour with cloak. Khemmis is currently supporting their newest album, Desolation.
Information about this video: Film Date - July 26, 2019 Location - Reggies in Chicago, IL
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the skimmers these are our tour tips
let's go with number one being bring
extra socks you can get away with gross
shirts gross pants gross everything else
but socks if they start to get wet
you're gonna get athlete's foot your
feet are gonna smell bad your shoes are
going to be disgusting bring more socks
than you think you need and with that
don't bring a ton of shirts and jeans
you can get away with a pair of shorts a
pair of jeans a show shirt or two
depending on how long you're on the road
and then an everyday shirt and get some
camping underwear
it's one way that you can wash in the
shower you can get away with three pair
and that'll last you the entire tour no
need to take multiple bags with you haul
ass when you're loading in and out
it makes the production crews life much
easier any of the opening bands can get
on stage a lot quicker makes everyone's
life just so much easier if you just
don't screw around get to the venue get
your stuff and get loaded up your
soundcheck done as quickly as possible
get your ass off and then you can relax
and I think that goes a long way to
having a really good show I would say a
good tip that we've learned over the
years is to make sure that you have fun
but kind of treated a little bit like
it's exercise or a job or something
as long as you remember to warm up and
get in the right headspace before you
play you're gonna deliver a better show
it's gonna save your voice or your legs
or whatever it is you're gonna be
properly limber and ready to do whatever
you have to do so take that time warm-up
before you play and you're gonna have a
lot more fun in the end if you're on a
budget like most metal bands are it's a
good idea to buy groceries keep it
cooler
we have been replenishing our cooler
with ice when we have to stay at a hotel
and just try to really manage try to get
food that will stay and that's easy to
make what we call van which is we make a
lot of wraps out of like veggie slaw and
cheese and stuff like that
saves us a ton of money saves us a lot
of time because we don't have to stop as
much and and actually we eat quite a bit
healthier than you would if you're just
driving through your McDonald's or
whatever so I think that really works
great for all of us and is a good tip
for people who are operating on a budget
a really important tip for us at least
is to train change Springs everyday on
your guitar or every other day which is
what we end up doing otherwise I know
for me personally I got a really caustic
sweat and I break strings every third or
fourth show
we make sure to check Springs every
couple days it hardly ever happens and
the strengths keeps sounding nice you
have a better tone plays better trying
to keep your guitar clean I'm not very
good at that but that helps too so try
and keep your stuff clean and try and
stay up on upkeep and then you're just
gonna have a better show easier time
plan everything
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