NEXT: chapter 9 (road trip) Venue… check. Band of musicians… check. Setlist… check. Practice strategy… check. Fundraiser… check. Airfare… check. Travelling companion… check. Only one thing left to plan… booking a gig in Iceland. For the past couple of years, I have been trying to learn Icelandic, which is...
NEXT: Chapter 8: Mig langar mjög til að spila þarna! It looked like things were lining up nicely for the first ever Travel Bugs concert at GeoCoinfest Europe 2019. I was going to get to perform in Manchester, England! But how to get there? As I mentioned I’m very...
NEXT: chapter 7 (Kill Bill) Lots of folks were working hard to make GeoCoinfest Europe 2019 a success, and it looked like due to their efforts I was going to get to perform at the event and at a pub afterwards. But I still had to...
NEXT: chapter 6 (Suddenly Fiona) So, it was a few months before the upcoming Travel Bugs concert at GeoCoinfest Europe 2019 in Manchester. A great group of musicians from Belgium were lined up to stand in for the fictional band, and we had designed a plan...
NEXT: chapter 5 (Which Ian are you talking about?) So, where were we? Oh yeah, the first ever Travel Bugs concert at the GeoCoinfest Europe event in Manchester UK looked like it might actually be a reality due to the tenacity of Jon-Paul and the willingness of a band...
NEXT: Chapter 4 (A Long-distance relationship) To bring you up to date, I had been coaxed, coddled and convinced into believing the unbelievable, that I was going to get the chance to perform in the UK. My contact Jon-Paul was moving ahead at full steam...
NEXT: Chapter 3: Meet the Belgians As I mentioned in my last entry “CHAPTER 1: JUST FOR FUN”, I’d never had much luck booking performances for my geocaching music project The Travel Bugs, primarily due to the lack of budget. So when some guy named Jon-Paul...
CHAPTER 1: The Saga Begins NEXT: Chapter 2 (A Madman's Dream) In September of this year, I achieved a big goal of mine. I was lucky enough to perform in the UK and Iceland! It was an important accomplishment for me, for several reasons. It was my first time performing in...
With my performance in Waimea, HI today, I can now say that I have performed in all 50 United States, and I have really loved having such a wonderful opportunity. I thought I'd quickly share some of the many great memories I have from my travels all...
This is the story of the next great American film...