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YouTube "stealth camper"....and you'll be hooked. LOL
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Steinbeck spent most of his nights on the road in fancy hotels, with "Charley"... He also had plenty of money, and was a genuine celebrity, which isn't the situation the OP is going to find in his rambles... A better book for the OP would be "Blue Highways" by Wm. Least Heat Moon.. He lived in his van while rambling... Don |
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Back UP
I'd suggest a Good Back Up plan . It may have been well in the 50s or 60s , but society has moved on to the point of --Chew You Up and Spit You Out ,... if not careful . You need to be thinking ahead , Wayyy Ahead ..... Travels with Charley was 1960 . People were friendlier then ........Now is a Very Different Story . Many millions live with daily desperation......
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Are you still here? I thought you'd be gone by now. Winter's coming it's time to head south.
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Didn't Bronson do it on a motorcycle?
Nobody remembers Bronson.......... |
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Well, hang in there ...
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I'm a natural born recluse who got tangled up in society. If the opportunity presented itself that same society would wish me farewell with a push back and a gas card for some place far away. And, I would most graciously accept the offer. |
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So many musicians have lived the life. HERE is a great song by an acquaintance of mine guy named James Ward about living on the open road. Besides being a catch song, the lyrics show great irony that I love. The piano intro ends and the main song starts at 1:01.
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I met a couple that have a kid living out of a VW van. IMHO it was sad; there is no reason to live like that. A trailer, I get it for it's a small house but van IMHO is good to transport stuff. I can see having one to go to concerts and stuff but to actually live out of it IMHO was pathetic. They didn't have to live that life they chose to do so and pretending it's still the 60's. Everything is great when you first think of it, but till you live it or seen it, you really don't know what it's a like. You can make music your life but I am willing to bet it won't be luxurious one which is fine. I met another guy in Chico who used to be a millionaire working at the stock exchange as a trader or at least that is how I remember it. Anyway, apparently he was miserable and sold all his crap, and not sure what he did with the money but moved to Chico and lives the life as a hippy. He seems happy, and what not but it's a choice, and it's a choice he lives with. You on the other hand are posting about it saying you are thinking about it. There are two kinds of people in this world: those that do and those that think about it. Usually the later if they need to think about it or especially need to bring it up to others and/or ask about it on a forum usually shouldn't be doing it. I met some musicians in my life, most never were famous or rich but they love what they do. They played gigs (weddings, bars, etc.) and gave lessons and loved it. Some made a lot of money thanks to the number of students gigs and then there were those that 99% of the time didn't do gigs and mostly taught and always struggling with money. The point is, those people made a decision to do what they love and living what they call the life. But they didn't ask people if they should do it or announce it, they just did it. So I say go back to thinking about it, and if you really want to do it, you will then do it.
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Well, GO FOR IT! Life's too short to not follow the muse where it leads you... and it sounds as though you are looking to discover... something.
Who knows? Maybe traveling around this country will broaden your perspectives, bring some new songs and many new faces... Talk about "Tiny" living! It would be a real challenge for me to go back to the days when I could easily "live in a van"; until my late 20's, that would have been (indeed, was) eminently do-able. I currently live in a nicely converted medium two-car garage, and my stuff fits, albeit tightly! Had to downsize a bit and there isn't a lot of room to move around, but it works for me. I have my guitars out, amplifiers set up and stereo and TV lining one wall... But I would have to get SERIOUSLY SMALL to live in a van again... Stay in touch, as you can...
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Oh Yes, a wonderful book by a truly great writer!
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One thing I want to emphasize here....
It often costs nearly nothing to try this sort of thing. Just go try it on the cheap and see how it goes. Then report back here to us how it went. This reminds me of Charlie Sheen's character in Wall Street - where he is talking about his dream to his girl.... "My dream is to make enough money so I can ride across China on a motorcycle..." At the time - I took this as some grand bucket list dream that one has to work hard, make a lot of money, save and plan for years to achieve... But it was later pointed out to me that when the movie hit theaters - that "Dream" a - riding across the entire nation of China on a motorcycle - would cost less than $750 counting airfare... It's the TIME if takes that is the problem for "normal" people... The point was the foolishness of ignorance... He already had 100% of the means to achieve his dreams without becoming some big shot fancy pants hotshot millionaire... He was ignorant of that fact that in reality - this bigtime hotshot career would prevent him ever accomplishing it... Because he would never have the time to do it... The moral of this post. Get to it! |
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