Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In terms of segments, I think we've done 1,200.
I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad.
There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
The size of the halls doesn't matter to me too much.
One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the next minute we can be in a small auditorium. It varies, depending on the promoter, the budget, and the travelling distance.
The first hundred thousand - that was hard to get, but afterwards, it was easy to make more.
We're doing 3,000 seaters before that we never played anything more than 1,000.
There are a million ways of arriving at a performance, any number of them solid.
I headline concert halls for 20,000 people, but I still play smaller venues.