I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't find touring very creative. There's not much time to yourself with your instruments.
I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage.
Some people get on the whole touring circuit for years and years and years on one record. What interests me is sitting down at a piano, writing songs, getting into a studio and exploring new sounds to come up with something I'm really proud of.
I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA.
The equipment you've got really dictates what you're going to do. When I started touring, there were no monitors, so I had to take the sound from the hall, and of course it was on a delay, so I would sing, and then I would hear it back, but later. It was very weird.
I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.
There's other things I'd like to do. I probably won't tour for a very, very long time. It's something that you feel inside and that's the way I've been looking at everything.
I couldn't be touring unless my husband was on the road with me, taking care of our son while I'm onstage and doing interviews.
Music will always be there. I own a piano. I have it in my apartment. I play it every day, and I have a lot of musician friends who I play with.
I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.