Category: My Dream Rider Series

Hello! Max here. I play piano and sing stories about my messy life. I’ve always had a love hate relationship with performing. I get really nervous and anxious before every gig and then  roughly third song in I start to relax and remember that I just love to sing. The size of the crowd never…

Riders refer to the little extras a band receives from the promoter of a gig, usually—but not always—in their dressing room. One of the most infamous riders was Van Halen’s in 1982. They insisted on bowls of M&M candies with all the brown ones removed. Mary J. Blige asks for a brand new toilet seat…