WHAT TOURING AS AN INDIE ARTIST REALLY LOOKS LIKE (Groupies? Parties? Free Time?)

The groupies and parties rarely exist on an indie artists’ tour. Half-jokingly I always say, the only 5 minutes I get to myself are the 5 minutes it takes to go fill up the ice bucket at the hotel. Touring is usually a bunch of people packed in a car, in a hotel room, doing super hard work.