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For me I want to know everything that goes on with my business but at the end of the day I just want to live, experience, be inspired and create music.

Tristan Prettyman

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Tristan Prettyman
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 23
Composer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Del Mar
California
Experience
Ends
Music
Live
Everything
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Business

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I love myspace and sites like that, cause its allowed me to stay connected to my fans. The personal connection remains the same, but as I've grown, it never gets to be too overwhelming. It allows the artist to be as involved as they want to be.
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Being an opener is all about warming up the audience for the main band. That is always fun, pretty easy there isn't a lot of pressure.
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I love being home, reading the paper in the morning and having a cup of coffee, doing laundry, going grocery shopping and running daily errands. For me, it's important to have that balance in my life.
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I toured for about 2 1/2 years on twentythree and then I took about a year off. I really just spent some good quality time by myself at my house, cooking, watching movies, hanging with my friends, and family. I just really needed a chance to get away from the music for a minute and decompress.
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There's a much bigger picture beyond surfing, its part of an ocean culture. Everything comes back to Mother Nature. Surfing is a way of connecting, and saying thanks.
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You can't start a fire in the pouring rain.
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I hope to always be able to relate to my fans and be in the moment with the world and the community. I think as you gain popularity it's easy to loose touch and become disconnected.
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Maybe the best hasn’t happened yet.
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You kind of gotta step back from your dreams and your passions once in a while, and kind of do something else for a minute so that you can come back to it with a fresh outlook, and be real inspired by something else, so you can give something back to your dreams and your passions.
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When you have fans telling you their stories it makes you feel like you're not alone.
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I think the reason people connect so well with my music is because there is a real connection.
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On tour I feel like it's always so go go...you're always just taking in and storing information and feelings and things. So for me I need time off to let all those things come out and settle.
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I think it's important to make sure you learn and understand the business that you are in, but it's also important to not let that get in the way of your main focus.
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Over the years I have realized that the mistakes and forgetfulness is what makes live shows more endearing.
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If you want perfection or close to it...listen to the record.
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Never apologize on stage. Most people never notice when you make a mistake or if you are having a bad show.
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For me surfing is just something that I love to do. I grew up surfing, is sort of like a family requirement. I can't imagine my life without it. But I am not defined by it, nor is my music. They are very separate.
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I can't wait to be a mom and a wife, and explore that phase of life. And also see how it affects and influences my song writing and creativity.
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In a perfect world, I would do 3 weeks on 3 weeks off so that I could always take a breather and come back to music with a fresh mind.
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Music was sort of an accident for me. I love to do it. I can't imagine doing anything else.
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