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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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Tristan Prettyman
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 23
Composer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Del Mar
California
Comes
Connecting
Mother
Thanks
Nature
Picture
Part
Ocean
Back
Bigger
Everything
Beyond
Much
Saying
Way
Culture
Surfing

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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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Music was sort of an accident for me. I love to do it. I can't imagine doing anything else.
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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 am pretty involved with everything that goes on, and overtime have learned a lot about the business side of things. I have an amazing manager, who understands the business really well, so he is a great teacher.
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I think humans in general, make associations and feel the need to group things together to have a better understanding of them. Though I would say my music is more country in a lot of ways, than it is surfy.
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I've always been someone who likes to share and talk. When something happens to me I [don't] run away from it. I want to dive right into and explore it. Try to figure out why it's happening and try to figure out something good that's going to come out of it.
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If you want perfection or close to it...listen to the record.
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Where I grew up, surfing was a way for people to celebrate their love and respect for the ocean.
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Writing music obviously comes from being inspired by things, and big changes in your life, and relationships and growing older and being more independent.
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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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Me and my friends get together all the time for girls night, or watch rock of love on the couch. I end up going out to a lot of shows, and surfing with my folks is always high on the priority list.
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You can't start a fire in the pouring rain.
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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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Maybe the best hasn’t happened yet.
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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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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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We're always supposed to be happy and positive. There's something about letting yourself slip into that vulnerable space because you can really feel things there. It helps you grow as a person. I tend to enjoy being in a vulnerable space, in a weird way.
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Honestly I think that the internet is one of the most amazing promotional tools out there. And I think it promotes music getting heard in a grass roots way, where people aren't being force fed to listen to something.
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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.
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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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