Day 10: Milwaukee, WI

We arrived in Milwaukee after a pretty long drive. Our driver, Anthony, knocked out a large chunk of it and then I finished it off.

We were scheduled to play second, but after the first band failed to show (who does that on warped tour?) we became the openers. In the normal show mindset, being the first band on stage is never good because fans aren't usually there. On warped tour it's the opposite. The stage was set up right by the gate and drew a large crowd right from the start.

I discovered what it was like to mess up a solo in front of hundreds of people. Definitely not a highlight but in the grand scheme of things it wasn't that bad. A lot of people remembered us from coming through on tour with Reel Big Fish and Streetlight Manifesto.

The attached photo is the sunset under the bridge where all the buses and vans parked.

-Dunnigan TTV

Day 8: Cincinnati, OH

After a much needed day off and time spent with old/new friends, we made it to Ohio. The venue was a familiar one because we played it in 2005 when Paramore shared our stage.

When promoting ourselves in the morning line, with our neon green stickers, we came across a bunch of people who had seen us before when we came around with Reel Big Fish. Because of that, our set was packed with people. Before we had even started setting up our gear we had a crowd waiting for us.

Our merch tent was in a high traffic area so we were able to do a lot of promotion for our new single/album. We rounded out our day with a live acoustic set under the Altec Live tent.

Off to Milwaukee.

-Dunnigan TTV

Day 7: Atlanta, GA

The day started off like any other. We set up merch, brought our gear to the stage and sweat profusely. Our day differed when we played an acoustic set in the Kia Motors tent. We were joined by a bunch of kids under the red/orange tent for a more subdued version of our set.

After Kia we headed over to our stage to start setting up. Much to our dismay, the skies had started turning darker and there seemed to be a subtle panic happening within merch tents and behind backstage. Everyone was prepping for a storm. By the time we took the stage, there was no doubt that there was something mean coming. Right in the middle of our set the storm hit with all it fury. raging winds and rain were accompanied by thunder and lighting (which was striking far too close). halfway through our last song the power was cut because it became too dangerous. Fans were ushered away an merch sales plummeted.

The one redeeming quality of the day: backstage BBQ. That and a much needed day off.

EIY Meetup

Everyday Sarah Saturday, founder of earnityourself.com, holds a meeting with the founder/creator of warped tour, Kevin Lyman and the tour manager Lisa. The meeting offers kids the chance to ask prominent forces in the music industry any questions. We try and go to as many meetings as we can because the questions people ask are always different and the panel has a wealth of knowledge to share.

Day 6: Orlando

Before I begin I would like to say, much to my disappointment, we did not go to Disney World. Instead we were at punk rock summer camp.

Orlando was very busy for TTV. We played our set, then the girls ran from our stage to the main stage to sing with Reel Big Fish, then we hustled to the Altec Live tent to perform an acoustic set, then we went to press to do interviews and from the interviews we ran to our tent to do a signing. All this happened in a span of 3 hours. Today in Atlanta should be just as hectic and I can't wait.

-Dunnigan TTV