Warren Zyders

figuring out what's the next thing to release and then when through that duration we're going through artist development we're developing me we're figuring out what i want to say in these rights i'm perfecting on the craft we're still posting on social media and um When it came down to it, we're like, okay, how do we want to approach this?

Okay, so 717 Tapes, my first project was primarily acoustic. So it's like, okay, how do we want to present the art? Let's go on an acoustic tour. Let's just keep this simple. Let's go ahead and put 15 dates up. I love acoustic tours. Yeah, they're cool. They're intimate. It's cool. It's raw.

Okay, so 717 Tapes, my first project was primarily acoustic. So it's like, okay, how do we want to present the art? Let's go on an acoustic tour. Let's just keep this simple. Let's go ahead and put 15 dates up. I love acoustic tours. Yeah, they're cool. They're intimate. It's cool. It's raw.

Okay, so 717 Tapes, my first project was primarily acoustic. So it's like, okay, how do we want to present the art? Let's go on an acoustic tour. Let's just keep this simple. Let's go ahead and put 15 dates up. I love acoustic tours. Yeah, they're cool. They're intimate. It's cool. It's raw.

And so we're like, okay, we're going to put an acoustic tour up and we're going to go take you and a guitar player. We're going to go put you in a van and we're going to go see how these sell. We put my tour up, my first tour, 15 dates, and it damn near sold out on the on sale. And then after tickets officially went on sale, it was less than 24 hours, whole tour sold out.

And so we're like, okay, we're going to put an acoustic tour up and we're going to go take you and a guitar player. We're going to go put you in a van and we're going to go see how these sell. We put my tour up, my first tour, 15 dates, and it damn near sold out on the on sale. And then after tickets officially went on sale, it was less than 24 hours, whole tour sold out.

And so we're like, okay, we're going to put an acoustic tour up and we're going to go take you and a guitar player. We're going to go put you in a van and we're going to go see how these sell. We put my tour up, my first tour, 15 dates, and it damn near sold out on the on sale. And then after tickets officially went on sale, it was less than 24 hours, whole tour sold out.

So my first show ever playing was in State College, Pennsylvania at Champs. And it was 800 people showed up for my first ever show. My first time playing in front of people. That's awesome. 800 people. So it was like, go big or go home. So, and I describing, oh man, I'm like reliving it. Describing that moment. no one knew if I could do it. Like no one knew.

So my first show ever playing was in State College, Pennsylvania at Champs. And it was 800 people showed up for my first ever show. My first time playing in front of people. That's awesome. 800 people. So it was like, go big or go home. So, and I describing, oh man, I'm like reliving it. Describing that moment. no one knew if I could do it. Like no one knew.

So my first show ever playing was in State College, Pennsylvania at Champs. And it was 800 people showed up for my first ever show. My first time playing in front of people. That's awesome. 800 people. So it was like, go big or go home. So, and I describing, oh man, I'm like reliving it. Describing that moment. no one knew if I could do it. Like no one knew.

I had three days of rehearsals with a guitar player. We went ahead into a rehearsal space and it was like, I had gotten, I had actually taken guitar lessons. I hadn't taken guitar lessons in years. We went ahead and hired someone and I was like, hey, can you teach me how to play some of my own songs? Because I'm like, I'm not playing some of these songs on the records now. So...

I had three days of rehearsals with a guitar player. We went ahead into a rehearsal space and it was like, I had gotten, I had actually taken guitar lessons. I hadn't taken guitar lessons in years. We went ahead and hired someone and I was like, hey, can you teach me how to play some of my own songs? Because I'm like, I'm not playing some of these songs on the records now. So...

I had three days of rehearsals with a guitar player. We went ahead into a rehearsal space and it was like, I had gotten, I had actually taken guitar lessons. I hadn't taken guitar lessons in years. We went ahead and hired someone and I was like, hey, can you teach me how to play some of my own songs? Because I'm like, I'm not playing some of these songs on the records now. So...

We got a guitar player to come teach me lessons. I'm taking lessons. We did three days of rehearsals, back to back to back. And it was just like running the set, top to bottom. Let's just, let's build the set out. Feels like what, figure out what works. And I remember it was people from my record label. It was my booking. It was my manager. It was my mom and dad.

We got a guitar player to come teach me lessons. I'm taking lessons. We did three days of rehearsals, back to back to back. And it was just like running the set, top to bottom. Let's just, let's build the set out. Feels like what, figure out what works. And I remember it was people from my record label. It was my booking. It was my manager. It was my mom and dad.

We got a guitar player to come teach me lessons. I'm taking lessons. We did three days of rehearsals, back to back to back. And it was just like running the set, top to bottom. Let's just, let's build the set out. Feels like what, figure out what works. And I remember it was people from my record label. It was my booking. It was my manager. It was my mom and dad.

They were out of the, they were there selling my merch night one. And they were like, everyone's looking at each other like, we don't even know if he can do this. Like, can he get on a stage and perform and play in front of this many people? And my heart, man, was thumping. And what's funny is, is anything that could go wrong went wrong, but the fans were none the wiser.

They were out of the, they were there selling my merch night one. And they were like, everyone's looking at each other like, we don't even know if he can do this. Like, can he get on a stage and perform and play in front of this many people? And my heart, man, was thumping. And what's funny is, is anything that could go wrong went wrong, but the fans were none the wiser.

They were out of the, they were there selling my merch night one. And they were like, everyone's looking at each other like, we don't even know if he can do this. Like, can he get on a stage and perform and play in front of this many people? And my heart, man, was thumping. And what's funny is, is anything that could go wrong went wrong, but the fans were none the wiser.

So get on stage, guitar's out of tune, get on stage, feedback from the wedges, this or that, microphones not wanting to, like, you know what I mean? Like all these things that, You can't learn unless you go through it. Right. And this is my first show. And I'm like just flying by the seat of my pants. And then it's like, hey, you got to go up there and perform.