{"id":4892,"date":"2024-10-02T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/?p=4892"},"modified":"2024-10-03T09:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:47:20","slug":"american-tour-from-2016-to-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/american-tour-from-2016-to-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Edition #36 <br> American Tour; From 2016 to 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4892\" class=\"elementor elementor-4892\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26c78e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26c78e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41babe64\" data-id=\"41babe64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc0627f elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc0627f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Edition #36 <br> American Tour; From 2016 to 2024<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc1cef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6dc1cef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Celebration of Death and Rebirth\u00a0\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-738c4432 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"738c4432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8d55559 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>02\/10\/2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64a0c73a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64a0c73a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s with a high degree of positive energy that I rejoined the members of my band The Long Shadows as we all gathered at our church studio HQ to start digging into the spirit that will ultimately define our upcoming American tour with the British band Temples.\n<br><br>\nEveryone is happy and excited, and even Moose seems to be in a good place, which is great, as this sort of unexpected get-together marks the first occasion that the 6 of us are assembled in the same room since I informed him I needed some time to reevaluate his participation in my ongoing projects.\u00a0It\u2019s never easy to tell someone you have supported for so long that for the best of everyone involved, he might have to step back. I\u2019m usually slow in taking such a definitive kind of decision\u2014family and loyalty being part of my core values. It\u2019s also the reason why I\u2019m prompt to give a loved one another chance, and another, and another\u2026 But I also believe in the utmost necessity of moving forward, both personally and artistically. You know me, I\u2019m transparent on pretty much every front, and the time is now for me.\n<br><br>\nI\u2019m usually the last one to jump in the rehearsal cycle. My preparation begins with a period of isolation, reflective intimacy, and musing introspection. That\u2019s where the nature of a new project, be it a tour, an album, a film, or else, resides, always. That\u2019s where I can find enough of the specific layers and shades I\u2019m looking for to eventually bring them to the rest of the band so we can outline new collective aspects of the invisible we want to dwell on together, explore what can\u2019t be touched, what can\u2019t be seen or even truly defined. I learned years ago that such sparks cannot be captured nor owned, as when you try, and God knows I did, you choke its unique essence and drain its brightness. You end up with nothing but your own bleached-out ambition.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b48698 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b48698\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/rehearsal-band-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4894\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/rehearsal-band-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/rehearsal-band-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/rehearsal-band-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/rehearsal-band.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728ac39e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"728ac39e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s actually the reason why I\u2019d rather immerse myself in what I can feel from deep inside. And since I decided to do so, I realized that somehow, on every occasion I let go in its midst, whatever it might be or originate from, I see my creative perspective be reshaped and my so-called need to understand what I can\u2019t comprehend be transformed by the sensations that emerge from my individual or collective discoveries. That\u2019s what matters to me, the rest is elusive at best, if only self-digested performance and prefabricated entertainment\u2014and I execrate both almost equally. You may be able to generate light out of neon, but you can\u2019t commune life out of spiritual sterility. It\u2019s plastic to me, non-degradable self-serving uselessness. That\u2019s why conception is all about abandonment and letting go for me and why it manifests itself through live improvisations and sparks being cultivated. In other words, I\u2019m not looking for any public repetition, as flamboyant a demonstration I could end up mastering the gimmick it involves, not even for innovative rejuvenation, but I\u2019m seeking inspirational transfiguration, as painful as it is to renounce my profound sense of self each and every opportunity I have to pick up an instrument, may I be in the privacy of my studio or in some public set-up.\n<br><br>\nI guess, in retrospect, this is the obvious realization that led me to reevaluate the relevance of going in the direction I was engaged in with my former band Your Favorite Enemies. At some point, I had to decide if I wanted to keep denying what I knew was real or to entirely break the reasoning mechanic that kept me in what had almost completely lost its purpose. It\u2019s far from being an easy decision, especially when you have tasted the intoxicating illusions of success, even if only a little\u2026 For me, though, it\u2019s because I didn\u2019t feel anything after drinking that cup of make-believe that it became inevitable. There\u2019s no cure to eradicate reality. Once you know, you know, and what follows is up to you. It is either a slow miserable death or a drastic one followed by a potential rebirth. My \u201cdeath\u201d happened at our last concert in New York and my rebirth would eventually take place in Tangier some moments later.\n<br><br>\nGoing on tour in America brought those souvenirs back with a fierce current of emotional images alongside them.\u00a0It was in March of 2016, almost 10 years ago, and the memory is still vivid. Many fans and loved ones chartered buses from Montreal for the occasion. Nobody knew it would be the band\u2019s last concert, only me. We ended up inviting everyone for a glass of wine we had chosen for the occasion on a beautifully empty Broadway. It was joyful. While it was far from being the Madison Square Garden, it was us, it was real, it was clear, and I was serenely at peace, lucid. I wasn\u2019t leaving or quitting, I was migrating, on my own terms, unaware that it would take me almost 3 years to find the courage to release my album \u201cWindows in the Sky\u201d in Canada and 2 additional years to make it available internationally, proof that a\u00a0rebirth doesn\u2019t imply being immediately fully formed. It takes steps; a few for some, a whole lot for others like me. Hopefully, it\u2019s not about how long it takes, it\u2019s about how firmly every one of those steps is anchored every single day of our new life, even when we stumble, as any singular path is essentially defined by those falls, errors, failures, and other catastrophes. 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Again, life creates life!!!\n<br><br>\n\nI can\u2019t wait to cheer and exalt that colorful brightness with you, my dear friends and loved ones.\n<br><br>\n\nMuch love,<br>\nYour friend and brother,<br>\nAlex\n<br><br>\n\nPS: For more information and tickets to my upcoming US tour, click <a href=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/tour\/\">here<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c28c0c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c28c0c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ca2a01c\" data-id=\"7ca2a01c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13809e14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"13809e14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24aefaab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24aefaab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ea9a2c8\" data-id=\"4ea9a2c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b28946d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-153 elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2b28946d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/ask-a-question\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ask a Question<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Celebration of Death and Rebirth\u00a0 It\u2019s with a high degree of positive energy that I rejoined the members of &#8230; 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