With Jennifer Kingwell Photography by Greta Punch Imagery Chances are, you are some semblance of a well-rounded human being who, despite your rehearsal studio-side swagger, does not wholly exist to eat, breathe and create music 24/7. This is a good thing! Making music is an incredible gift to yourself and others but it doesn’t exist in a vacuum, nor should it. These are some (hopefully) helpful tips for those who want to stick around for a while, both in a literal physical sense and also in terms of your musical career. ‘Check yo self before you wreck yo self’ Moderation in all things. Including moderation. In the intro to part 1 of this guide we talked about the myth of the 27 Club — those preternaturally talented musical unicorns who left an incredible musical legacy despite passing tragically away at the early age of 27, often with some sort of toxic cocktail implicated in their deaths. Kurt, Janis, Jimi, Amy, even the big daddy of musical conspiracy theories, the Faustian Robert Johnson. As much as we can recognise that dying from a drug overdose at any age is not exactly a lofty life ambition, there is no doubt that the … Continue reading BEYOND THE 27 CLUB, PART 2.