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TTP #13a- Tourganic Shorts: Bassist Pete Shand: Purveyor of Heavy Low Frequency in a Groovy Style
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This episode's guest is bassist Pete Shand from the New Mastersounds. Pete is a road warrior and has been through the hard partying cycle of touring and now is striving to create a more sustainable way of life on the road through a plant-based diet and daily stretching routines. Physical issues with his back also forced Pete to take a hard look at touring lifestyle and search for answers on how to continue to keep bringing his talents to the world.
In this conversation:
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His daughters influence on going vegetarian and finding a healthy way to maintain on the road
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Making the most of your time offstage while on tour to improve your show performance
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The importance of stretching for his back problems and physical issues
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Daily plantbased protein shake w flax/chia seeds coconut water and garden of life greens
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Avoiding burnout over years on the road
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Getting back to show ready before tours
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Discipline of being in the military and transferring those skills after discharge
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Perspective gained from traveling
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Link of simplicity and vegetarian diet
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Preparation for gigs and constantly feeling like you have to work harder than the next guy
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The role of the bass player
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Transcript
Introduction: Torganic Shorts with Pete Shand
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This is Torganic Shorts where I gave a taste of the full interview with selected quotes. My guest is Pete Shand from The New Master Sounds.
The 22-Hour Impact Strategy
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But your shows are two, three hours every night. And then there's another 22 hours for that day. It dawned on me how incredibly important those 22 hours are to make those two-hour shows really something.
Hydration, Sleep, and Morning Routines
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is because I'm hydrated constantly and when I go to sleep, my stomach and my organs are not having to work so hard to rinse lots of toxins out of my system like they used to be. Which means I'm getting restful sleep.
00:00:43
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It's almost like I can't start my day without the protein and the stretches. But if that's the only thing, penalty I have to pay for being healthy, then I'm quite willing to do that till my dying day. And right now, I've got more energy than I've had for years, Dave. That's the truth. I go to bed, I wake up, I don't have to stay in bed all day. I'm up at seven, eight o'clock every morning, whether I'm on tour or not. You know, when I sleep, I feel like I'm waking up, I feel refreshed.
Overcoming Unhealthy Habits
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And because you're doing maybe seven shows a week for six weeks, you're damaging yourself, man. And I think back to the times when I was laying down in bed and I must have been a tequila in my kidneys, all this stuff going around my body. I'm just really grateful, David, that I've actually managed to come out of it and I can look back and talk about it. Because some people don't come out of that stuff.
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I might have been thinking I was doing good, but I know in my heart, I could have done better when I look back. And I don't want that anymore. I don't want no regret just because of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Nobody's ever going to change sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but it's been there since day one. And many people have had battles and deaths and problems with all that stuff.
Simplicity and Self-Care Philosophy
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What you have to do, like, Kal Denton, some of these dudes said to me, what you got to do, you just got to ride it, man.
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You know, because if I'd have stayed as I was, I wouldn't even be in the park playing soccer and basketball and swimming with them every day. I just wouldn't be doing it. I'd be just kind of, oh, I feel a bit bad today. That pain's killing me today. And it used to depress me. I wouldn't tell anybody about it. I'd just pop painkillers there. And it would just mask it for a while. But it's not right. It's not the right way to do it, man. And it's not expensive to be healthy, is what my daughter told me, showed me.
00:02:15
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all the fast, aggressive living that we get used to doing just in order to get through life on a daily basis. You know, coming back to the vegetarian simpleness again, everything's just based on simplicity, really. We kind of make things too complicated, man. And we're also doing what we love, entertaining and playing our forced cream basket to ask brother. We love doing that with people like me and you.
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When you can be grateful and be thankful for it. It makes you want to help other people to try and get there a bit. It's not always about yourself.
Financial Support and Career Longevity
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The more you look after yourself, the better you are for anybody else I've noticed.
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but I pay for a life in England, I pay for a life in Spain and I look after people in Jamaica and bro, I'm not breaking the law. It's all coming from that four string piece of wood. So why wouldn't I want to look after myself to keep that going? Instead of numbing myself.
00:03:15
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But the reason why I do prepare is because I have always got this little thing in me that I'm not really supposed to be doing this. It's something that I can't rub out, David, you know what I mean? I actually want to rub it out because it's what's made me go that extra bit further to be ready.
00:03:31
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through all the gigs, enjoying myself lucid, you know, and afterwards, actually feeling good. And when I wake up the next day feeling good, you know, now I will never, ever, I'll stop, I will actually stop touring before I go back into that darkness again. Since I cleared myself up, there's more stuff happening around me. Maybe it was happening around me before, but I wasn't aware of it, David, you know what I mean?
Pete Shand: Master of Heavy Grooves
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And I'm like, yeah, I'm a bass player, but I like to think I'm a purveyor of heavy low frequency in a groovy style and pattern. That's what I do.
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
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Thanks for listening to this episode of the Torganic podcast. Please comment and rate the show in iTunes. Also come visit torganic.com and my Instagram page for regular updates on my triathlon training, vegan diet tips, and my music life. Big thanks to Pete. Until next time.