industry and the exposure to the dark and sometimes fatal world of sex, drugs and alcohol. As Johnny Reznick of the band The Goo Goo Dolls put it: "Being a professional rocker is a job just like any other" (Reznick Interview). While it certainly can be rewarding, the work of a pop star is never easy and always fraught with difficulty and risk.
             Perhaps one of the most strenuous aspects of being a professional musician is the unwelcome baggage that comes with being on tour. The website for the BLS Career
             Report Service (a federally funded service that attempts to provide information on literally every known career) describes the tedious aspects of a rock musician's career as
             such: "All musicians spend a lot time practicing, rehearsing and performing. This requires a lot of travel. Musicians often perform at night and on weekends. All this can be
             tiring" (BLS Report). This is a straightforward statement that clearly says being a traveling musician can be tiring. The only problem with this statement is that it fails to specify just how tiring a lot of travel can be. The stress and pressure caused by being on the road causes many musicians to have ne
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