Do the members of Symphony X have day jobs still?

[control-denied777]

If u wanna be in a band dont get married man .Imagine this , u have to pay 1000$ a month just for the annoying kids dipers.And,also your wife will bitch the shit out of u for not bringing enough money to the house.

 

[Matt]

Actually, Romeo doesn't do guitar lessons.

What does he do?

He probably teah me some things on bass. (played some on russ's solo)

 

[The Apparition]

Being a musician myself this is always a topic that interests me. I think one of the big factors is that Symphony X aren't a hard touring band. The bands who tend to reap the rewards are the bands who tour extensively like Nevermore, who recently said they've been able to quit their day jobs. Dream Theater do very well and are always on the road and tour everywhere. I've even heard of more obscure bands than SX being able to make a living off their music, but it also comes down to whether you have to support a family or just yourself. I'm pretty sure most of the guys in Symphony X weren't real young when they started the band and were probably well on their way to starting families so that probably closed alot of doors as far as hard out constant touring goes.

 

[metallicafan647]

Actually, Romeo doesn't do guitar lessons.

What does he do? If you're at liberty to say that is.

 

[Jax]

MJR is the one band member who focuses pretty much on SymX, as well as doing other random projects for friends & fellow musicians (like helping with production, or playing solos on other artists' cds and the like).

 

[metallicafan647]

Ah thanks, just as I suspected.

 

[Riceloft]

I believe Daniel Gildenlöw and rest of the PoS members also have to work beside the music! It's a shame!

Daniel said in a semi-recent interview that all of the guys except him have day jobs. He just recently got to the point where he could focus on music, between TFK + PoS that is. I don't know if thats changed since he doesn't seem to be in TFK anymore afaik.

 

[Noble Viking]

Pinnela works at guitar center?

 

[bball_1523]

didn't pinnella do lanscaping or carpenting? I thought I heard that somewhere

 

[Jax]

Pinnela works at guitar center?

Yep.

didn't pinnella do lanscaping or carpenting? I thought I heard that somewhere

Not as long as I've known him..

 

[Rose Immortal]

didn't pinnella do lanscaping or carpenting? I thought I heard that somewhere

Nah. He juggles knives and chainsaws.

 

[Jax]

 

[Snowmaker]

Yeah.. I cant imagine Romeo in stall selling sausages.

For some reason, the words "stall" and "selling sausage" just don't sound good together.

What do they do for benefits? Health? 401K? Dental?

 

[Jax]

They're all married, so I imagine their wives do have access to health insurance and the like.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Russ was in Medieval Times at some point


I know Dan Swanö works part time at a music store.

 

[Snowmaker]

They're all married, so I imagine their wives do have access to health insurance and the like.

The women stay home and pay the bills while the men are our touring the world and having fun.

 

[Rose Immortal]

Russ was in Medieval Times at some point

You know what's even weirder...when I was little I went to Medieval Times in Jersey, and I may be totally making this up and believing it, but I THINK he was performing there at the time. The year would've been right, anyway...1994 or 1995 or something like that. I had no idea about Symphony X then and mistakenly still thought all metal was evil...hey, I was little!

 

[raythetse]

You know what's even weirder...when I was little I went to Medieval Times in Jersey, and I may be totally making this up and believing it, but I THINK he was performing there at the time. The year would've been right, anyway...1994 or 1995 or something like that. I had no idea about Symphony X then and mistakenly still thought all metal was evil...hey, I was little!

METAL IS EVIL

 

[underullospell]

Yeah, that was pretty much what I was raised to believe too...
"ALL metal or Rock and Roll music is of the Devil":Smug:
I guess I wanted to rebel, but come to find out it really was just another form of music.. and my fav. of course..lol

 

[coolsnow7]

Anyone know which guitar center Pinella works at?