Maybe We Were Meant to Be (Tay Jardine and Jenna Mcdougall)

On The Road

Hayley:

It was time to go back out on tour. We had decided to wait to organize another tour with Tonight Alive and We Are The In Crowd. Paramore was going off on their own. We were going to headline another U.S. show. We didn't have enough time to organize a world tour. We had made this decision after a long talk between the bands, secretly excluding Tay so she wouldn't feel bad for keeping anyone from touring.

Our manager and team worked their butts off organizing it, but in only 2 weeks they had it all figured out. We were going to be out on the road for 3 months. I would have all that time to exhaust myself night after night and be so busy I wouldn't have to think about anything. It would be perfect. It would also be the perfect time to finish the songs we had been working on and we could start recording as soon as we go back. The band had a meeting that afternoon to discuss all the details.

Before we headed to the Fueled by Ramen offices I was meeting up with the boys. Things had been so busy for me that I hadn't been hanging out with them unless it was to work on music. I had been spending a lot of time with Demi.

It was fun being in a new relationship. So far it had been all laughs and cuddles without the fighting or distance. I was worried about being out on the road for 3 months away from her. She of course had to tour as well, but most of her time lately had been spent at home in her own recording studio, which I was super jealous of. It must be nice to be really rich.

Sure Paramore had been doing well, we made it on the radio and sold millions of records, but after dividing that with the record label and then dividing the rest by three it became a lot smaller than being a solo artist that had many more radio hits. I was still thankful for my family of musicians. Touring and writing and sharing with the same guys for 10 years was huge! I couldn't imagine life without them now.

At 10 we met up at our favorite brunch spot. It was a little cafe that made great french toast. It was probably very unhealthy, but it was so good I didn't care. The creamy mixture of strawberries, bread and cream cheese melted in my mouth. I saw the same look of satisfaction on the faces of Taylor and Jeremy too. Another way you could tell the food was good was we hadn't said a word in minutes.

Before the food had arrived, we had happily and excitedly chattered on about who we hoped we would be touring with. Some names like Blink 182, Green Day, All Time Low, Fall Out Boy, You Me At Six, Panic! At the Disco and The Script were thrown out. We seemed eager to tour with more pop punk bands. Are roots had been seeming to disappear recently and we all agreed we never wanted to forget where we had come from.

After brunch we went out bowling. I beat the guys' butts... by 2 points.

Finally it was time to go to the meeting. We headed over in our separate cars, but we waited outside until all three of us had arrived. We pushed through the glass doors and walked through the building we knew so well. Pictures and posters of our label mates such as: Panic! At the Disco, Fun., Ghost Town and Twenty One Pilots, lined the walls. The office we were looking for, the Paramore secret headquarters, was the fourth door on the right.

We walked in and greeted all our hard working colleagues. We sat down and the discussion began. We were going to be doing 86 shows, meaning we would have less than a week of break time during the shows. Being a musician seems like all fun and glory until you realize it is a ton of long hours and little sleep. At least now we had roadies that loaded and set up our gear each night. It was even harder when we first started out and we had to set up.

Finally the big moment had arrived, we were going to be touring with... actually I think I'll keep that my little secret for now.