My Friend Tom

It’s been a busy few days. I started the week by spending six hours on the phone with the people at Tom Tom trying to re-activate the map software after it came back from a warranty repair. The perseverance paid off and now it’s back to it’s good self.

I’ve been lucky in that both my Dad and Brother have Sat-Nav’s that I’ve been borrowing theirs whilst mine’s been broken – I’m ashamed to say that I’d be lost without it.

I think a Tomtom is an absolute must for any professional musician. Especially if you are a freelancer. With gigs up and down the country in different places every week life would be a lot more stressful without it. I gigged all the way through college and before. I remember what it was like before my pal Tom came along.

It would involve AA route planner, the map in the back of my car and setting out an hour or more before the eta (estimated time of arrival). Pulling over in side roads to look at the map when you miss your turn, driving slowly with the aa route planner pinned to your car wheel whilst you look for an allusive road. It was a far more stressful and dangerous way of getting to gigs.

Now you bang in the postcode, get the eta (leave time for traffic and warming up) and away you go. In saved petrol costs and convenience it’s paid for itself a million times over.

Tomtom – a must for the professional musician.