Moving to Australia to Start Our New Life on the Carnival Encounter
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We're not just traveling. We're changing our lives again.
Chasing a dream is rarely comfortable. We didn't choose comfort. We chose music.
Travel day is never glamorous. Lines, layovers, strange airplane meals, and then I remember that I'm flying across the world to get paid to play music.
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Inside The Music - my vlog about all things relating to my multi-faceted music career and my life in general. October 25, 2025 We moved across the world again — this time to Australia — to begin our new contract on the Carnival Encounter. This video isn’t just a travel vlog. It’s the moment between chapters — the part where life feels big and uncertain and exciting all at once. Packing our lives in Chicago, long-haul flights, jet lag, new city energy, first steps onboard a ship we’ve never called home before… and that quiet feeling of here we go again. Life as cruise ship musicians isn’t glamorous all the time, and it definitely isn’t simple. But there’s a rhythm to it — moments of chaos and calm, airports and ocean, routine and reinvention — and somehow, each time we step onto a new ship, it feels like choosing our dream all over again. This is the beginning of a new season. A new ship. A new story. Thanks for coming with us. 00:00 - Intro 01:27 - ORD to LAX 02:58 - LAX to BNE 07:06 - Landed in Brisbane 08:08 - Exploring Brisbane GEAR USED: Cameras: Sony ZV-E10 Sigma 16mm Lens GoPro Hero 9 Black DJI Mavic Air 2 Camera Mic: Rode VideoMic Pro Shotgun Camera Mic Lights: Lume Cube 2.0 IVISII G2 Pocket RGB Stream on SPOTIFY | https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Ub9y... Stream on APPLE MUSIC | https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dav... www.instagram.com/davidpaigemusic www.davidpaigemusic.com Started Channel - September 26, 2009 100 Subscribers - January 28, 2018 500 Subscribers - July 15, 2022 700 Subscribers - November 4, 2022 1,000 Subscribers - March 13, 2023 1,500 Subscribers - August 7, 2023 2,000 Subscribers - November 25, 2023