Great video. I have been playing guitar (for 45 years), and I tried to learn trumpet about 20 years ago without any result. Recently my wife (an antiques dealer) found me a vintage natural horn and a rare buicine, and I started messing around with them, and I am watching brasses' tutorials just to get a feel on the whole thing. Your video is one of the best. You seem to be a great teacher.
Thank you for sharing. I am looking to pitch this position to my boss because it seems very interesting. I did have a couple questions: 1. When do you start advancing a show? A week out, month out? 2. Could you updated the example rider template you have in your description box (it says access denied)? 3. Do you typically have a point person who assist with visa’s? Or do you just go to that country’s website to find all the info and submit yourself? 4. If you put specific items on a rider and the venue does not have it- do you get money back or is this typical and you let it go?
Hi! Yes, these are good questions. All of these answers depend on the size of the band and the budget. 1. The technical part of the show starts to be advanced a few months out. Stage needs, light needs and audio needs are all discussed first. The hospo advance will start 1-2 months out. 2. Yes, I will need to remake this 3. When working with international festivals, they will help guide you through the requirements for that countries VISAs, as well as your booking agent who booked the show. There are also companies who can assist with this if you are booking the bands yourself. 4. You wouldn’t get money back on your rider. It is the venues job to provide the items outlined unless those items are not available in that state/country or really can not be found. I always have substitutions on deck for any items they can’t find, and if it’s a very specific brand/need that the band wants I will travel with backups. Not worth it to argue with the venue over $50 worth of snacks when there are bigger costs being negotiated.
Enjoying your videos! Always wondered what happens behind the scenes. While the amount of tasks/list of items you have on your plate is enormous, it’s helps when u work with professionals/adults who can possess some degree of maturity and d responsibility, although they may not always be possible. 👍
Bravo, Parts 1-4 are excellent, hope if you have ever rolled on our Pioneer buses, that your experience was safe, smooth and to your liking. Keep these shares and videos coming.
I have a professional, singer songwriter. She’s a good talent, but she can’t get along with her road manager. She’s too restrictive for her I wanna take my dog and she’s too prudish when she makes a joke about something she says Australia I’ve had to talk to my friend that is really making a big music. Do you guys live tour? She wants a little bit of freedom group managers are terrible. I don’t think they understand artists.
Great series! Im working with a small band right now. Question tho, how could I get in touch with her? I’d love to ask her some questions and kind of just pick her brain. Maybe even get all those spreadsheets she has talked about. Is there an email or social media I could find her at? Thank you!
Thank you so much for explaining all that so simply especially with the diagrams. I barely joined the IATSE and am studying mixing sound for live events and am also now super interested in learning the stage manager role just bc of how awesome that is! I'll let you know how it goes and if you missed anything :)
I’ve loved all of the Touring Management 101 videos with Andrea and it’s given me so much insight to the touring world! It’s also made me even more interested in pursuing a career in this industry; I just need to figure out how to get involved in it in the smaller town I’m in.
This was great, thanks for sharing these lessons. My friend and I just went through lesson one and two on the upright in his living room. Plenty there to practice one. One question, is that little outro riff you played at the end have a name? I 've heard it before, and would love to practice it. Thanks!
It may go without saying, but one thing I have learned over the years is your own comfort/health/well-being, since the job demands A LOT of energy and demands A LOT from you ... physically and emotionally. It's very important that you 1) wear comfortable shoes and attire, 2) Eat properly (what you eat is just as important as WHEN and HOW). Eat right, at the right times, focus on eating, try and eat calmly, and at a reasonable time. It may seem almost impossible, but it can be done. I avoid soft drinks, energy drinks, etc., although they may be tempting. 3) Manage your emotions. Know how to be assertive with everyone (band, crew, venue, guests, etc.). Show that you know what you're doing, be stern, treat everyone with respect, so you get that back. 4) This is a VERY tough one: try and rest and avoid sleeping aids. If you can learn how to meditate, all the better. 5) As Andrea has mentioned, being organized is ABSOLUTELY key. There is NO other way. 6) Be thankful with your temp staff (runners, hotel staff, venue staff, etc.) Those people that don't travel, but certainly help when you ride through town. I like to email them after we leave, it's something that goes a long way. 7) Keep a very neat directory of local vendors and suppliers in each city. Everything from taxi drivers to local pizza places and hotel reception staff. 6) Be open to share your resources with other colleagues. I'm sure I am leaving a lot of things out, but you get the idea: Be as healthy as you can.
You mentioned working in larger teams in ep1; does that mean that there's multiple Prod. Coordinators sometimes? Being able to trade-off either shifts/duties or a full day followed by a free one where someone else takes over seems like it would make for better health management, especially since your position is so integral to the efficiency of a show. Idk, but working multiple 20+ hr days in a row sounds like a good recipe for burnout.
It can definitely be a burnout. You really have to love the job. Larger shows have more help in them, but they are also larger productions so the work is still very intense
I play trumpet and clarinet so naturally the next instrument it makes sense for me to pick up is the double bass :b In all seriousness thankyou this is very helpful, I played it for the first time this morning and can now play a horrible rendition of mary had a little lamb :DDD
I'm currently a stagehand but my ambition is to be a production manager. How would you recommend I get there? Do I need school, if so what degree? Do I just work my way up from stagehand to tech and so on? What's the path?
You don't necessarily need schooling but it is all about making connections in the industry. There is no straight obvious path there and you typically have to work your way up.
New tour coordinator here, I love your videos they have been so helpful during my transition into this new job. Please think about putting templates for all your sheets/docs for sale - I would def buy them!!
Day one of playing tuba for me, and I am really having difficulty with keeping the air from coming out of my nose. Have you run into this problem before? Is it a common problem? Do you have any tips?
I recently got an ELECTRIC upright bass and while some might argue that it is not the same instrument, this video (and the whole playlist it is in) was very helpful to get started.
A 5th is the distance between notes. So if you look at a Scale in in the key of C major. The first five notes are C, D, E , F, G. The distance between the C and the G is called a fifth. There are also diminishes and augmented fifths which are a different discussion but C to G is what we call a perfect fifth. Also Jose did make a mistake and the distance between strings are actually 4ths. For example E to A is a fourth which you can follow the same pattern to figure that out
Does this work for tours that are not with music? For example my nonprofit is setting up a tour to do our program in 15 cities this Summer. I am looking to see if I can follow this guideline
You can definitely follow a lot of the things in this video since this is not just specifically for music. There will be some differences that you may have to cater towards your specific tour. There will also be differences depending on the size of the crew and the tour.
