Hospitality: Accommodation and Catering Smaller bands and artists that are just beginning their road to success often have to find innovative ways to go about sleeping and eating on the road. They don’t have the luxury of sleeping in a tour bus or fancy hotels nor enjoying venue catering or eating at restaurants every day.... Continue Reading →
Young Gun Tour Manager’s Lessons from the Road: The Flawless Smile Tour #3 Resources
Since I also want to share information beyond my own experiences (and keep my posts clean enough), I’ll post separately some resources related to my touring blog posts. These resource posts are directly linked to the equivalent touring posts so you can always revert back to them if you don’t remember what I’m talking about... Continue Reading →
Industry Resources: Bobnet
https://www.bobnet.rocks Everybody in the touring business knows this website. Or at least should know. WHAT EXACTLY IS BOBNET? "Bobnet is a place where experienced Roadies can find and apply for tour-related jobs, fill-in gigs between their regular touring gigs, and local fill-ins, too. Seeing the Job Posts on Bobnet requires a membership, which requires prior... Continue Reading →
Industry Resources: This Tour Life
https://thistourlife.com "Music touring as a business is a world unto itself, traveling the planet together (very intimately with new people every few months), bringing musicians to their hungry fans. In this world of touring there are many different roles and variables. All require personnel to be responsible for overseeing, and executing their own tasks to... Continue Reading →
Young Gun Tour Manager’s Lessons from the Road: The Flawless Smile Tour #2 Resources
Since I also want to share information beyond my own experiences (and keep my posts clean enough), I’ll post separately some resources related to my touring blog posts. These resource posts are directly linked to the equivalent touring posts so you can always revert back to them if you don’t remember what I’m talking about... Continue Reading →
Young Gun Tour Manager’s Lessons from the Road: The Flawless Smile Tour #2
Transportation and Moving People Moving people and gear from one place to another and making sure the band and crew are on time are some of the main tasks of a tour manager. Before, I’ve been part of crews as a merchandise manager on tours in Finland and worked according to the schedules given to... Continue Reading →
Young Gun Tour Manager’s Lessons from the Road: The Flawless Smile Tour #1
It’s been three weeks since my first tour as a tour manager ended. It was a first on many levels: my first tour as a TM, my first tour being the only crew member, my first tour in the US, my first national tour in the US, and my first consecutive tour (meaning we stayed... Continue Reading →
Young Gun Tour Manager’s Lessons from the Road: The Flawless Smile Tour #1 Resources
Since I also want to share information beyond my own experiences (and keep my posts clean enough), I’ll post separately some resources related to my touring blog posts. These resource posts are directly linked to the equivalent touring posts so you can always revert back to them if you don’t remember what I’m talking about... Continue Reading →