Martin Atkins stated “There is no Reason You Cannot Do This” in reference to on demand posters and tshirts. He was not referring to on-demand like in cafe press, but more so, actually screen printing while on tour. As a fellow who consulted on massive screen printing operations such as used for tshirts sold in [...]
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In the corporate world, enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a big deal, and when it works, its amazing how it can save time, and wring out costs. In the music world, I’ve often looked for a parallel for the touring group. Something simple enough that a group getting started could use a module or 2, [...]
When starting out, every one uses duct tape, its cheap and readily available. I remember years ago, going through miles of the stuff… However, its not without peril. Duct tape, over time, or after after 1000+ folks have trampled on it, or PAR cans have boiled it, of any such combo makes for a nasty [...]
Fire signoffs in some venues can be a pain, especially if one is not prepared ahead of time. The thing is, the danger is very real. Case in point, the Nightclub fire in RI back in 2003. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/21/deadly.nightclub.fire/ Ninety-six people died Thursday in a fast-moving fire at a Rhode Island nightclub, Gov. Don Carcieri said [...]
For those who have been there done that, they personally know the horror stories of paying a union guy $250 for electrical connections, or a few hundred for loadin/loadout. For others, such seems an overblown fantasy story. Well, for some venues, it is very real… and what you dont want to do, is tick off [...]
After reading Martin Atkin’s book, entitled Tour Smart, a lot of things came to mind, and as such, I’ll be periodically posting tourtips. These are things I picked up the hard way, both as a touring musician, but also a engineer involved with industrial tradeshows. The number of parallels between the two of them are [...]
I received Martin Atkin’s Tour Smart earlier this week, and have been digging through it. Talk about digging up memories For that purpose along, its a cool read, but alas, there is much more. For someone who has been there, and done that… well, it pretty much tells you all the things you should have [...]
I’m skeptical, booking agents are the life blood of a tour. A bad or disorganized booking agent can and often does spell disaster. However, if such skills are not one of the band members, and one doesn’t have a known name or track record, a major disconnect exists. Prime booking agents are not gong to [...]
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In my early days, I focused on technique almost to the exclusion of everything else. Technical perfection was my goal…. not the groups musicality, not showmanship, not the total effect on the audience, but my personal skill. Man, was I wrong…. Granted, being a tech head, lights and pyro were interesting too, and yes I [...]
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Many in the music world have a single focus or a few narrow focuses. I remember playing with a pretty high powered trumpet player years ago. The guy was a genius, had a number of album credits, and apart from performing, was an incredible educator… but move away from those key areas, and whoa, it [...]
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