Posts in Tour Management
EMAIL EFFICIENCY

Despite its potential to be an extremely efficient means of communication, email has become a modern-day disaster. The ability to email anything to anyone, at any time, for zero cost, has led to a society full of anxious people who cringe with every addition to their inbox. However, I know that email can be efficient, so I spend a lot of time and energy speaking to people about ways to integrate efficiencies into the emails they send.

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PREPARING FOR FESTIVALS

Touring is alive and well, and music festivals are on many artists' schedules this year. There is so much to think about when preparing for a festival. However, if we're prepared and ready to take on the inevitable curve ball, the experience can be rewarding. We can never foresee every problem, but I wanted to touch on some of the most important things to consider.

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TOUR LAG: THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED WHEN RETURNING HOME FROM TOUR

At eight in the morning, incoherent and not fully aware of where I was, I reached over to hit snooze on my alarm clock. The room was dark, the bed was warm, and I was nowhere near ready to wake up. So, ten minutes later, another snooze. I repeated this cycle for the next hour until my alarm gave up. I don’t remember any of it, but I didn't get out of bed until eleven thirty, so I have to assume that’s how it all went down. My thought process when setting the alarm the night before went like this:

  • Get a solid eight hours of sleep.

  • Wake up well rested.

  • Get a head start on initiating a new morning routine.

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USING BRAND LOYALTY TO REDUCE TOUR EXPENSES

I stood by, watching as our tour manager’s friendly demeanor turned cold.

"Yea, that's not going to work. There is no way I'm going to pay that."

The look on her face proved that she was serious and ready to stand her ground.

Together we had just checked in a tour party of ten people, along with more than thirty pieces of luggage and equipment at Jakarta, Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta airport. With well-worn passports and freshly printed boarding passes now in their possession, the band and crew dispersed to entertain themselves. And the tour manager and I headed to pay the checked luggage fee.

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THE REALITIES AND STRUGGLES OF POST QUARANTINE TOURING

By August 2020, the world began to resemble a zombie apocalypse movie. In the parking lot of every tour bus company, weeds had forced themselves through cracks in the pavement. Without vehicles coming and going, there was nothing to stunt their growth.

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ADVANCING: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A VENUE REPRESENTATIVE

In part one of this blog series, I discussed what information a tour’s representatives will exchange with a venue or promoter during the advance process. For part two I’ll discuss what the venue representative will provide to tour and production managers during the advance process.

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ADVANCING YOUR SHOW WITH A PROMOTER OR VENUE

Advancing plays a vital role in live production. A large amount of information is exchanged during the advance process, requiring clear and efficient communication. To ensure nothing goes unnoticed, attention to detail throughout the process is crucial.

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