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The Tour Book

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“Insider hints and tips on everything you need to know about working in the modern live music industry – either as a musician or behind-the-scenes. Written by an experienced touring professional, the Tour Book will teach you how to improve your live show, play bigger and better gigs, get paid more and set your self up to work in industry - for life! “
Live music is a huge industry (In 2005, concert ticket sales totalled $3.1 billion in North America alone!) and playing live is an integral part of the success for any musician, band or artist. There is a huge difference between writing and recording your songs in your home studio or rehearsal space and then going out and putting on a show. If you can’t cut it live then you really are not going impress any audience, let alone gain a record deal and sell your music.
OK, but how do you make sure your show has the maximum impact? How do you appear professional and knowledgeable in an industry that has its own conventions, language and baffling technical terms? How do you get booked into a venue - and get paid? How do you then get bigger and better shows?
All questions you should find the answers to.
In this book you will learn:.
• How the industry works – what artist managers, promoters and booking agents actually do and how they work together to arrange shows and tours • How to understand show contracts and how to produce your own contracts, contract riders and technical specifications enabling you to get more money for your shows! • How to prepare yourself for playing live; rehearsing, checking and understanding your equipment, writing a ‘killer’ set list and knowing what to do when all goes wrong on stage. • What the ‘big’ agents and promoters are looking for and how to get those huge shows. • Industry terms and conventions – be able to converse with music business people and crew alike. • How to gain and keep work in the industry as a booking agent, promoter, technician or service provider.
Featuring interviews with key industry figures and successful bands, the book is stuffed with insider hints and tips to help you get YOUR show on the road!.
See more at:
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
www.livemusicbusiness.com

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Member Since: 16/04/2006
Band Website: livemusicbusiness.com
Band Members: Andy Reynolds has worked as an international concert tour manager and audio engineer for 17 years. He has toured permanently during this time, working on an average of 200 shows a year. Andy has worked for such bands as All American Rejects, House of Pain, Machine Head, Nightmares On Wax, Pavement, Roots Manuva, Super Furry Animals, Skunk Anansie, Squarepusher and The White Stripes and has worked with bands on tours by such acts as U2, Whitney Houston, Manic Street Preachers and the Foo Fighters. His touring experience encompasses stadiums, arenas, theatres, pubs, bars, clubs, outdoor festivals, rooftops, subway stations, cruise ships, mountain sides and very, very muddy fields.

Andy lectures in Live Sound Production at Buckinghamshire New University and has also taught sound engineering and modern tour management at Red Tape Studios in Sheffield, Liverpool University and City College Manchester.

Record Label: Cengage Learning
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Performing Musician review

Here is a copy of the review of 'The Tour Book' in this months Performing Musician magazine (published by the same people who do Sound On Sound). "While the record industry is in terminal (and some m...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:07:00 GMT

Live music and education - Guardian newspaper article

My thoughts on the proposed National Skills Centre  appeared in the Guardian newspaper April 22nd.  http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2 275374,00.html  Obviously...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:51:00 GMT

The Tour Book review

George Petersen posted this review of The Tour Book on the Mix site. George is Editorial Director at Mix, the world's leading professional audio magazine. Widely respected for his knowledge of re...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:31:00 GMT