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‘The Tour Book’ – review in Performing Musician magazine

by Andy Reynolds September 11, 2008

The tour diary will continue, in the meantime here is a great review of ‘The Tour Book’ in Performing Musican magazine (published by Sound On Sound publishers).
“While the record industry is in terminal (and some might say justified) decline, the live touring industry is flourishing. Whereas as few decades ago touring was regarded as a [...]

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A Tour Manager diary part 5

by Andy Reynolds July 1, 2008

One of the onerous tasks associated with concert tour management is that of arranging work permits and visas in order for the travelling party to enter certain countries. I say onerous as the tour manager has to deal with foreign government organisations that have extremely strict procedures and regulations regarding the admittance of hairy rock [...]

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A Tour Manager diary part 4

by Andy Reynolds June 10, 2008

I use a simple Excel spreadsheet to put together my LPE/tour budget. I have created and amended the sheet over the years and am now pretty happy with it. As well as helping make basic calculations the sheet also acts as a memory aid as it contains categories for most of the expenses a large [...]

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A Tour Manager diary part 3

by Andy Reynolds June 4, 2008

4th June 2008

I have decided to go back to one of the original sleeper bus companies and have made sure that the bus we are offered has enough space in its luggage bays for all our back line. I can get all the back line in the bays and so I will not need [...]

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Rock bands stay at home

by Andy Reynolds June 4, 2008

Random thoughts while preparing a budget/expenses for a forthcoming tour.

The price of fuel is rocketing, airlines fares are escalating and governments are imposing stricter controls on granting entertainers work visas.

At the same time the US is developing a very lucrative festival circuit of its own.

I predict that in a couple of years time you will [...]

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Tour Manager diary part 2

by Andy Reynolds May 14, 2008

May 09th 2008
I have decided that a sleeper bus is the only way we can do this tour, having looked at the distances and travel times between the cities involved. The quotes for sleeper buses I have received are all from UK based companies and, what with the new driving regulations and increasing cost of [...]

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A Tour Manager diary part 1

by Andy Reynolds May 11, 2008

I am aware that my ‘Tour Manager Challenge’ posts fizzled out with no real information as to how the band and I resolved the various logistical and financial constraints.
I am happy to report that the tour went very well, we had good fun and the band made a tiny amount of money – not much [...]

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Live music and education – Guardian newspaper article

by Andy Reynolds April 23, 2008

My thoughts on the proposed National Skills Centre appeared in the Guardian newspaper April 22nd.
The link is here: http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2275374,00.html
Obviously I am not against relevant education for those wishing to enter the live production industries – I now lecture at a university on live sound production!
However I do think that the money and time involved in [...]

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Sky News advice on encouraging audiences to leave your gig

by Andy Reynolds January 11, 2008

Sky News have written this nice piece based on some of the advice featured in ‘The Tour Book’. You can read the article here or see it below.
(For the record, I did not tour with The White Stripes. I actually organised pre-production for their European tour a couple of years ago.)
Sky News:
It’s a recurring problem [...]

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EU Driving Regulations – a practical explanation

by Andy Reynolds December 22, 2007

My good friends at Electric Fly contacted me with this helpful explanation on the impact of the new EC driving regulations on the touring industry:
“Maybe we are being obvious here but………..
Regarding this years new EU driving regs – download here- for tour buses here’s something that we at Electric Fly have figured out and which [...]

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