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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Mix (Professional Audio and Music Production) Review

by Andy Reynolds November 19, 2007

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 recording technology, George has written five books, 800 articles and lectured extensively worldwide on all aspects of audio production. See the review here

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Hi Andy, I am available for touring work

by Andy Reynolds November 15, 2007

It’s not yet December and I am starting to see a trickle of emails in my inbox along the lines of ‘Hi, just to let you know I am available and looking for any touring work’. From experience these emails will increase leading up to the holidays and then really explode in number in January. [...]

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Bootleg Yourself?

by Andy Reynolds November 14, 2007

Pollstar ran this article on releasing recordings of your shows. The piece tries to make the point that, because of copyright and contractual issues, smaller independent bands and artists are more likely to benefit from selling CDS after the show than the larger acts with major label deals. Benefit, yes. Capable of? Well…. It is [...]

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