Presents a guide for organizing, creating, selling, and staging concerts and tours, covering topics such as creating the show, budgeting and launching the tour, getting paid, and why, when, and where to tour.
Beginning with an introduction to the touring concert, explaining who's who on the road, the author guides you through a tour setup using a realistic itinerary that visits different types of venues using the production manager's checklists.
Written by a touring professional with over 25 years of experience, this book elucidates why playing live is crucial to the success of any musician, band, or artist, explaining issues like: what managers, promoters, and agents do and how ...
Packed with practical information, this invaluable handbook guides musicians in applying sound business practices to band travel by evaluating assets, creating an action plan, researching, negotiating, and booking venues, arranging ...
Loaded with hundreds of years' worth of collective hands-on experience from those steeped in the music business, this is a must-have resource for creating an unforgettable tour.
This book outlines the role that a production manager performs and their key responsibilities, and takes the reader step by step through the entire process of preparing a show for a tour.
Against widespread hype about the purported decline of the major music labels, this book provides a critique of the ways these companies have successfully adapted to digital challenges – and what is at stake for music makers and for ...
Explains how to enhance one's musical career by integrating live music, with practical advice, tips, tricks, and hints on every aspect of putting on a live show, essential equipment and technology, the practicalities of touring, the art of ...
How Not to Promote Concerts & Music Festivals
This edition has an updated epilogue that covers recent industry developments.
Although Pharrell Williams has worked for over 20 years as a songwriter, vocalist, and prolific producer (Producer Credits: Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Gwen Stefani, Frank Ocean, Robin Thicke, Alicia Keyes, Ed Sheeran), just recently ...