View Full Version : Unsung heroes; Tour Mgrs, sound folks, etc.
fantailmedia
06-06-2009, 12:25 PM
Like the song "without him, there would be no show" ("The Roadie Song").
Here's a shot of one of the best (doing all of of the above jobs at once), working the monitors at Jazzfest, at http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantailmedia/3598959610/ ; last day on the Gentilly stage (just before the rain).
Much respect.
Delta
06-06-2009, 04:24 PM
That really is a beautiful picture. I'm a sucker for B&W anyway.
I roadied for a few years. It's a hard, thankless job. The only feedback you ever get is when something goes wrong, kinda like the job I have now. I did see some incredible sights, met some fascinating people, and more than a few assholes. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing.
Rossvegas
06-09-2009, 07:31 AM
Yeah, I was Bryan Adams's tour manager for a year and a half, and most people have no idea what was involved. I was able to travel to all parts of the world, but I never actually saw anything!
A typical day would involve getting to the city a day before the act, checking into the hotel and going straight to the arena first thing in the morning. I would be there for the entire day, oversee the production of the show and then oversee the tear down and all of the accounting until around 3 or 4 in the morning. Repeat as required.
At the end of the day, the arena in Nagasaki isn't a whole lot different than the one in Budapest, you know? Still, I wouldn't change a thing either...
:>)
Belle
06-09-2009, 07:48 AM
Like the song "without him, there would be no show" ("The Roadie Song").
Here's a shot of one of the best (doing all of of the above jobs at once), working the monitors at Jazzfest, at http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantailmedia/3598959610/ ; last day on the Gentilly stage (just before the rain).
Much respect.
I love all those pictures...and the tags on them..very nice
fantailmedia
06-10-2009, 05:17 PM
Thanks for the feedback (and to those of you who just enjoyed the image).
I've done just enough "load in/load out" to appreciate how much WORK it is to put on a show, and to have HUGE respect for the folks that do it on a daily/weekly/"what city IS this?" basis.
On a side note, if anyone hasn't seen the cell commercial (I think it's for Nextel?) titled "If Roadies Ran the World/ Airlines" (I believe), hunt it down on youtube.