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We have been asked about who does what on a tour and how they fit into the crew hierarchy. Does a drum tech outrank a monitor engineer? Well it’s a bit like the navy with the tour manger as the captain of the ship of the road, and all the crew down to the stagehand galley slaves all below the captain. Not that we’ve been in the navy!
So from the top…
1 THE BAND, it’s their show so at least pretend that you are taking notice of what they want otherwise they will get…
2 …THE MANAGER to fire you, the manger will be in overall charge of tour strategy, if any, but will generally send missives (letters, esp. long official ones) through…
3 THE TOUR MANAGER, in actual charge of the tour and responsible for everything that happens or doesn’t. However as the TM generally travels with the band they won’t be at the gig until sound check when all the technical problems will already have been solved by…
4 …THE PRODUCTION MANAGER, who should be at the gig from the start of load in until the catering equipment is loaded onto the last truck will solve all production problems and sort out the inevitable fights between the sound engineer who will want to hang a speaker cabinet in the same position that the lighting designer wants to hang a lantern.
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Developers are taking a more professional view when it comes to producing apps for the iPhone. Moving on from the “impress your mates in the pub by playing guitar on your phone” apps to more useful tools such as remotely controlling control surface from your phone. A few examples of some useful apps are below.
 ProRemote
The World’s first professional touch sensitive control surface that fits in the palm of your hand providing users with 32 channels of remote control with real-time color metering and 40mm touch sensitive virtual faders. Up to 8 faders can be controlled simultaneously.
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Check out these red quilted Kustom speakers on current episode of Glee on the telly, just like the New York Dolls had in the70s.... |
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