This is your textbook on how to get into touring. –Darryn De La Soul 🗣12 Authors 💪🏼272 Years of combined experience 🚨Free until Sep23 at midnight In this ebook you will discover: The many paths available to getting on tour. Best and worst parts of the job. How much touring engineers make. And you can download it for free until Sep23 at midnight! The most common career-related question I get is how to get on tour. There … [Read more...]
Why Touring Sound Engineers Are Getting Paid Less
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I speak with touring FOH sound engineer, author, and fashion entrepreneur, Dave Swallow, during his stop in Minneapolis on tour with Erasure. We discuss using timecode to trigger scenes on a Venue Profile console, starting a clothing line, why touring sound engineers are working more, but getting paid less, and what to do about it. I ask: How … [Read more...]
Mixing Monitors for Tears for Fears
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I speak with the the Director of Audio at IMS Technology Services, Chris Leonard. We discuss mixing monitors for Tears for Fears, setting up the sound system for the presidential inauguration, and Dante troubleshooting tips. I ask: How did you get your job at Maryland Sound? Walk me through the sound system at your last gig at the Minneapolis … [Read more...]
Bobby Owsinski: Why Do Concerts Sound So Bad?
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I speak with the the author of Music 4.0: A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age and Deconstructed Hits: Uncover the Stories & Techniques Behind Iconic Songs, Bobby Owsinski. We discuss concert sound quality and the three most important qualities for building a lifelong career in pro audio. I ask: You recently published an article called … [Read more...]
Get More Work as a Live Sound Engineer by Doing What No One Else Will
There is a simple way you can get more work as a live sound engineer, which is by doing what no one else is willing to do. Two words: cat circus! (Just kidding...mostly.) Key Takeaways Be the go-to guy by continuing to build relationships with clients and referral sources outside of work. You can do this through systematic followup in 1 hour/week. Challenge yourself to build a list of 150 business contacts over the next 6 months. Get the Valuable Contacts Spreadsheet I don't need an … [Read more...]