The good, the bad, and the ugly of being a Tour Managing FOH Engineer
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Complete Show Notes: http://wp.me/p1sfi8-23K Interview with Brian Adler about good and bad of being a tour managing FOH engineer and how he lost his passion for audio in the recording studio and rediscovered it in concert sound. We discuss: Why getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to his career The benefits of working at smaller concert venues How to control your relationship with an artist (even if you work at a shitty club) One important demand you should make when taking tour managing gigs Staying healthy on tour Brian's industry secret for optimizing a sound system on tour ;) Brian's #1 trick for controlling stage volume How to give guitarists and vocalist plenty of volume on stage How to double a vocal channel at FOH for separate monitor control And we answer these questions: Do the places you work affect your reputation? Should you go after tour managing jobs to get more audio work? What are the responsibilities of a tour manager? What's it like working at a museum? Where do you get the best burritos in San Francisco? Start supporting Sound Design Live on Patreon today for as little as $1: https://www.patreon.com/sounddesignlive