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Touring Roadie answers your specific questions about what life is actually like on tour and working for bands.

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ASK A ROADIE - Vol 2: Answering YOUR Questions About Touring

Touring Roadie answers your specific questions about what life is actually like on tour and working for bands. 00:00 Intro 02:16 Why do some shows sound like garbage? 04:40 What is a typical day on tour like for a roadie? 07:44 How do you go from working local to getting a gig on tour? 09:47 What gear is the most overrated/underrated? 10:46 What countries are your favorite to tour in? 12:03 Can shows get cancelled due to venue limitations? 14:14 Do you actually get to see the cities you travel to? 15:38 How do you handle language barriers while working on tour? 17:47 Do you prefer bands you work for to be hands on or off? 19:43 What is the most difficult/frustrating thing about touring? 21:41 Do you need to adapt/change your personality on different tours? 23:30 Do you get to enjoy the actual show? 25:07 Is backstage really sex, drugs, and rock n' roll? 26:37 Do you actually hang out with the bands? 27:47 Do big tours have multiple crews and setups? 29:33 Logistically, how much time do you need to make a show happen? 31:14 How do roadies know where the f*** everything goes? 32:50 Do bands provide road cases and workstations for roadies? 33:53 How do you know you have everything you need for a tour? 34:43 Do you have to provide the tools and cleaning supplies yourself? 37:32 What are the best tour pranks you've seen on the road? 39:41 Are you allowed to play around with an artist's instruments? 41:19 How does someone generally become a roadie/crew member? 43:06 Outro ---------- Merchandise: https://tankthetechmerch.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tankthetech Donate on PayPal: https://paypal.me/tankthetech ---------- Wanna rock the same jewelry that you see in my videos? GTHIC Jewelry is the only brand that I wear on a regular basis, and they have designs and styles for just about everyone's tastes! Check out the link below, and don't forget to add the discount code "Tank20" at checkout for 20% off of your entire order! https://gthic.com/?aff=291 ---------- Be sure to follow me on my other social media platforms: The Back Lounge Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/tankthetech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tankthetech Twitter: https://twitter.com/tankthetech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tankthetech Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/tankthetech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TankTheTech ---------- Follow my created streaming playlists all of the music featured on my channel: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LNgoaHewY0hxHMDfoUQvx?si=qX85XXyZQnaDEM0jzhInEg Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/roadie-reactions-playlist/pl.u-RRbVv17s3zKlAA ---------- #askaroadie #touring #roadiereactions #tankthetech

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Bill Richards

Absolutely right about it being in the right place, I started literally because they were short handed and needed more people for the det up and tear down, once you get known you just get called up, I did quite a lot of shows in the UK in the 80s, had a lot of fun but its a young mans game as a lugger and rigger