Comments on: TOURING, TOURING http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2007/09/11/touring-touring/ Mix magazine's George Petersen's rants, musings and general commentary about recording, live sound and professional audio in general Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:45:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: James Castaneda http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2007/09/11/touring-touring/#comment-7916 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:55:21 +0000 http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2007/09/11/touring-touring/#comment-7916 This has been an entertaining read and I really picked up a lot from Andy in this book. I picked it up from a Barnes and Noble at the Grove shopping center in LA 3 weeks back and sped through it over the course of 3 days! There is an abundance of information regarding not only the business of touring, but also a chapter covering technical aspects and an explanation of equipment used and recording engineering theory. As both a tour manager and FOH engineer, Andy is able to explain touring more thoroughly than the many dry entertainment lawyers out there currently writing music industry literature (except for Don Passman and the Brabec Bros. of course!) I also enjoyed the international aspects of this book as Andy explains the differences between touring in the US and Europe.<br> <br> My only gripe with this book was that it seems like it was rushed/ put together in a hurry. There are quite a few spelling errors that don't necessarily detract from Andy's credibility although it makes you wonder if an editor ever even went through the book. The copyright year is 2008 although I picked this title up in November of 2007, maybe a sly marketing strategy to keep the book looking current to potential buyers...The USD to English Pound conversion rates are also off although that is inevitably something Andy can not help! For the most part this book is extremely current and up to date. <br> <br> Do youself a favor and pick this book up on Amazon for a good holiday read :) <br> <br> -James Castaneda<br> Future USC Music Industry Student (Fall '08)<br> JSeanCastaneda@gmail.com This has been an entertaining read and I really picked up a lot from Andy in this book. I picked it up from a Barnes and Noble at the Grove shopping center in LA 3 weeks back and sped through it over the course of 3 days! There is an abundance of information regarding not only the business of touring, but also a chapter covering technical aspects and an explanation of equipment used and recording engineering theory. As both a tour manager and FOH engineer, Andy is able to explain touring more thoroughly than the many dry entertainment lawyers out there currently writing music industry literature (except for Don Passman and the Brabec Bros. of course!) I also enjoyed the international aspects of this book as Andy explains the differences between touring in the US and Europe.

My only gripe with this book was that it seems like it was rushed/ put together in a hurry. There are quite a few spelling errors that don’t necessarily detract from Andy’s credibility although it makes you wonder if an editor ever even went through the book. The copyright year is 2008 although I picked this title up in November of 2007, maybe a sly marketing strategy to keep the book looking current to potential buyers…The USD to English Pound conversion rates are also off although that is inevitably something Andy can not help! For the most part this book is extremely current and up to date.

Do youself a favor and pick this book up on Amazon for a good holiday read :)

-James Castaneda
Future USC Music Industry Student (Fall ‘08)
JSeanCastaneda@gmail.com

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