Itinerary Tips for Touring Bands

Series Summary

Let's face it. Touring with your band is a lot of hard work. Despite the idealized notion of the rock n' roll life, going to a different town every night, eating at dirty restaurants, and transporting lots of equipment are extremely daunting tasks. This kind of lifestyle demands planning ahead to avoid as much of the headache as possible.

In this expert video series, let Tony Newton give you some tips for dealing with life on the road. He will help you make your musical touring much easier. Tony cautions about the importance of an itinerary and budget. He gives you tips on finding restaurants, hotels, and entertainment. Also, find out to make airport travel much easier. With his advice, you can start living a little bit easier life during your band's tour.

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Tony Newton for Expert Village and we are going to talk about being on the road. Most of my life has been on the road with artist like Stevie Wonder, Smokey Roberson, Aretha Franklin, Gary Moore, Allan, there is a life time and many more. So I have been on the road and still is on the road all the time so we are going to talk about tips here that would hopefully make your on the road life a little bit more pleasant. Hi I'm Tony Newton for Expert Village and we are going to talk about preparing a itinerary. Don't leave home with out it a itinerary has a list of places that you are going, the time that your are suppose to be there, the contacts. Let's say if you are doing let's say that you took a short trip of ten days like from New York from California so you want on the itinerary should be all of the gigs, what time, they start, what time the sound track is, the contact person, lights, load in time, the hotel your staying at, its phone number and this type of information. It is absolutely necessary that you have this in your hand and a hard copy and not in your head. "