Keeping Track of Instruments on Tour

Video Transcript

"I am here to talk to you about keeping track of your instruments while you travel. Keeping track of your instruments can be a tricky thing because you have so many different things and they are all over the place. So there are a couple of things you can do to make it a simple process. The most obvious thing is to make a list of everything you have. Not only should you use a written check list but you should also make a count of everything you have and every time you move equipment, just do a count; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 make sure you have everything. Much like people do wi3th luggage. Keep all of your items labeled. You can do it with a Sharpie, you can do it with stickers. Stickers are actually a great way because if you are in a dark club, people may not be able to read the little notes that you have on your amp but if you have a giant sticker, you will know whose amp it is and whose guitar case it is. When you are traveling with your equipment, try to keep all of that in the same place as much as possible. Once you get into a club, find one corner that is going to be your corner and put all of your stuff over there. When you finish a show, take all of your equipment off of the stage and put it in a corner back where you had it before. Try to keep everything together. Any kind of cables should go right back in the bag where you are transporting them and label all of your cables because cables are really what you will loose. You leave a cable lying someone else will decide it is theres, it will belong to another band or it will belong to the club very quickly. Keeping track of all of your equipment when traveling can be a pain but it is worth taking the extra 20 seconds to do a count or to check the labels to make sure you have everything that belongs to you. Because that little amount of time is really worth a great amount of money and time you put in having your equipment"