#road life

[one-tired-tech]

So You Want to Be a Roadie? (Or touring concert Technician.)

Okay, awesome! We need more! (Remember folks, concerts don't happen without the crews). It's a pretty great job honestly. We get paid to travel, we get to meet new people, our hotels and food are paid for hile we're on the road. But there are some realities to consider before you say yes to your first touring gig.

Are you prepared to spend almost 24/7 living with the people you work with?

Tour busses are not always luxurious, and it can be hard to find time to oneself. Figuring out other peoples nuances,attitudes, and general expectations isn't always easy. And if you don't like how someone acts, lashing out and them isn't an option, because you still have to spend the rest of tour with them. On the flip side, you can form life long bonds with people too! I'm still friends with folks I've previously toured with, and having matching tattoos with a couple too!)

Are you prepared to lead crews of people that you've never met before?

some of whom it may be their first day ever seeing any of this equipment, some of whom may be on drugs, some may not have any common sense, and some may not respect you? Every day, in every city, we get a new batch of stagehands. Some have been doing it longer than you've been alive, some it may be their first day. Either way, treat them with respect, they're people too. And no matter what there's always something to learn from the (whether that something is where to get your weed in that city, or a cool new trick about how a piece of gear functions, there's always something)

While our meals may be catered, that doesn't mean it's always great.

If you have strict dietary needs, most tours will try to accommodate, but they are at the mercy of the catering company (whether it's local or touring with the production). Days Off are better, because you can find your own food, but takeout and ubereats can get expensive. While some catering is definitely subpar, some venues go above and beyond. Lobster in Maine and New Hampshire? Yes please!

We don't have normal sleep patterns.

Most days I'll sleep for 6 hours at night, and maybe get a 2 hour afternoon nap (depending on the day). If you're someone that needs 8 hours of sleep every night to function, this may not be a great option for you. If you don't mind weird hours of operation, or are generally a night owl, you should adapt pretty easily.

Days off aren't always in exciting places.

Sometimes you're in the middle of nowhere, sometimes you're in NYC. And even if you're in a cool place, your body may just be too exhausted to do anything, and you might end up sleeping all day. The flip side though, is that sometimes you end up in some REALLY cool places on ays off. For example, I got to spend today at NASA in Houston, viewing the solar eclipse and attending their open house.

Are you willing to live out of a suitcase, and how forgetful are you?

I tour with 1 large soft sided suitcase, a pelican 1510, and my backpack, and that's it. That's all my clothes, toiletries, and personals for an entire tour leg (which can sometimes be upwards of 2 months at a time). Along with this, I take all of my belongings with me from city to city, hotel to hotel. I have definitely accidentally left behind belongings before, and it can get expensive to replace some things. (In no order, things I've left behind at hotels/venues: my favorite sweater, my earbuds, all of my shower stuff, my shoes, my wrench...). Although it definitely puts in to perspective how much stuff you actually don't need to get by.

Are you prepared to be on your feet for a good chunk of the day?

On an arena tour, I do upwards of 20,000 steps in a day. Amphitheatre tours about 13k on average daily. Invest in a good pair of running shoes, or steel toed boots my friend.

If all this sounds manageable, then awesome! You should definitely take that road gig you've been offered! Be a sponge, learn all you can, and enjoy the ride!

If you have some hesitations, that's okay too! Road life isn't for everyone, but if you think maybe you could try it, and manage the things that sound difficult, then great! Remember, you can always ask people for help, advice, and general guidance along the way. Most of us are willing to help!

Decided that you don't think you could manage all of this? No worries! There are SO many facets of the concert industry that don't involve working on the road, that there are definitely other options! Being a local stage hand, working at a gear rental company, working for a promoter, are all very valid and fulfilling ways to be involved in this industry!

If you've made it this far in this post, and have questions about working on the road in the concert industry, feel free to shoot me a dm! While i certainly dont know everthything, and can only speak from my own experiences, I'm willing to answer what I can (within reason), and if I don't have an answer, I'll try and get you a resource that can help!

Happy gigging yall!

#roadie #road life #concerts #touring #touring technician

[blogcicciosjm]

Laura vs vida en hotel: hoy le toca a la nevera jeje

#road life #hotels and resorts #enjoytravel

[swordy-da-goat]

Do the traffic cones have any basic knowledge like shapes and colors or do they have to learn all that from road wiz?

They have a school session every week

#the road wiz #myart #sqwonks #they’re teaching the smaller ones because they’ve been brought to life last #fact check me if i got that fact wrong though

[bloom161]

This might be a hot take but can Mrs.Flood just be Mrs.Flood who knows what a TARDIS is cause she lived in London all her life, where alien shit is happening at least once a year and is always accompanied by the doctor and a strange police box.

Yk the doc aren’t as subtle as they think they are, word gets around as to what the box actually is.

#believe me when i say id love nothing more for the Rani to come back #but i also love the idea that regular ppl have finally cought on to the fact that theres an alien running around with a police box #also we need fresh characters #not everything needs to be a niche call back #i do reserve the right to take back this statement if it is the rani though #doctor who #the doctor #this is my life now huh #the rani #dw spoilers #church on ruby road #dw season 1 #dw #fifteenth doctor

[thedaveandkimmershow]

Dang...

So July.

A definite crescendo of a month. Especially for one that starts off with explosions.

One month after moving back to the house after four years living on the Hill, it turns out the correct answer was...

Moving back to the house.

What can I say?

The reasons that made the choice such a difficult one not even two months ago... weren't so tough to navigate after all. Especially the commute side of the equation. It actually does work better than we would've guessed. Plus... the house is super chill, very quiet. Which makes sense since I-5 doesn't run right in front of it. Plus, though the remodeling of the house wasn't actually intended for us, it sure makes the house more optimized for what we do and want.

So yeah. A great call.

July fifth was our dating anniversary, the date of our establishing being July 5, 1990. Kind of a while ago. We lazed the morning. Went to see Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny at the Crest Theater, hit the Ballard GoodWill for some random browsing, derailed a trip to Trader Joe's by going to PCC across the street instead for orange creamsicles we subsequently enjoyed on the roof. Had a picnic on the shores of Smith Cove in front of Expedia. Did a walkabout of the Seattle Center for old time's sake. Finished off at Tapster on South Lake Union all—

On a sunny summer's day.

It was a fantastic dating anniversary.

Moving through the month, the next big event was this year's 48 Hour Film Project competition with the Combat Wombats, the production team that was kind enough to invite me to be a Wombat a coupla years ago for their short film, "Cleaners". This year's effort, "PTAgent" was, yes, hard work and a delight for all of us. It also feels like we're getting better at this having begun the journey at a high level to begin with.

By the way, the 48 Hour weekend was also proof of something Kimmer created: my edit suite. This was basically the shakedown cruise for using the room as intended, including the space for clients.

Initially I was thinking the overstuffed couch should be replaced with something a more sleek. That is... until Saturday night and Sunday during the day when the weary director and producer of "PTAgent" put its overstuffed comfort to good use.

The end of the 48 Hour extravaganza always features a dinner out with Kimmer. It's a tradition we didn't know was gonna be a tradition... but a tradition we started with my first 48 Hour Film Project editing "Cleaners", an experience that kept me up that particular Saturday night until 5AM Sunday morning and then up again by 9... four hours later. I think I finished with the edit around 4 that afternoon? At which point Kimmer offers dinner at Maggie Bluffs, our first such celebratory dinner with this year's, our fourth, at Las Brisas in Edmonds. ☺️☺️☺️

The reward for our 48 Hour experience, of course, was the opportunity to watch our work on the big screen at the Uptown Cinema in lower Queen Ann where, once upon a time as a youngster, I watched Young Sherlock Holmes.

Moving on, the second half of the month was definitely the most incredibly packed half. 

So the 48 Hour Film Project competition began the evening of Friday, July 14 ending on the evening of July 16. Four days later, Thursday the 20th, Kimmer 'n I drive up to the neighborhood behind the Grand Avenue Park Bridge, park our car, and walk down to the Everett Marina where Linzy's performing with the band The Little Lies.

Two days after that, Saturday, middle of the day, we join the band again at their Bite of Seattle performance that's taking place on one of the busiest weekends in Seattle history including but not limited to a Mariners game, the Capitol Hill Block Party, various cruise ship departures, and a Taylor Swift at Lumen Field mega concert. All of which conspired to bring everyone into the heart of Seattle.

Every place in the city was packed, is all I'm saying.

Same deal the next day, Sunday the 23rd, when we return to the Bite to see another band of which Linzy's a member: Midnight High (more on that band in a moment).

The Midnight High performance was around 1 in the afternoon after which we went back to the house as Linzy went on to that evening's Taylor Swift concert which, according to everyone, was a VERY big deal. Certainly for Linzy who basically grew up as a musician with Taylor's career. 🤩🤩🤩

Now, while all these shows were happening, as the world premiere of the film I cut approached, Kimmer was also up to her eyeballs... having officially applied to a doctorate program at her alma mater. And, by the time the screening happened, she was officially accepted.

HUZZAH!!!!!! 😁😁😁

And the doctorate program?

Doctor of Science in Integrative Health from the American College of Healthcare Sciences.

So there it is.

We all three were having a very busy week.

A coupla evenings later, Tuesday the 25th, I'm prefunctioning at the home of the Combat Wombats' director as most of the team gathers for pizza oven cooked pizza and drinks and talking shop and talking life… before heading to the Uptown Cinema for the world premiere of "PTAgent" on the big screen. By the time I get home, it's already a half hour into Sunday the 26th, the morning on which we're leaving for southern California to visit family and check in on Kimmer's aunt. At this point, we've gotta be out the door in six hours but manage to eat one of those hours watching an episode of Madame Secretary, a series that's turned out to be a big deal for us this summer after we blitzed through the eight episode season one of The Diplomat four times in a row.

Yeah. We desperately needed another show to watch.

So credits roll on Madam Secretary and now it's a little after 130AM. The way things work out, we'll be up three and a half hours later at 5AM, ready and on the road to the airport by 640AM, in the air by 8, and so on.

Which pretty much explains how tired we were the rest of the day.

Our California family's family, though, which means they give us a huuuuge shot of energy for four solid days of taking our home life on the road, an essential part of which is about seeing Kimmer's aunt who lives in a memory care community.

By the time we're home again, we're into the first minutes of Sunday the 30th, a day that we figured will be a normal-ish, chores-ish day that suddenly turns into the world premiere of Linzy's music on the radio.

One of the bands in which she performs harmonies and keys, you see, is called Midnight High, their latest gig being that one at the Bite of Seattle. And Sunday evening, our day back from California, they're on the Locals Only show on KNDD-FM 107.7 The End. They're promoting their new album, "Swimming Lessons", showcasing a few songs from that album and sharing some of their favorite music including "I Don't Wanna Know" from Linzy's debut Dream Patrol project EP titled "Made For TV".

Dang.

That made for a very "That Thing You Do" moment for us at home and for Linzy over at her place.

And yup.

After a crazy busy July, that's seven months down.

Five to go.

🤔🤔🤔

#dating anniversary #family #friends #fun #love #busy #home life #road life #moving #48 hour film project #combat wombats #music at the marina everett #bite of seattle #the little lies #midnight high #PTAgent #uptown cinema #southern california #orange county #105 degrees #memory care community #achs #doctorate #american college of healthcare sciences #integrative medicine #KNDD-FM #locals only #107.7 the end #taylor swift #lumen field

[a1-truck-driving-school-sydney]

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#truck driving school #punjabi truck driving school #desi truck driving school #heavy vihicle licence #sydney truck life #truck life #road life #sydney life #australia life #a1 truck driving school

[backroad-life]

Credit: Backroad-life

#van life #van living #camping #camper #road trip #wanderlust #adventure #explore #travel #gypsy #tiny home #winter #snowy #fireplace #wood stove #traveller #rvlife #rv living #cozy aesthetic #cozycore #warm and cozy #camper van #boho #hippy aesthetic #nature #forest #woods #outdoors

[vintage-tigre]

#land rover #classic car #aesthetic #vintage #old school cool #style #beauty #design #photography #jeep life #off roading #4x4adventure #4x4 #travel #adventure

[bixels]

Messy Trixie Charleston dance roughs.

#wip #trixie lulamoon #mlp #my art #personal #animation #the grand galloping 20s #tulli and i were talking about stella and trixie's first story together #and how trixie would be a FANTASTIC dancer. just super charismatic and energetic. while stella's boring ho hum. #we were imagining an adaptation of “road to friendship” but as a dixieland number like princess and the frog's “when i'm human” #trixie singing about how she wants to live a carefree and hedonistic life. money! fame! girls! #anyways i roughed this out. i might work on it some more

[ryllen]

color coded affection

#thru my experience chronologically the blue one actually goes after the yellow one; but development wise it looks better like this prolly #this is harvest moon like hearts where the color changes as affection level goes higher #twisted wonderland #twst #sebek zigvolt #twst yuu #twst mc #fanart #yea i can't believe once i didn't put any speck of attention to him i am not even looking????? #but now i look intently at him and be like isn't he kinda handsome??????????? #OH nooooooo #how life steers itself to the unexpectedly funny road #yuu thought she is finally normal about him #but that's exactly where it starts #god i need to finish my homework

[lazycranberrydoodles]

getting back into the untamed and i had a thought. / follow for more yllz babygirlism

#i saw someone a while ago talking about how wwx always has good intentions…. #his personal road to hell was paved with good intentions yes but i’m not sure where making a guy eat his own legs fits #it is so funny to me how the tiger tally/yin iron influences wei wuxian differently in each adaptation #i remember making a sliding scale of how ‘culpable’ wwx is from adaptation to adaptation #based on how they portray the mental effects of the iron #but for the life of me i cannot find it :( #wwx really said ‘if i had a cursed amulet i simply wouldnt be corrupted🙄🙄’ #that’s basically what he tells lan zhan in this episode…. if necromancy was having ill effects i would notice #and you know. at this point he is lying about everything. but i do wonder how much he actually believes that 👁️👁️ #how much of his mind is resigned to doing whatever needs to be done to exact revenge regardless of harm to himself #and how much genuinely believes that he’s smart and competent enough to make it through whole #the answer of course is BOTH!! bisexual pride #mdzs #art #mdzs spoilers #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wangxian #mo dao zu shi #grandmaster of demonic arts #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #my art #the grandmaster of diabolism #cql #the untamed #魔道祖师 #陈情令 #mdzs meme #doodle #lmao

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant, 1991)

#My Own Private Idaho #Gus Van Sant #River Phoenix #quote #world #road #roads #metaphor #final scene sleep #1991 #end #ending #life

[solarlightsara]

all in one big power solar led street light with remote

#solar street light #solar street lamp #led street light #street lights #all in one #outdoor lighting #outdoors #road life #pathway light #high power #energy saving #solar energy #solar power

[573p5]

On the road from Yerevan to Tbilisi, May 2023

#sunset #nature #armenia #georgia #travel #original #photography #life #aesthetic #spring #landscape #road #trip #photographers on tumblr #canon #mountains

[leo-bandito]

4 YEARS!! 🧪✨🫧☀️🌈🔥‼️

#ever since I saw this scene 4 whole years ago I’ve wanted 2 draw it…. I’m finally powerful enough …. #WOOOOOOOOO #ROAD TRIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPP #I wuz talking about this earlier but this is. The first time ive ever drawn and coloured them all together #Despite hlvrai meanin so much to me and how big it was/is fer me I just. Wasn't. Involved? In any way?? Back in th day?? #WHICH IS PROBABLY. FOR THE BEST TO BE HONEST !!!!!!!! #I've been enjoying it by myself for like 4 years. Lolz #Anyway happy four years i love youuuuuuyyyuu #hlvrai #hlvrai anniversary #half life but the ai is self aware #gordon feetman #tommy coolatta #benrey #dr coomer #dr bubby #harold p coomer #benry #benry hlvrai #gordon hlvrai #tommy hlvrai #half live vr but the ai is self aware #half live vr ai #Girl also I was up til like fucking midnight last night trying to cram this. Don't look at it too hard #I'll do an actual line up here in a bit #I WANTED TO HAVE DARNOLD & SUNKIST & FORZEN ALL HERE TOO BUT. AUAAGH #I couldn't figure out a good group pose/thing to do in a short time frame... sorry ........ sniffles and kicks a rock

[aheavenofhell]

Love “do you need a lift somewhere?” because it implies that Crowley just chauffeurs Aziraphale where he wants to go without even being invited. Like yeah angel lemme uber you over to Sutton. What time should I pick you back up.

#they are so silly #crowley will just take any excuse to be with him for even 5 minutes #Ten minute drive down the road with the love of my life 😍 #and you know what #I get it #good omens #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #good omens season 2 #go2 spoilers