Live Sound Engineer Chez has put in time as a PA Tech, FOH Tech, and now has transitioned into mixing FOH almost exclusively. She is currently T.M./FOH for the artist, LP as well as a few other bands and will be blogging about her experiences from the road.
Disaster Strikes!
By Chez Stock Everyone loves a good disaster flick. The scenes where all hell breaks loose and limits are tested. We’ve all been there. The show starts and all of a sudden, you lose part of the PA, or probably more commonly, you lose an input on stage… but that’s boring, let’s talk about a big ...On Wearing Multiple Hats
By Chez Stock I have been hearing a lot of people complain that every tour wants their crew to wear multiple hats… and it’s true. I rarely see any decent paying gigs around unless they are for TM/FOH combos, or MON/Backline. I only somewhat recently started doing the combo jobs. I kind of stumbled into it actually. ...The Art of Networking
By Chez Stock I think we’ve all heard the saying, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”. I never truly realized how true that statement was until I started freelancing as a mix engineer. As a touring vendor tech, it never seemed to matter who I knew, or really what I knew so much ...On Working for a Support Band
By Chez Stock While continuing my journey to find my niche in this industry, I am being exposed to many new things. One of which is booking a FOH gig with a band that is supporting a well-known band doing underplay shows around the US. Working with a support band is new to me, as I ...Finding Your Niche…
By: Chez Stock Chez Stock is independent FOH/TM based in Los Angeles, CA. She currently is working with LP and getting ready to head out on tour with Holychild, supporting Passion Pit. From an artist’s perspective, we’ve always known that finding your niche in the music industry was the best way to guarantee survival and in ...