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Life on Tour: Your Emotional and Physical Well Being

 

As I write this, I’m just over three-quarters of the way through a 60-day North American tour. My life in the past six weeks has revolved around spending anywhere from 3 to 12 hours a day sitting in a van, loading in, hopefully getting a soundcheck, waiting around for the set, mixing, and then loading out, all fueled by little to no sleep and a questionable diet. I might not be a doctor, but I know from personal experience that this lifestyle can take a toll on a person’s emotional and physical well-being. (more…)

Toronto, Canada SoundGirls.Org Chapter Forming

torontoMeet Maxx Brunet and Pauline Blackwood. They will be heading up the Toronto Chapter of SoundGirls.Org. Maxx lives in Toronto and tours with KEN mode. Pauline lives in Toronto and works as an audio tech. They are both excited to head up this chapter. We hope with this chapter we will be able to have an active presence in Toronto. 

Come meet other SoundGirls.Org members, network, and discuss future events and seminars.

Meetup

Nov.24 at 3 p.m.

D-Beastro

1292 Bloor St W,

Toronto, ON M6H 1N9, Canada

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Michelle Desachy – Fighter – Forging a Path

10247361_10152485822777272_4407332563405838303_nMichelle Desachy is a music producer, recording and mixing engineer and musician based in Mexico City. (more…)

Life Long Learning

You weren’t born knowing anything; nobody was. Everything you do that isn’t an automated function such as breathing is something you had to learn to do, even walking. All the sound engineers you know had to learn and be taught things and never stop learning. (more…)

Texas SoundGirls.Org Chapter Forming

Meet Alesia Hendley and Takara Greer. They will be heading up the Texas Chapter of SoundGirls.Org. Alesia lives in Houston and works in AV. Audio is her passion. Takara works in AV as well, learning to do sound in her father’s church. They are both excited to head up this chapter.

The first meet up will be in Austin. Come meet other SoundGirls.Org members, network, and discuss future events and seminars.

Meetup

Sunday Dec 12 at 8 p.m.

Bennu Coffee

2001 E Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd

Austin, TX 78702

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North Carolina SoundGirls.Org Chapter Forming

1377985_667675273270114_8623908929996688664_nMeet Rachel Landy, a sophomore and Music Production & Recording Arts major at Elon University. She prefers to be behind the board during a studio session, mixing, doing live sound, producing or writing lyrics. In a perfect world, her future job would include all of those aspects while living in Nashville. Rachel’s love of music was instilled at a very young age listening to records with her father. Rachel will be heading up our North Carolina Chapter because  “I understand this business is difficult for women but I would love to be a part of something that makes it a little easier, and that’s soundgirls!”

The first meet up will be casual come meet other SoundGirls.Org members, network, and discuss future events and seminars.

Meetup

Sunday Dec 6 at 3:00 pm

The Oak House (on The Elon Campus)

112 N Williamson Ave, Elon NC 27244

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Los Angeles – Tour Managing and FOH/ME Seminar

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When starting out as a FOH or Monitor Engineer, many of the tours you will apply for require you to wear two hats. The Tour Manager and FOH or ME or Production Manager FOH/ME, are the most common dual roles you will find. Being able to handle both roles effectively will make you more valuable, increase your skill set, and allow you to gain the experience you need to tour solely as a Sound Engineer or Tour Manager.

What do you need to know to tour manage, how to juggle soundcheck and getting your artists to soundcheck. Come find out The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of wearing two hats.

Rachel Ryan is the FOH and Tour Manager for PHOX and Monitor Engineer for The Strokes.

Chez Stock is the FOH and Tour Manager for several independent artists, including Yuna, Dorothy, and Empress Of.

There will be plenty of time for Q&A. Feel free to send in questions you want answered – send to soundgirls@soundgirls.org.

Light Refreshments will be provided.

Catharine Wood owner of Planetwood Productions a production and writing studio has graciously offered to host the seminar. Planetwood Productions handles everything from commissioned pieces for ESPN to producing singles and albums for singer-songwriters. With full drums, production, composition and engineering capabilities — Planetwood Productions is a one-stop-shop for broadcast-ready music that can’t be beat!  Thank You Catharine!

Space is limited – Reserve Your Space and Register

Please note that financial assistance is available – please contact soundgirls@soundgirls.org for financial assistance.

The Translator

 

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Often in my job, I end up being the middle person. I don’t own the contract with the band, but I have to fulfill the requirements. Sometimes I get a say in what is allowed in the rider, other times I get to deal with cross renting items late in the game because I didn’t see the completed contract until the day before. I get to communicate with the band the possibilities for their show but must get all changes approved by the purchaser.

I’m sure many of you deal with people like me while on tour where others are in the same position as venue operators. I would like to point out that being the middle person has also given me an interesting aspect of my job that I tend to forget about the most: The Translator. (more…)

Paying it Forward

 

Berklee College of Music hosted a panel on Women in Audio, this past Sunday at The Village Studios in Los Angeles. Organized by Justine Taormino, from Berklee College of Music, the panel included April Tucker, Tina Morris, and myself. We had a mix of Berklee Students and Alumni and SoundGirls members. It was a rewarding way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I love meeting and hearing other women’s stories and the paths they have taken. (more…)

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