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	<title>Andy Reynolds's Live Music Business - BETA</title>
	
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		<title>Master Tour from Eventric – new website</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy  Reynolds</dc:creator>
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Eventric, the people behind Master Tour tour management software, have produced an all-new website with lots of product information. They are also offering a 30-day free trial of Master Tour. Check it out here:
http://www.eventric.com/master-tour/master-tour-pricing-signup


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		<title>14 things you should know about touring on a sleeper bus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy  Reynolds</dc:creator>
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It is festival season again which means bands and their crews are clambering aboard sleeper buses in order to travel around Europe and sit in muddy fields for hours on end.
Of course, touring by sleeper coach goes on throughout the year on both sides of the pond; it is by far the most convenient and [...]


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		<title>From local gig to concert tour – how to reduce your carbon emissions.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy  Reynolds</dc:creator>
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A new report, &#8220;Moving arts: Managing the carbon impacts of our touring &#8211; Volume 1: Bands&#8221;,
and set of online tools will help you to evaluate the impact your live music has upon the environment.
The information is produced by Julie’s Bicycle, “a broad coalition of music, theatre and scientific experts committed to making [the live music] [...]


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		<title>You can make a Heap of money from touring. Or then again…</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy  Reynolds</dc:creator>
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This item is from the Guardian newspaper:
http://bit.ly/c1RdfM
Novello-award-winning Imogen Heap has tweeted to her 1.4m followers about the precarious state of her tour finances.
Let me know what you think.


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		<title>Survey – Concert Tour Management for the Live Music Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 11:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy  Reynolds</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Live Audio Engineering]]></category>
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Concert tour managers, touring crew people, artist managers, booking agents, record company people &#8211; please complete this survey on Concert Tour Management:
Concert Tour Management Survey
I am  researching the role of concert tour managers for my new book. The  survey aims to gather information on skills and attributes the modern  tour manager requires, [...]


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		<title>Accept credit card payments for merch at your shows – on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 17:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy  Reynolds</dc:creator>
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Square allows you to accept credit card payments for your band’s merch using your  iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Nexus One or  Droid mobile phone.
Being asked “Do you take credit cards?” is always a bit of a kick in the teeth when  selling merch at  shows &#8211; you know you are leaving [...]


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		<title>Do you have a tattoo? Then you can become a roadie!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy  Reynolds</dc:creator>
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This article comes from the Guardian newspaper. It is a concise and irreverent description of the ‘rock’n’roll’ jobs in the live music business. I’m not sure if I amused or annoyed at the suggestion all touring road crew are tattoo covered, drug-taking baby sitters. 
There have been quite a few pieces written about ‘roadies’ and [...]


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		<title>How You Can Get Bigger and Better Gigs for Your Band</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy  Reynolds</dc:creator>
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I want to help you understand how to get bigger and better shows, get a music agent and learn how the live music business works. I’ve made a short video to explain the basics of the whole gig booking process and have posted an expanded transcript after the break.


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		<title>Concert contracts, riders, tour budget, itinerary and advance sheets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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I have posted my concert contracts, riders, tour budget, tour book day sheets, itinerary sheet and advance sheets here:
http://livemusicbusiness.com/artist-resources/tools/
Download and enjoy!


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		<title>What does a music agent do – and how can you get one?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy  Reynolds</dc:creator>
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Finding and organising shows for your band can be a time consuming and frustrating experience. You have to play live and you need to reach as many existing and new fans as possible. Yet, with all the indications that the live music business will continue to grow (worldwide concert ticket sales were $4.4bn in 2009, [...]


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