Roadie Recommended
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Audio
- Applied Audio/Brighton Lites
- Ashly Audio
- Basic Live Sound (by Paul White)
- Control Booth
- David Lewis Productions
- EAW
- Entertainment 1
- JBL Audio Engineering for Sound Reinforcement (by John Eargle and Chris Foreman)
- Live Sound (by Paul White)
- Live Sound Reinforcement: a comprehensive guide to P.A. and Music Reinforcement Systems
- Pro Audio Directory
- Shermann Audio
- Showco
- Sonidista Punto Com
- Sound Advice Sound Equipment Rentals and Design
- Sound Engineering Explained, Second Edition (by Michael Talbot-Smith)
- Sound Reinforcement Engineering (by Wolfgang Ahnert and Frank Steffen)
- Sound Reinforcement Handbook (by Gary Davis and Ralph Jones)
- The Basics of Live Sound: Tips, Techniques & Lucky Guesses (by Jerry J.Sloane)
- UK Sound & Light Community
Books
- All You Need To Know about the Music Business (by Donald S.Passman)
- Amps!: the other Half of Rock'N'Roll (by Ritchie Fliegler)
- Backstage - the book (German)
- Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock'N'Roll Survivor
- Backstage Passes: Catering to Music's Biggest Stars (by John Crisafulli)
- Backstage Passes: Life on the Wild Side with David Bowie
- Basic Live Sound (by Paul White)
- Beer Goggles and Amplifiers: A Rock'N'Roll Novella (by Jeff Muendel)
- Booking & Tour Management for the Performing Arts (by Rena Shagan)
- Concert Lighting: Techniques, Art and Business (by James Moody)
- Concert Sound and Lighting Systems, Third Edition (by John Vasey)
- Concert Tour Production Management: How to Take Your Show on the Road (by John Vasey)
- Crank It Up: Live Sound Secrets of the Top Four Engineers
- Diary of a Groupie - A Novel (by Omar Tyree)
- Diary of a Rock'N'Roll Star: Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople (by Ian Hunter)
- Ductigami: The Art of the Tape (by Joe Wilson)
- Get Even: The Complete Book Of Dirty Tricks
- Get in the Van: on the Road with Black Flag (by Henry Rollins)
- Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock'N'Roll's frontline (by Sleazegrinder)
- Gods, Guns & Rock'N'Roll (by Ted Nugent)
- Got Tape? Roll out the fun with Duct Tape! (by Ellie Schiedermayer)
- Groupie: A Novel (by Jenny Fabian)
- Guardian of the Gods: An inside look at the dangerous Business of Music (by Mark Rodgers)
- Hammer of the Gods - The Led Zeppelin Saga
- Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead (by Steve Parish)
- How Black was our Sabbath: An unauthorized view from the crew (by David Tangye and Graham Wright)
- How To Make It in the Pop World (by John Barrow)
- I'm with the band (by Pamela Des Barres)
- Jabberrock: The Ultimate Book of Rock'N'Roll Quotations (by Raymond Obstfeld)
- JBL Audio Engineering for Sound Reinforcement (by John Eargle and Chris Foreman)
- KISS and Tell
- Let there be Rock & Roll - Susan Masino
- Life on The Road: A Beginner's Guide to the Stage Production Industry
- Life On The Road: The Incredible Rock and Roll Adventures of Dinky Dawson
- Live Sound (by Paul White)
- Live Sound Reinforcement: a comprehensive guide to P.A. and Music Reinforcement Systems
- Living with the Dead: 20 years on the bus with Garcia and the Grateful Dead (by Rock Scully)
- Managing Your Band: Artist Management - the Ultimate Responsibility (by Stephen Marcone)
- Nine Lives (by Lynn Snowden)
- Not Fade Away: A backstage pass to 20 years of Rock'N'Roll (by Ben Fong-Torres and Cameron Crowe)
- Rebel Heart: An American Rock'N'Roll Journey (by Bebe Buell)
- Red Green's Duct Tape is not enough (by Red Green)
- Roadie - A True Story (at least the parts I remember)
- Rock & Roll War Stories
- Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon (by Pamela Des Barres)
- Rock Groupie: The intimate adventures of 'Sweet Connie' from Little Rock (by Connie Hamzy)
- Rock Stars Do Dumbest Things (by Margaret Moser)
- Rock'N'Roll and the Cleveland Connection (by Deanna R.Adams)
- Rock'N'Roll Baby Names (by Eric Thoroman)
- Rock'N'Roll Fantasy (by Susan Masino)
- Rock'n'Roll Recipes (by Rex Havick)
- Running Your Rock Band: Rehearsing, Financing, Touring, Succeeding
- S.T.P.: A Journey through America with the Rolling Stones (by Robert Greenfield)
- Sound Engineering Explained, Second Edition (by Michael Talbot-Smith)
- Sound Reinforcement Engineering (by Wolfgang Ahnert and Frank Steffen)
- Sound Reinforcement Handbook (by Gary Davis and Ralph Jones)
- Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends and Curses (by R. Gary Patterson)
- Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart: A Groupie grows up (by Pamela Des Barres)
- Tales from the Rock'N'Roll Highway
- The Basics of Live Sound: Tips, Techniques & Lucky Guesses (by Jerry J.Sloane)
- The complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging
- The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band (by Tommy Lee)
- The Jumbo Duct Tape Book (by Jim Berg, Tim Nyberg and Tony Dierckins)
- The Touring Musician: A Small Business approach to booking your band on the Road (by Hal Galper)
- This is Spinal Tap: The Official Companion (by Karl French)
- Unsung Heroes of Rock'N'Roll (by Harmony Books)
- What They'll Never Tell You About The Music Business: the Myths, Secrects, Lies (& a few truths)
Company Links
- A Bridge Solution
- Access Pass & Design
- ACT Lighting
- All Access Crewing
- Anti Gig Butt Powder
- Applied Audio/Brighton Lites
- Ashly Audio
- ATA flight Cases
- BCR Music and Sound
- CUBE Services, Inc.
- D&L ENTERTAINMENT
- David Lewis Productions
- EAW
- Entertainment 1
- Entertainment and Technical Event Training College
- Firework Events
- Flylite Cases
- goodBUYguys.com
- Innerspace Cases, manufacturer of custom protective road cases.
- Interactive Itinerary
- Jan-Al Cases
- Kangaroo Amp Covers
- Lee Filters
- Loud and Clear
- Mental Case Inc.
- Midwest Case Company
- Most Excellent Catering
- Musicfoto.com
- On Tour Software - Merch & Production for PC/Mac
- One Inch Round
- Otto Printing & Entertainment Graphics
- PCGUILD:.
- Perfect Gift Baskets
- Peterson Strobe Tuners
- Pignose-Gorilla
- Pollstar
- Pony Boy Productions
- Pro Audio Directory
- Rackmount City (Everything Rackmountable)
- Real Rigging Solutions
- Reed Rigging, Inc.
- Rhino Staging
- Rig Them All...
- Road Cases USA
- Roadie Radios
- Roadiejobs.com
- RoadieTools.com
- Roadrock.com
- Rock N Roll Bus
- Rockstar Corp
- Rosco International
- S.B. MacDonald Custom Instrumenrts
- seo services pricing
- Set Wear
- Shermann Audio
- Shoot to Thrill Photography
- Showco
- Showtech Australia & Showtech Rigging Australia
- Solaris
- Sonidista Punto Com
- Sound Advice Sound Equipment Rentals and Design
- SST Rentals Inc.
- Stagehand.net
- Star Gift Alliance
- Starline*Music
- Sun Coast Coaches
- T-Bird Entertainment
- T-Shirt Hell
- Techni-Lux
- The Piano ScHell and Flight Case Company
- The Tape Works
- This Gig Sucks
- Timo Graf lighting design
- Tools for Stagecraft
- Tour Link
- Tour Suppy Inc.
- TourTek
- Travel4Tours
- Upstaging, Inc
- Upstate Case Manufacturing Company
- Vari-Lite
- Viper Coach
- Well Hung Rigging
- ZERO Halliburton
Fun Stuff
- Duct Shui
- Ductigami: The Art of the Tape (by Joe Wilson)
- Got Tape? Roll out the fun with Duct Tape! (by Ellie Schiedermayer)
- Jabberrock: The Ultimate Book of Rock'N'Roll Quotations (by Raymond Obstfeld)
- Limbo Gunz Crew
- Ralph the Roadie
- Red Green - Duct Tape Forever DVD (2002)
- Red Green's Duct Tape is not enough (by Red Green)
- RoadCrewWidow.com
- Roadie Hero
- Roadie Tetris
- Rock School
- Rock Stars Do Dumbest Things (by Margaret Moser)
- Rock'N'Roll Baby Names (by Eric Thoroman)
- RROADCREW COMIC
- The Jumbo Duct Tape Book (by Jim Berg, Tim Nyberg and Tony Dierckins)
- The Simpson's (Episode 2 - Season 14) "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation"
- The Smoking Gun
- This Gig Sucks
- This is Spinal Tap: The Official Companion (by Karl French)
- WD-40 Book (by Jim, Tim and the Duct Tape Guys)
- www.GoJeffy.com
Gear
- 3D Flight Cases
- Amps!: the other Half of Rock'N'Roll (by Ritchie Fliegler)
- ASR Pro Events
- BCR Music and Sound
- Flylite Cases
- Jan-Al Cases
- Mental Case Inc.
- National Association of Music Merchants
- Peterson Strobe Tuners
- Pignose-Gorilla
- Roadie Radios
- RoadieTools.com
- S.B. MacDonald Custom Instrumenrts
- Set Wear
- Tools for Stagecraft
- Upstate Case Manufacturing Company
Groupies
- Diary of a Groupie - A Novel (by Omar Tyree)
- Groupie: A Novel (by Jenny Fabian)
- I'm with the band (by Pamela Des Barres)
- Nine Lives (by Lynn Snowden)
- Rebel Heart: An American Rock'N'Roll Journey (by Bebe Buell)
- Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon (by Pamela Des Barres)
- Rock Groupie: The intimate adventures of 'Sweet Connie' from Little Rock (by Connie Hamzy)
- Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart: A Groupie grows up (by Pamela Des Barres)
Info Resources
- about-arts.com
- ACT Lighting
- Applause - Careers in Music
- Arena Rigging Fan page
- ARENA RIGGING fan page on Facebook
- Backstage World
- Becoming a Roadie
- Booking & Tour Management for the Performing Arts (by Rena Shagan)
- Concert Tour Production Management: How to Take Your Show on the Road (by John Vasey)
- Control Booth
- Entertainment 1
- Entertainment and Technical Event Training College
- High School Tech (the pre-roadie place)
- How To Make It in the Pop World (by John Barrow)
- I.A.T.S.E.
- Interactive Itinerary
- JBL Audio Engineering for Sound Reinforcement (by John Eargle and Chris Foreman)
- Live Sound (by Paul White)
- Live Sound Reinforcement: a comprehensive guide to P.A. and Music Reinforcement Systems
- Live-Audio.com
- Managing Your Band: Artist Management - the Ultimate Responsibility (by Stephen Marcone)
- Music Business Page
- My Music Job
- National Association of Music Merchants
- On Tour Software - Merch & Production for PC/Mac
- One From The Road
- Peterson Strobe Tuners
- Pollstar
- Pollstar.com
- PonyBoy Production
- Pro Audio Directory
- Pro Sound Web
- Rigging Seminars
- Road Recovery
- RoadCrewWidow.com
- Roaddogz.com
- Roadfood.com
- Roadiejobs.com
- RockTour.net
- S.B. MacDonald Custom Instrumenrts
- Sonidista Punto Com
- Sound Engineering Explained, Second Edition (by Michael Talbot-Smith)
- Sound Reinforcement Engineering (by Wolfgang Ahnert and Frank Steffen)
- Sound Reinforcement Handbook (by Gary Davis and Ralph Jones)
- SoundEnginner.co.uk
- Stagelink.com
- Technicians Crew Pass Australia
- Teknikoiden.net
- The Basics of Live Sound: Tips, Techniques & Lucky Guesses (by Jerry J.Sloane)
- The complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging
- The Lyrics Library
- The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica
- The Touring Musician: A Small Business approach to booking your band on the Road (by Hal Galper)
- Tour Link
- TourSupport.net
- UK Sound & Light Community
Lighting
- ACT Lighting
- Applied Audio/Brighton Lites
- Concert Lighting: Techniques, Art and Business (by James Moody)
- Concert Sound and Lighting Systems, Third Edition (by John Vasey)
- David Lewis Productions
- Entertainment 1
- Lee Filters
- Loud and Clear
- Moving Head 2 in 1 Hanging Style ATA Case by Brand
- rex the roadie
- Rosco International
- Showco
- sim card recovery software
- Solaris
- Timo Graf lighting design
- Touring, Event & Production Supplies
- UK Sound & Light Community
- Vari-Lite
Misc Gear
Photography
Production & Services
- A Bridge Solution
- All Access Crewing
- Applied Audio/Brighton Lites
- Ard Soilse Production Services - Ireland/UK
- Big House Sound- Austin, TX * Audio, Lighting, Video, Touring Systems
- Chester's Coaches
- Complete Entertainment Production Services LLC
- Control Booth
- David Lewis Productions
- Discover ALC Truss at National Events, LLC
- Event Production Services - Austin Event Planning, Promotion and Management Services
- In Tune Rentals LLC
- International Entertainment Production & Meeting Presentation Group
- J.E.M. F/X Inc.
- Joton Musik
- Loud and Clear
- Rhino Staging
- Showco
- soundstylists fan page
- Stage Access
- Star Productions Event Blog
- Tour Concepts
- Tour Supply
- TouringTools.com
- TourTek
- UNDERGROUND PRODUCTIONS
- Upstaging, Inc
Pyro / Special Effects
Roadie Brothers & Sisters
- AllstonDave
- Bill Leggat
- Capitol Theatre Passaic
- Charlie Kelly's Website
- Limbo Gunz Crew
- Max Carola Web page
- One From The Road
- Q Ball's Roadie Page
- RIT Tech Crew
- RoadCrewWidow.com
- ROADIE - A True Story (at least the parts I remember)
- Roadkrew.com
- roadyweb
- Rock and Roll Fantasy
- Russian Roadie Andy
- Sandy's On Tour No More!
- Sound4Concerts.com
- Stephen "Troll" Wilson
- Steve "Bunty" King
- Steve Van Beuren
- Suzanne Cordes - Ground Rigger - Jewelry Design
- Technicians Crew Pass Australia
- The Borga
- The Inn Between
- The Moses Blog
- The Roadie Show
- The Tale of The Ted
- Tucci's Accordion Beatles Page
Roadie Career Advice
- about-arts.com
- All You Need To Know about the Music Business (by Donald S.Passman)
- Applause - Careers in Music
- Becoming a Roadie
- Concert Tour Production Management: How to Take Your Show on the Road (by John Vasey)
- Entertainment and Technical Event Training College
- Friends To The Stars- GREAT ROADIE INFO!
- Life on The Road: A Beginner's Guide to the Stage Production Industry
- Managing Your Band: Artist Management - the Ultimate Responsibility (by Stephen Marcone)
- My Music Job
- National Association of Music Merchants
- Roadie - A True Story (at least the parts I remember)
- Roadiejobs.com
- Technicians Crew Pass Australia
- The Touring Musician: A Small Business approach to booking your band on the Road (by Hal Galper)
- Tour Link
- What They'll Never Tell You About The Music Business: the Myths, Secrects, Lies (& a few truths)
Security / Ticketing
Staging / Rigging
- Arena Rigging Fan page
- ARENA RIGGING fan page on Facebook
- Loud and Clear
- Real Rigging Solutions
- Rhino Staging
- Rig Them All...
- Showtech Australia & Showtech Rigging Australia
- The complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging
- TourTek
- Upstaging, Inc
- Well Hung Rigging
Transporation
Travel / Hotels
