road manager
Band's travel organizer
A road manager handles the logistics of a touring musical act or performer.
The job involves coordinating travel, accommodations, equipment, and schedules while on tour: The road manager made sure the bus left on time and the hotel rooms were booked.
Distinguished from a band's general manager, who handles broader career decisions from a home base.
Pre-performance audio calibration
- backstageTheater's hidden area
- setlistOrdered concert songs
- gigShort-term paid work
- concertLive musical performance
festival · venues · greenroom · headliner · encore · stage · merchandise · crew
Assigning times to events
- planningArranging for future events
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- organizingSystematically putting in order
advancing · routing · budgeting · contracts · hotel bookings · transportation · per diems · settlement
Timeline for manufacturing activities
- equipmentTools for a task
- load-inPre-show equipment transfer
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
sound · monitors · backline · techs · stagehands · local crew · changeover · curfew
Resolved dispute or colony
- guaranteesPromises ensuring specific outcomes
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- receiptsTransaction documentation
expenses · petty cash · float · box office · ticket sales · guest list · credentials · passes
Hired organizational helper
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- gatekeeperOne controlling entry
- problem-solverOne who resolves difficulties
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
communicator · handler · entourage · morale · conflict resolution
soundcheck
Pre-performance audio calibration
concert · festival · venues · greenroom · headliner · encore · stage · merchandise · crew · roadies
scheduling
Assigning times to events
- planningArranging for future events
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
organizing · advancing · routing · budgeting · contracts · hotel bookings · transportation · per diems · settlement · load-in
production schedule
Timeline for manufacturing activities
lighting · sound · monitors · backline · techs · stagehands · local crew · changeover · curfew
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- guaranteesPromises ensuring specific outcomes
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- accountingMaintaining financial records
receipts · expenses · petty cash · float · box office · ticket sales · guest list · credentials · passes · invoices
personal assistant
Hired organizational helper
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- gatekeeperOne controlling entry
- problem-solverOne who resolves difficulties
mediator · communicator · handler · entourage · morale · conflict resolution
- Tour Crewroadie, stagehand, sound engineer, rigger, setup crew
- showbizHollywood, Bollywood, Tinseltown, backstage, behind the scenes
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician