touring musician
Traveling concert artist
A touring musician is a performer who travels to different venues, cities, or countries to play live shows, as opposed to one who primarily records in studios or performs at a fixed location.
The term often implies a grueling lifestyle of buses, hotels, and constant movement: She spent three years as a touring musician before settling down.
It may refer to artists on their own tours or hired players backing a headliner.
- roadieConcert equipment handler
- sound engineerRecording studio professional
- setlistOrdered concert songs
- soundcheckPre-performance audio calibration
- venuePlace of occurrence
backstage · amplifier · gig · one night stand · sold out show · stage presence · encore · groupie · hotel · highway · festival · merch · guitar · drummer · bandmate · green room · microphone · nomadic
- music jobssinger, composer, songwriter, producer, DJ
- musicianspianist, guitarist, electric guitarist, bassist, vocalist
- visiting artistsartist in residence
- nomadsnomad, nomadism, Bedouin, wanderer, roaming
- piano careersconcert pianist, accompanist, piano teacher, church pianist, lounge pianist
- semi-prosminor leaguer, minor leaguers, development league, practice squad, amateur boxer
touring musicianhouse band
Venue's regular performing group
lounge act · session musician · local band · bar regular · bar band
touring musicianstudio musician
Hired recording performer
recording artist · session player · bedroom producer · composer · songwriter
touring, musician, tour, tours, toured, tourers, tourer, tourism, tourist