Fancy Pants Lingo
When your band must jump on stage and perform with no sound check.
What is Throw and Go?
The person who mixes for each artist on stage.
What is a Monitor Engineer?
The general list of shows an Agency provides the tour manager with to plan the route.
What is a Tour Itinerary?
This is the main income for a tour
What is Show pay?
This is the term for a band carrying some or all of their production equipment.
What is Self-Contained?
Gear available for bands to share, typically comprised of Amps and Drums
What is Backline?
This person is responsible for picking where an artist will play and the routing of the tour.
Who is the booking agent?
This is the money that the promoter allows for a band's meals, green room snacks, and drinks.
Hospitality Budget
This is one of the most costly expenses while on tour
What is ...Fuel? Lodging? Salaries?
The term used to describe a sound system that's hung above the venue floor.
What is "Flying" the PA?
These are free tickets allotted to a band for guests
What are Comps?
I'm in charge of directing traffic in the venue during the load-in and build phase.
Who is the Stage Manager?
The set amount of money the promoter will pay a band regardless of the show's attendance.
What is a Guarantee?
These are daily stipends paid to the band and crew
What are Per Diems?
The process of marking where things like amps, monitors, and pedalboards sit on the stage with brightly colored tape.
What is Spiking?
A shorthand term for outdoor amphitheater style venues
What are Sheds?
These folks are hired in each city to push the band's gear and lift things.
Who are local Stagehands?
This type of expense includes things like venue rental, staff, security, and advertising.
What is a Fixed Expense?
A band typically pays a venue this in exchange for being able to sell clothing during the show.
What is a Merchandise Cut?
A detailed list of all the equipment being carried on the tour is outlined in this document.
What is an Equipment Manifest?
To eliminate feedback and maintain consistency, a touring band will often carry these types of monitors...usually wireless.
What are In Ear Monitors, or ears?
The team of people in charge of building elaborate set pieces and stage elements.
The Stage Carpenters
This term, also an acronym, tells you the total income generated from ticket sales, before fees.
GBOR, Gross Box Office Receipts
This is a category of merchandise that includes things like shirts, hoodies, stickers, etc.
What are Soft Goods?
The document that's attached to an Artist's performance contract which outlines requirements for sound and lights.
What is a Production or Tech Rider?