Q&A: I need answers from professionals and amateurs, about the music business and roadies?
Question by Anthony Orlowski: I need answers from professionals and amateurs, about the music business and roadies?
Here is my situation. I am 17 years old, just graduated high school with no intention of going to college. I am interested in the music business and becoming a roadie. I have been working some small shows locally with small bands just to get an understanding of everything I can. So I emailed a slightly bigger pop/punk band and I was set to tour with them in the fall. I worked a big show with them of 4,000 people, and I absolutely loved it! I convinced my parents to let me go on the fall tour, and they agreed as long as in the spring I would go to college. So everything was good, and I was happy. This band was expected to have a tour bus, and tour with a bigger band. So I got extremely excited, and started saving up $ for the tour. Now, due to a number of things, the band is now having a BIG tour and will be in a van and probably touring with themselves or small artists. This band is actually fairly known. I dont want to mention the name for reasons. So now they said that they arent going to need me since its a smaller tour. So now I am screwed. I was told possibly in the spring I can go out on tour with them. Now should I keep working my job just to save money, and get ready for the spring, and try to convince my parents to not make me go to school in the spring? I have been emailing bands constantly about a fall roadie. I would love to tour this fall. I want to tour this fall, but unfortuanlty I think that fall crew jobs are already booked. What do I do? I would like to join the roadie/stagehand union. How do I go about that? Where do I start? I typed it in on google and couldnt really find much. I know that there is one. Anyone please respond with your opinion and information. Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by Bear Grylls
damn, I’m jealous..how much does something like that pay?
I think you should apply to college for the spring, it is not like once you get accepted you MUST go, but even if you do you could get a semester out of the way and try to get a roadie job for summer season.
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