music industry roles

FOH engineer:

The FOH engineer is the one who controls the equipment the artist or band is going to use.  

Who do FOH engineer work with and how?

The artist: they work with the artist by making the sound the audience sounds great

Monitor engineer: FOH engineers work with monitor engineer by telling the person who is a monitor engineer to repair what needs repairing 

Tour manager: FOH engineer works with tour manger by tell the tour manager that everything is working in order

What are FOH engineers main areas of responsibility?

FOH is responsible for all of the pa system. also he or she is the one that fixes anything that need fixing    

What skill and characteristics do FOH engineers need to do their job well and why?    

FOH engineers must have an amazing ear for music as well as a good knowledge of technology used to control the pa system. The reason for needing this is that you can’t have a person who has a bad hearing do the control or you can’t let someone who has no idea how to use the technology and do the do the sound for the artist, the audience would think that the concern is a joke or something

Would I want to do this job and why?

I would not mind doing this job because I love music and I meet new famous people and play the song for them. Plus I get to listen to their music for free and get paid

What would be enjoyable? 

What would be enjoyable is listening to different type of music that could inspire me or influence me to do that type of music style.

What would be difficult? 

What would be difficult is if there was a technical difficulty and you had to improvise you would have to do so much work.

What dose booking agents do?

Booking agents are the one who make the live music happen. They are the one who book artists to preform gigs in different place. Without them artists cant preform there music live.

Who dose booking agents work with and how?

Promoters: booking agents work with promoters by tell them to put up posters up around to inform the locals what artist is playing and when.

Artists manager: booking agents work with artist manager by tell the manager where the can play there music and what time.
tour manager: the tour manager will tell the booking agents where to go book if they are planing on going to another country  

What is the booking agents main area of responsibility?

All booking agent responsibilities are to make a band or artist preform live somewhere.

What skills and characteristic is need for booking agent and why?

a booking manager would need to have go negotiating and a go knowledge of the the local area. the reason for the negotiating is so they can get a good place to preform. And for the good knowledge of the local area is so they can preform in the best place. 

Would I want to do this job and why?

I would not mind I get money for booking a band or artist and I also get to listen to their music free but on the other hand it could take long looking for place for them to perform.

Would this job be enjoyable?

To me no cause all you do is walk around and try booking place for artist and sometime it could get cancelled making you have to find another place with is hard work.

What would be difficult?

What would be difficult is try to find the right place to preform.   

What does promoters do?

Promoters are the one who tells the locals what band or artist is playing in a concert. They usually do this by putting up poster or advertising on TV.

Who do promoters work with and how?   

Booking agents: how these two works with each other is that the booking agent tells the promoter who playing in a concert and where.

Artist manager: these two work with each by negotiating about the poster how is should look and what it should say.

The band or artist: make sure all the show night needs are covered

What are promoters’ main areas of responsibility?

The promoter main responsibility is to put up posters around the local area telling the locals who is playing and when.

What skill and characteristics do promoters need to do their job well and why?   

a promoter must have good communication skill. the reason for this is so that the locals know where the band going to preform and what time and also to know what band is going to preform  

 Would I want to do this job and why?

I would not mind because I would want these band or artist to be famous and to tell people I was once there promoter

What would be enjoyable?

Working with different people

What would be difficult?

Remembering every detail

What does artist manager do?

artist manager is the head of the band and usual is the one to negotiate deal and put the band or artist on tours, concerts ect.  

Who dose artist manager work with?

Booking agents: the artist manager works with the booking agents to insure that the artist has a place to preform

FOH engineer: the artist works with the FOH engineer by making sure that every the artist uses is working in order

Promoter: the artist manager works with promoter by telling them what to put on the posters

The artist: the manager works with the artist or band by negotiating deals promoting them and booking them places

What is the managers’ main responsibility?

Their main responsibility is to: book artist, negotiating deal, get them notice plus rich.

What skill is need for an artist manager and why?

The skills need for an artist manager is negotiating and a good knowledge of contracts and have a do relationship with the booking agent, the artist and the promoter. The reason they need these skill is that they can’t be called a manager if they do know anything about contracts or have no relationship with nobody in the music industry that anti going get the band or artist notice. 

Would I do this job and why?

 No because you got to do a lot of papers work but on the other hand I'm in charge 

What would be enjoyable?

Working with the band

What would be difficult?

What would be difficult is making right decision