20 Top Tips, Tricks & Hacks For Touring Bands

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@bartdwmusic1212 7 жыл бұрын

"Including the bass player Glenn" 😂

@shreivox 7 жыл бұрын

It has to be a meme!! :D

@dakatalatle7360 7 жыл бұрын

glenn flicker bass lives matter

@minisurfbanana 7 жыл бұрын

Why Am I watching this? I'm not even close to touring...I'm just hoping to find a gig...lolol

@vlpzlopez 7 жыл бұрын

Mini Surf Same brother, still trying to get my name out there.

@chineseroller 7 жыл бұрын

WE'LL MAKE IT BIG!

@corrda1993 6 жыл бұрын

Honestly a big part of getting gigs is little things like this. If you bring a marshal stack to your local bar, its very unlikely they're going to take you seriously and book you more.

@Elaril03 4 жыл бұрын

haha i'm still trying to actually find a band lol

@Mitchnagel58 7 жыл бұрын

*Hank's Top 5 Pro Touring Tips* 1.) Bring a ridiculous ammount of condoms. If you think you have enough condoms, buy more. It's never enough. 2.) Bring your own cocaine. Sometimes you'll be able to get some powder from some of the nice people on tour, but it's good to have some of your own as a backup. 3.) Forget all your guitar strings. You're going to anyways, so just decide to forget them. 4.) Don't bring any money with you, it ruins the adventure and excitement. 5.) Red Bull. Seriously bring as many cans of Red Bull as you can fit in the van. You are never going to sleep on this tour.

@oldchanel3956 7 жыл бұрын

Hank Hill 6) bring propane

@Mitchnagel58 7 жыл бұрын

7.) And propane accessories.

@Williamstanway 7 жыл бұрын

Hank Hill you forgot the heroin

@wagnernoise 7 жыл бұрын

8) Don't forget the money for the sluts, the cheapest ones of course

@dinopact2084 7 жыл бұрын

No standards whatsoever. Disgusting. Also, your body will hate you, and rightfully so.

@noeffnwaypal 7 жыл бұрын

"Including the bass player Glenn"...I lost my shit at that point. ROFL

@flip454ss 7 жыл бұрын

not everyone got that one I laughed for a full 5 min.over it

@p1eces 7 жыл бұрын

...if you do your own roadying, always carry half-a-dozen rubber doorstops.

@BlackTopAl 7 жыл бұрын

This truly is good advice!

@RobChappers 7 жыл бұрын

p1eces Genius!!!!

@NoticiasdelMundoalReves 7 жыл бұрын

What is roadying??

@p1eces 7 жыл бұрын

H. Mesa - Lugging your own gear in and out of venues.

@Hawkandthewild 5 жыл бұрын

best tip of about 1000 videos I find in the comments ;)

@CountFeedback 7 жыл бұрын

Didn't mention; Vocalist bring your own microphone. You want a good quality mic that you are used to performing with and more importantly you don't want to expose yourself to multiple strains of herpetic-bologna-breath, you'll have strep by the second gig.

@five55music92 6 жыл бұрын

Also, that Microphone should compliment your voice. Do the research, spend the money. You will always sound great and makes it easier for the sound guy to dial it in without much effort trying to get you to sit in the mix.Eliminates that annoying frequency that crushes your natural tone, and a sound guy who doesnt really care about getting it right. Along with the entire band. They have no investment in you to be perfect, there are tons of bands they are mixing in the bar or venue every weekend. If you are running your own PA, it will be a ton easier finding the best result as well.

@ROONTANG 7 жыл бұрын

Pick loss doesn't just happen on tour. I rock out in my study and bedroom, and even my picks sometimes disappear into the void. Maybe there are little wormholes sucking up all of our picks and transporting them to another dimension.

@omikl 7 жыл бұрын

#21. Never accidentally bring a piece of the house drum kit back with you from a gig 350 Km away ;-)

@ElVangulo 7 жыл бұрын

"including the bass player, Glenn" I am still laughing

@LeeroyMajors 7 жыл бұрын

Resolve conflicts with Humour. All about the banter folks.

@JJGerrish 7 жыл бұрын

Hopefully one day I will be touring in a band and will come back to this video for advice, but I still watched it anyways, another great vid Chappers! :)

@johnpickk7526 7 жыл бұрын

That melody was amazing! The guitar riff sounded amazing, an Alice In Chains vibe... don't know why, but it was epic dude :-)

@monkeyxx 7 жыл бұрын

Essential video for touring musicians. I especially loved the last "wisdom" bit at the end!

@chrisact9601 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Rob. Great vid, mate. I toured for 4 years straight. Every point you made rings true. Good on you for sharing. RAWWWKKK!!!

@RickGraham 7 жыл бұрын

great stuff dude!

@rosewinebrenner3179 6 жыл бұрын

The best packing vid yet! Thanks for the singer's tips! YES, you ARE qualified to give advice. You're hilarious too.

@drumsNstuff79 7 жыл бұрын

Great tips Rob! And so true! Thanks for posting!

@austinmudd9752 5 жыл бұрын

Heading out on my first little tour end of this month. There were some good tips in here for sure!

@THEQueeferSutherland 7 жыл бұрын

My old singer who suddenly wasn't in his cozy white collar 9-5 life where he was going to bed at 10pm every night and sleeping 8 hours, would always get sick within the first week, guaranteed, every time. Then the rest of the band would end up with it so the second week was always awful. You can always control yourself, but you can't control other people. When you follow this nice advice, it's good for you, but you will likely have at least one other bandmate that will get sick or be out of control. For this reason, I now recommend bringing a doctor/dentist type face mask. Your sick bandmate should be courteous enough to wear it him/herself, but if (s)he's anything like my old bandmate who doesn't know how to cover his mouth when coughing, blows his nose in his hands and wipes it on the van seat, then you need to wear one yourself and constantly wash your hands. Being trapped in a van for 12 hours at a time with someone like that is guaranteed to make you sick. Even if it bums that person out, quarantine them as much as possible for a couple days til their illness subsides. Crashing on a hotel room floor with that person breathing in your face is likely not the best way to prevent getting sick yourself.

@leonardosilva-xu2lu 3 жыл бұрын

reading this in 2021 hits different

@MayonesPlayer 7 жыл бұрын

CLASSIC CHAPPERS HAS RETURNED!!!! really enjoyed this video!!! both imformative and entertaining! :D

@ToxicxEternity 7 жыл бұрын

I raided the Wal-Mart vitamin section day 2 into our American tour. Thanks for the awesome video Rob!

@mitchell2719 7 жыл бұрын

Didn't know you were on tour right now. Any Canadian dates?

@RobChappers 7 жыл бұрын

ToxicxEternity Good luck bro :-)

@purplegarfield1357 6 жыл бұрын

What's your band called?

@EmbarrassedComposer 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Thank you kind sir!

@jesseenriquez7160 7 жыл бұрын

Thank U Rob, Good INFO!!!!

@SniperVinc 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video man, hype!

@gonecoyote 7 жыл бұрын

great video mr. chapman!

@jonkerrmusic 7 жыл бұрын

Terrific tips, sir - you're an inspiration to us all.

@bootlegbeachboys2508 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Really helpful thank you 🙏

@jakezimmermann6454 7 жыл бұрын

*casually juggles/throws on the floor about $5,000,000 worth of picks...*

@marie_705 4 жыл бұрын

Well, looks actually quite similar with all the things I have to think about before going on a movie set for days! ...except we don’t have guitar/bass... or even singer... Would be cool though! 🤘🏾 You made me laugh and I kept some of your advices preciously in my notepad, keep on the good work! 😊

@christianboddum8783 7 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Chappers!

@semikolon6440 7 жыл бұрын

Haha, just a random sub from Germany here, saw InMe on my first trip to Glasgow in 2006, you mentioning them brings back memories.. :D

@attackofthepacifists 7 жыл бұрын

Love what you do man. Keep it up.

@RocstarRagpicker 7 жыл бұрын

Love your video topics. Such a help Sir. Thank you

@alexromano9521 7 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thanks Chappers!!

@JackCockrell 7 жыл бұрын

Haha love the little Glenn Fricker shoutout

@theGIGINIband 7 жыл бұрын

thank you thank you thank you for comment about smaller amps. honestly a 22 watt tube amp will do more than you know and no matter what kinda of music you make if your guitars are louder than the vocals than people are only hearing 75% of your product

@mckreggen 7 жыл бұрын

Great video Rob. Ship me a ghost fret for christmas thx

@Youjaha8282 7 жыл бұрын

and me

@georgemooney4455 7 жыл бұрын

Liam Plays Guitar me pls!

@PatRick-dj8qb 7 жыл бұрын

Me toooooooooo

@ashleyclacy8879 4 жыл бұрын

Bit late, but can I have one too?

@HitMarkersAreFun 7 жыл бұрын

really into the tune you played at 10:18, good stuff

@RenRoMark 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Rob! Any way you could make a video about how to set up your first tour? It's been a dream of mine to go on tour with my band for a while now. LOVE the channel! Thanks so much for all the amazing content! Cheers from Chicago!

@thorggernaut3081 6 жыл бұрын

nows thats wot u call wisdom! top man rob....

@Syrinx222 7 жыл бұрын

My band is planning on going on our first tour this coming year. I will absolutely have us all sit down and watch this video together haha

@shadilrosso 7 жыл бұрын

Great video dude! how about one about tips to find gigs and planning a tour? Keep up the awesome work!

@briandowling7577 7 жыл бұрын

Good video! My fav tip is the Phil X 85% one.

@jimmyc5498 5 жыл бұрын

Tips all good, dog melody/ riff was excellent. That’s how good shit happens, thanks for post. Still love the YJM Marshall review from couple years back...

@MisterTee 7 жыл бұрын

Reasonably good video

@assasin06soul 7 жыл бұрын

"...including the bass player Glenn" JAJAJAJAJAJAJA damn I laughed a lot wih that one, nice Rob

@boyfromzambia 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you from Florida 😀

@XDevil21X 7 жыл бұрын

I love how distracted you get, and start jamming out haha. its great!

@wesleybauer6876 7 жыл бұрын

enjoyabke thanks Rob.

@teunputker 7 жыл бұрын

What a great video.

@SkyLukewater 6 жыл бұрын

actually some good tips there

@markhansolo8636 3 жыл бұрын

You have a brilliant voice.

@tommcclure1691 7 жыл бұрын

If more bassists were like Dave I think Glenn would like them more...

@SupermotoZach 7 жыл бұрын

Damn that solo sounded epic!

@luke_reiss 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent advice video, Chappers. I like black tea too. Never tried with ginger though. I'm gonna try to add it to my cups of tea between the cups of black coffee. I drink a mug of coffee every four hours... sometimes I try to replace a mug of black coffee with a mug of black tea. Average: 3 cups of coffee per day, trying to reduce to two. Locals here use to bring me "chimarrão". P.S.: chimarrão looks like some sort of "green soil" tea, and it sort of... tastes like soil (mate herb, "yerba mate", erva mate). But if the chimarrão is strong, it gives me headaches sometimes, like a super strong coffee, then I try to ask first to know if its strong, medium or weak.

@Galant5x 7 жыл бұрын

This guy is awesome! Dorje is awesome!

@laptopfestival4216 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU BRO

@WillMaskellTaylor 7 жыл бұрын

really liking that tshirt design

@infinitenachos6914 7 жыл бұрын

Those swords are freaking sick bro!!!

@oscar9876543 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not touring yet, but in the Future, I'm sure I will, so I will favorite this video, and be back!!!

@bernieorbust6104 6 жыл бұрын

oscar9876543 touring t Yet?

@leafinfirerob 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. I feel a lot of people underestimate what they'll need on the road, or plan poorly, and it ends up costing them money by the end. Plan ahead = more $$ in ya pocket!

@nathanlyrakis7733 7 жыл бұрын

to do with the filming your self bit I can say this as a fan that one night i binge watched one of the dorje tour vlog series. so yeah its useful

@kasnitch 7 жыл бұрын

I still have the 2011 or so , Monkeylord on back / Marshall Amplification on front T from your shop . its one of 5 t shirts I own and still in decent knick. good buy that one . wear it fairly often in my vids .

@SuperTomerking 7 жыл бұрын

HI Rob! Love your videos, however I play different genre. Could you do a video including your tips about social media? How should a beginer band use it? What should we avoid in your point of view? Thank for your answer, Tom

@RussianMonarchist 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@yawningdogge 7 жыл бұрын

"Even the bass player. Glenn." Shots fired.

@cicimbello 6 жыл бұрын

Luna melody ! ! Most lunatic beautiful thing ever

@jodroboxes 7 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS keep a close eye on your gear!

@arnihoffritz50 7 жыл бұрын

I like this content

@CrowwreakStevenson 7 жыл бұрын

For "Small gear" I'd also recommend the Boss BB-1X Bass Driver. I have never actually needed an amp or a cab since I got that thing, just plugging straight into the PA has been fine.

@frmcf 7 жыл бұрын

This is one of your better videos, Rob. Enjoyed that. How many Kempers have you got now, though??

@alexeatsit 7 жыл бұрын

makes me wanna tour now

@monstrok 7 жыл бұрын

"Including the bass player. Glenn!" Great one!

@shleprockshleprock 7 жыл бұрын

Liked the feet facing front of bus tip...gotta get a tour bus!

@gameofmaddness 7 жыл бұрын

Hey chappers, what kind of guitar would you suggest getting for around $460? I'm getting a Peavy 6505 mini head and also a guitar but not sure on the guitar. the Style I like is high gain metal and I enjoy playing 6 and 7 string guitars. Don't mind Floyd rose bridges as well

@StonyBlazestation 7 жыл бұрын

GNC would be the vitamin supplier in America. Though much of what you mentioned could also be found in a CVS Pharmacy or even Walmart.

@KingBig1984 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, I used to have that black robot at 2:44 when I was a kid. Haven't seen one of those in decades! Hey, Rob....can I have that?

@AlWellensMusic 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Rob, Thanks for this, but do you have a trick or tips for left hand fingertips issues, when I have to play 2 or 3 days in a row our 2 hours set, my fingertips hurts like there's someone pushing needles into it when I'm fretting, sometimes to point skin tears up and bleed?(I play hard so using 9-42 instead of 10-46 is not an option)

@markmacdonald7217 7 жыл бұрын

this video made me want to tour

@allrightthen.6225 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the advice. Debating. Worst or best pants ever. A strong W.

@colechartrand4340 7 жыл бұрын

hey man love the vids but I was wondering where we can get those shirts!

@Furiora 7 жыл бұрын

Those Calimacil's in the back of shot at 00:57, Never knew you were a LARP guy Rob.

@insanegamer1992 7 жыл бұрын

Yo rob!! I was at the mall and I found a guitar pick maker/ customizer and on the package I saw you and I was like YOOOO! Did you know you were on it??? XD

@ravensmead1558 7 жыл бұрын

" Better to have it and not need it , than need it and not have it ' works well too !!

@Letsrideht8806 7 жыл бұрын

Like #999 you welcome keep up the awesome videos

@FoamSquatch 5 жыл бұрын

When naming tools, you came up with like 15 new band names

@woocifer 7 жыл бұрын

You're a good person. No horseshit, Wang.

@chaseshadowrider2861 7 жыл бұрын

Chappers would u ever do another challenge where you and lee do a mod challenge that is my absolute favorite challenge that u and him have ever done I watch it a couple times every holiday season and I just want to see what u and him would do now that it has been a couple years

@JMPWILLIAMS 6 жыл бұрын

The most important thing you could do as a vocalist while touring, is warming up for 20 min 1 hour before you’re set. Cool vid!

@SICMADE7 6 жыл бұрын

You're the best dude: "and also prevents you from crossing borders" LOL preach brotha! church!!

@MjAuRdXo 7 жыл бұрын

Rob, have you heard of the Boost R.V.B. pedal from Tech 21*NYC? It's a boost and reverb pedal. Might save you some more room, and/or make for another good gear review (at the least).

@mattadeyutube 3 жыл бұрын

@Robchapman Rob, Which van firm do you recommend in the U.K? Thank you

@evenlydistributedmoney 7 жыл бұрын

chappers does lubricant confirmed

@SeanEXtommy 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing dog melody

@Paulos161616 7 жыл бұрын

Rob! Can you recommend some games for android that you played on this vid? They look awesome!

@battalionsofmetal9246 7 жыл бұрын

please please please order a custom select ESP and do a review on it! 😊

@jenshendriks9092 7 жыл бұрын

nice pj

@pterantula 7 жыл бұрын

All great tips! My big thing with road gigs was always a"simple" thing, but shockingly not followed by most: spend the extra few bucks on RELIABLE gear. Don't bring beater guitars if they won't stay in tune, and for god's sake - buy extra cables!!!

@dylanandras1326 6 жыл бұрын

hey rob, looking for a somewhere to get merch with a good payment plan. checked out awesome merch, but can’t seem to find anything with a payment plan from them. any advice or recommendations?