Crazy to see someone doing the same shit I also do professionally for some reason. Everything detail down to the mess of cables, to the satisfaction of perfectly lining up the cases in the truck after a long 12 hour day haha. Felt like I was at work, and I can gladly say that its not a bad thing at all. I love the studio, but there's a certain magic in live sound that you cant get in the studio. Very blessed that I lucked out getting with the crew I run with down in Dallas!

The start of this video makes this field look super easy and convenient and non time consuming at all

Hell yeah man! living the dream Alex. Love the organized chaos of each night. Hope I can do it one day.

An audio engineer that actually goes hands on with load in/out? Impressive. A lot of A1s and L1s that I've worked with won't even look in the general direction of the truck during load in.

I am so happy I got to see this video, this type of work is 100% not for me, but I absolutely love all the details this video shows!

I can't imagine the effort of packing up all that every time the show is finished just to have to set it all up again the next day or week... Props to you all..

That´s a hell of work! As a local musician, we do our stuff on our own but on a way lower level. Your work is incredible. Good to show what´s behind the stage! Thank you!

I can feel this in my quads, glutes, and hamstrings. Pushing these cases up and down ramps for 16 hours will make you feel the burn. Add a sunny day in 90+ degrees Fahrenheit and shitting in a well used portapotty to get the full ambiance. Touring bands should do this work for a week before they decide to show up late, drunk, high, or hungover to appreciate all the hard work that goes into letting them perform for an hour.

The lighting and sound technicians and engineers are the unsung hero's at concerts and events and shows without us these gigs would never happen

Not gonna lie doing all this is pretty impressive. Even just the fact that you remember where everything goes

This is so wild, I was at that show. So cool to see the other side of things! Everyone absolutely killed that night, great times

Pays close attention to cable wraps to see how experienced this guy is. Surprised you were able to film so much. A lot of these venues do not like crew filming because of the chance of recording stuff you weren't supposed to.

Miss doing load ins and load out, all that crazy chaos. Fun times.

Ultimately a major part of this job consist of playing life size Tetris

Yo, just want to say thank you to you and the whole team your with for the hard work you guys put in for these shows. Most concert goers don't realize how much goes into it.

I've never been on a stage in my life, but there's something really fun for me in the physical and technical aspect of setting up equipment. I'd love if you did more videos like this and added captions with a bit more detail!

Much respect to the people who organize all of this and set everything up, I’ve never realized how much work these guys have to do

Idk about other techs, but if I'm working A1, I'm not loading in and I'm not loading out, that's why we have A2's and stage hands🤣. I used to get caught up unloading and running backline and wanting to make sure everything was wired properly because I didn't trust anyone else to do it right, that I wouldn't have time to do MY job properly. So now, I get to the venue and get straight to just MY job.

Those K2's and K1-SBs are amazing for bump outs, so quick to get it out! Always loved a bump out with those.

Worked for the Local 16 in SF for some time before the Pandemic hit and the city went overboard, and unfortunately had to find work elsewhere. Love the professionalism and just about everyone treated you like a brother. Everyone loved their job.

As an artist, you really don’t initially realise the mechanism that goes on behind a successful event. Kudos to all live sound & studio engineers, I’ve DJ’d many a club to realise they’re serious about the craft & it works their way for a reason.

You’re amazing for this,engineers like this are part of the reason why so many concerts and life changing moments happen,respect and salute 🫡 🔥

Bruh, crazy look behind the scenes with the real stars of any show...

Man, you're living the dream bro! I'm studying in BS major in Multimedia Arts and Information Technology for college, so I'm getting closer to it! Hope you're doing great man!

Awesome video! What always amazes me is how shit doesn't get left behind at each show. There are thousands of parts - large and small - to account for. People have no idea what goes into a modern concert experience and how much work is done before, during and after a show. Thanks for sharing!

Holy shit. That looks so fun, but at the same time nerve-wracking. Cool to think about, that without you they would not be able to preform the liveshow. You have one hell of an awesome job :) And to everyone that reads this, I hope you are having a great day!

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass!!!! Love it! Great job.

SO MUCH FUN, but nerve wracking, I got to do alot of this at my intermediate school at age 12-13 with about 600 people (lol) we did alot of what he is doing. looking back it was so much fun, the memories of running down and off the stage with the ipad that was connected wirelessely to the mixer in the upstairs sound booth, trying to mic up all of the instruments and get the foldback speakers going, while all experiencing lots of problems, WHILE the school bands would be blasting Paranoid Black Sabath! SO STRESSFUL! + trying to get the office and foyer tvs all connected up to the main mix output, AS WELL as the camera's video feed (which was passed through a video mixer, yeah we were not only doing sound mixing, BUT VIDEO TOO! AND WE HAD TO SWITCH TO THE COMPUTER, AND PLAY SLIDES! AND VIDEOS! so much fun.) but also it was hard sometimes even getting the videos to play! because for everything we were given 30 mins - 1 hour to set up, that included getting the teachers to share docs, and slides with you that needed to be played, BUT the school had blocked: KZfaq, and basically anything useful, so before playing videos we had to download them as mp4s! - but, I would %1000000 do "Sound Tech" at Chisnallwood Intermediate again any day! this is my story. If you read all of this, thank you.

This is what I’m about to finally start doing full time as well as being a symphony musician. I understand what it’s like being on both sides of the mic, but to finally be starting as a full time live sound engineer is amazing

A year later, I'm already starting my own audio rental company, and I'm very happy because saw your video again and it takes me back, now I feel like I'm working with you lol, you're an amazing guy my man!!

I do not miss doing this for a job. So stressful, constant travelling. Long ass days and nights. Working every weekend. If you're young, single and want to see the world then this is the job for you.

Oh this brought back so many memories -- thanks for sharing the video 🙂 Of course at the time I was doing this, analog boards were still king, and digital boards were juuuust coming out ;-)

I've always wondered what backstage looks like, thanks so much for this.

It's crazy how fast the loadout starts. I went to a concert last year where I was in the front row and as soon as the band got off stage and the house lights came up, the techs came out and started shooing us off the barrier so they could dismantle it. Large touring shows are logistical nightmares and masterpieces at the same time. Thank you for the work you do to bring entertainment to so many people!

I see this video almost every day, love it and love this work! Pls doing more video like this 🔥

hey look its exactly what I do lol crazy how I understand every step. cool to know it transfers. I could go anywhere with these skills. great vid man thank you

I love watching this so much lol, I recently started the life of a production tech, and I love this job so much, I'm too new and scared to go on tour, so ill stay with this local company in the mean time, and keep learning.

Came for curiosity what you were going to show. Not disappointed at all, it's a good resume of our work in a day. Promps to the guys trying to give some vibes through the video :D!

WOAW ! It's like setting up everything for recording in the studio but everyday starting from zero ! As an amateur musician, I'm very impressed !

Killswitch! Shit yeh, your mixes are awesome man. I saw a recent live vid with the audio output from the mixing desk, so well put together, you could hear every instrument and Jessie's vocals were so nicely mixed. You are at the top of your game mate. Love it! From a Kiwi in Australia.

God bless our road crews! cant have a show with out them!!

There's something different being the guys who work behind the scenes to make all the magic happen. I loved seeing the audio engineer perspective of this! You can also see the camera getting "weary" after the long day.

Oh god getting the snake collected and wound up at the end of night... that one is a beast. Great video.

Omg is the knotfest tour? Awesome video bro! Keep doing that type of videos, we really enjoyed.

Did this for some local school plays and a small festival and loved it. Pretty awesome desk as well

I can't wait to start school for this!! Not even kidding, amongst all the craziness and tediousness of it all, it looks like so much fun overall and really just an absolute dream in general! Thanks for this video!

Awesome! I love this stuff❤️

load in/out was insane i’ve only seen them for smaller bands with way less gear and arena level shit just amazes me. i eventually want to go out on tour and seeing stuff like this just makes me want to work harder. and i think i need to start working out

I can't wait 'till it's festival season again, I'm doing the COP 15 for the UN in Montreal right now but the first festivals I worked on blew my mind and I always miss them

It’s pretty awesome to see just how much stuff you’ve got prerigged

That looks amazing. I wish I could've got into something like that when I was younger.

Lovely impressions!

Must feel amazing to see all that crowd 🙏🏽🔥🔥🔥

LOVE IT! Really cool to see all of the hard work that goes into setting up & breaking down one of the greatest "Metalcore" bands of all time! 🤘😝🤘 🔥🖤

damn this was the vlog i've been searching for

Great to see what I do through your eyes. Thanks for keeping all the cable untangling, that's literally 99% of the job XD XD

Good to see you again!!! WOOO YA!!

This is sick! You and I are very different kinds of audio engineer haha Awesome to see things from this perspective!

Awesome video!!

im currently studying to be an audio engineer and its really sick seeing this thinking about that that might be when ive finished my studies! keep it up man :D

Great vlog man! Please make video like this again

did this b4, and i can definitely say....im glad im the musician now...thats some work...to all stage hands....we dont shine without putting the light on us....thank you. #tribulationeffekt

I also once worked in the rental of variety equipment. It was hard work.

thank you bro, you are best !

This is just heaven to me. Hope to get here one day.

I had no idea... I won't complain anymore when organizing cables inside the computer case, which I ride a hobby. I could unequivocally understand that without the technicians and casters there is no show. It's heavy work, it's not a cake. Congratulations for your work.

this is some cool insight to being an audio engineer, as i'm studying a diploma into bachelor of Audio engineering and Sound Production

Ah i miss on stage again, as musician I always curious on stage, like where my bass audio cable go around, positioning of cables and stuff on stage, really love seeing set in and out.. Im often after done performing, goes back to stage just to see how they unpack stuff...

as a software engineer realizing I made a mistake regarding my work life, this is absolutely, incredibly, awesome to see. My plan is to take a physics degree while learning about acoustics and audio, continue as far academically as possible, and one day in my life when I feel like I've done enough, take it easy and do something with audio (and music). This is really a beautiful way to live life.

Just WOW. Mad respect.

its so interesting for me to see the difference in American and European gear for Sounds guys ...Cool video dude

i did this work for 15 years before getting into IT. but on the video side. Cam operator, video engineer and technical director. its CRAZY how "YES, we know what all those buttons do" becomes the norm after a while.

Going to college to Studio Audio Engineering next year. Already excited

idk why but this video makes me very happy

Amazing job!

Yooo dude was great to see you work done. Gave me a lot to take in how you do live sound. I was shadowing for one of the recent shows lol

There’s a 1 year program here in Kansas City in an actual recording studio that includes live sound class that I’m currently attending, best decision ever. I would see if your city has any studios that might offer that or even your local community college might offer some classes

So, every day audio engineer wakes up in a truck?

the yule log is a nice touch

How does this channel not have more subs.. this is awesome plus high quality shows with board audio

Dude, this is killer shit! I love it! You guys fuckin rock man! I miss those days, damn!!!

So much work!

Am literally starting uni in a month to study Audio Engineering lol. This was a awesome video!

A LIVE engineer! Big difference. Don’t know how you do it. While I’m redoing track after track in the studio you guys get one shot!!! Right on!!

my dream right here, just finished the first year of uni. I'm one step closer to it! :D

As the killswitch engage is playing. WOW!

You guys awesome very excellent

The fate of the Audio Engineer: 9 hours - work as a loader, 1.5 hours - work with sound

All I have to say is God bless you for job well done

wow…as an artist myself i think yall definitely deserve the $50-100k if not more than that. it takes about 300k to set up a concert on a huge professional level

love how yall playing tetris in real life. good work guys

this video is amazing man hope to be as good as you one day!!!

OMG your work is hard men. Good Luck

Nice to see Clair's still using Brit Rows L'Acoustics

Worked Colorado Summer Jam in 1982 0r 83 - it's a blur - was in my 20s. What a coincidence Rainbow was performing, Post Dio. This totally reminds me of that but way more tech, these days.

I just love gathering up equipment, especially if you are working with an empty stage/room instead of a building with pre-installed speakers.

Awesome Video!

Sound Engineers dont get enough credit. Thank you guys

How is your camera set up for this POV video?

I think I prefer just making the music VS the engineering side however the chance of Me ever performing in a popular group with thousands of screaming fans is very low, not impossible but very very very low. Thanks for making this video, very interesting.