Business Management 3

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  1. 3. What the band sells. This can include T shirts, posters, CD’s, etc.
  2. 4. . These are free tickets that you give away, but that count towards your total room capacity.
  3. 8. A barrier between the stage and the audience. This is usually manned by security.
  4. 9. Extra monies paid to an act depending on number of tickets sold and or revenue generated.
  5. 12. A device that provides electricity. Many venues require additional power.
  6. 14. This is when someone with the act calls you to discuss show details, such as arrival time, production changes, etc.
  7. 16. These get you anywhere, anytime.
  8. 17. A contract that spells out the specific requirements of a show.
  9. 18. Where tickets are sold, usually in the venue where the show is being is held.
  10. 26. The physical aspects of the show sound, lights, stage, power, barricades, etc. You generally have to rent production for your show.
  11. 27. How the performance space and seating is set up. Including number of seats, type of stage
  12. 31. This means no assigned seats. First come, first serve.
  13. 32. A detailed form that spells out all expenses and revenue.
  14. 35. Cash money available the day of show to pay for unexpected things.
  15. 37. The physical location of the show.
  16. 38. Who you try to sell to (target sales audience).
  17. 39. As opposed to bleacher seats.
  18. 40. The layout of the seats in your venue.
  19. 41. The people who work at your show. You can never have too many people on your team.
  20. 42. Special seating reserved for handicapped patrons is required by law.
  21. 43. The individual responsible for the band’s show. They handle the technical aspects of the show for the band, and report to the tour manager.
  22. 44. Access passes given to photographers. These always have to be approved by the performer, and each act will have own photo guidelines.
  23. 45. Area immediately offstage and out of view of audience.
  24. 47. People who work for schools. They do not represent acts or manage bands. Their job is to help you produce a show.
  25. 51. Seats that are lost due to production. Often mixing boards force seats to be lost.
  26. 54. People who take tickets.
  27. 57. Everybody who ie All Access and Backstage.
  28. 59. the maximum amount of revenue a show can produce. Multiply the max ticket price by the number of seats.
  29. 61. What you rip off and keep from tickets. Important for settlements.
  30. 63. Warning statements usually printed on tickets and or posters. Items such as “no refunds” and “no recording devices of any kind” are common.
  31. 66. Where the show happens.
  32. 68. Describes the electrical requirements needed for sound and lights
  33. 69. When you let people into the show. Normally an hour or so before start time.
  34. 72. The legal piece of paper that details the specifics of your show.
  35. 73. A control system for lights, sound, and monitors.
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  1. 1. What you absolutely, positively, no way around it, must have the day of the show for the band. PAYMENT!
  2. 2. The point at which the amount of revenue generated from ticket sales equals the amount of money spent to produce the show.
  3. 5. Particular rules set down by the venue. A good example is no smoking policy.
  4. 6. Built in seats that cannot move.
  5. 7. A person who runs around all day taking care of errands.
  6. 9. – A band’s musical equipment requirements. Sometimes acts need you to supply drums, amps, keyboards, etc. when they can’t bring their own.
  7. 10. At the box office, a separate area where reserved and pre ordered tickets are held and distributed.
  8. 11. The performer who starts the show. Artists often bring their own opening act.
  9. 13. Suspended equipment used to “fly” sound and lights.
  10. 15. Allows access backstage. Generally given to the entire working crew.
  11. 19. To hang sound and or lights from the support beams of your venue’s ceiling.
  12. 20. A break in the show, normally somewhere in the middle.
  13. 21. All the papers relating to everything relating to the show.
  14. 22. Food for the band, crew, and all involved.
  15. 23. A tax paid for performances, varies from state to state.
  16. 24. What you offer a performer with the hopes that they will come perform for you.
  17. 25. A report of how many tickets were sold, and at what value.
  18. 28. Usually applies in theatres. Seats that are held for a specific reason or when seating is assigned, i.e. by numbered seats.
  19. 29. The max number of bodies you can fit into your venue.
  20. 30. An exact and detailed account of seating and available tickets.
  21. 33. How you advertise your show. Posters, flyers, radio ads.
  22. 34. Food and can also include laundry detail, and other “running” duties.
  23. 36. The person who represents the band. Their responsibility is to the act, not the buyer sponsor
  24. 46. Employees of the venue where the show is going to happen, usually part of a union. May include everyone from ticket takers to stage hands, and you often have to pay for their services.
  25. 47. A percentage of the revenue generated by the sale of merchandise that the school gets.
  26. 48. Tickets that are not sold due to various reasons, such as security concerns or production obstructions.
  27. 49. An artist who sings to prerecorded music (often requiring a DAT machine from the production company).
  28. 50. – The “front of house” area of your venue designated for an act’s mixing and lighting boards.
  29. 52. Relates to the rows of sound and lights at shows.
  30. 53. People who help patrons to their seats. They also sometimes help with basic security.
  31. 55. Information released to papers, magazines, radio stations, etc. that spells out the specifics of your event.
  32. 56. The person responsible for every aspect of the tour from the band’s point of view.
  33. 58. When the performance begins.
  34. 60. Where you sell tickets. Normally, the more outlets the better.
  35. 62. Comes in all different forms campus security, off duty police officers, rented security.
  36. 64. The individual who climbs around your building and hangs equipment.
  37. 65. A large curtain that is sometimes hung behind the stage to give a “warmer” feel to the show.
  38. 67. Applied to materials and or personnel supplied by the venue.
  39. 70. The ripped ticket stubs. These are especially important when bands are being paid bonuses.
  40. 71. Varying groups of ticket prices, usually separated by their proximity to the stage