Remote Tour Management | Artist Travel Logistics | Tour Staffing | Equipment/Backline Sourcing – Services/Rates Here
The 22nd Endeavor is a concept I bounced around in my head for years as an additional way to apply the skills, knowledge and instincts I’ve built in over two decades as a tour manager, on dozens of tours both domestic and international.
It’s customizable, versatile remote tour management.
I first thought seriously about this concept during a disastrous international tour about 10 years ago. The tour was doomed by inept, out of touch travel booking by people in an office in Europe, booking shows and flights for a US band who were touring in Asia. These people refused to listen to my suggestions or objections during the travel booking process (I was the artists’ longtime tour manager and sound engineer), even when i pointed out things that would save the band a lot of money. As it turned out, the poor choices these folks insisted upon cost the band many thousands of dollars and the tour finished in the red.
Experiencing this situation on site along with the band, I realized that I had the ability to help prevent artists from experiencing this kind of stress and financial loss.
I touched back on the idea now and then for a few years, and it happened that I was asked to advance a few tours and handle some other logistics for artists who I would not be able to join on said tours. Especially in the absence of a tour manager physically accompanying them, they needed the work done professionally and efficiently.
The wheels kept turning, and I realized this was a role I was not only well-suited to, but that I enjoyed.
It was important to me, in considering this set of services, that it be very affordable, so that it’s appealing and of value to lesser-known artists who may be on tighter budgets (i.e. unable to afford hiring a tour manager to go on the road with them).
Artists who are playing venues of a level that warrants detailed, professional advancing may still want to keep their expenses low by touring in a van without crew, or with only a sound engineer or a merch person. This service can save them time, stress, and confusion while still being financially reasonable.
I did some math and found that for a 5-week tour, if a band hires a TM at $300/day (on the lower end of the range of TM salaries in the US) they will pay a salary of over $10,000, plus a $20 per diem adds another $700. While some bands are fortunate enough to be able to afford it, this is out of reach for many artists.
By contrast, using my services the band can have their shows advanced for this same 5-week tour, their hotels and flights booked and all info compiled and presented to them in a comprehensive document, for a fraction of that. My hope is that artists who are on tight budgets or who prefer to keep their touring parties small will see this as a helpful and affordable service.
I hope to work with you and your artists in the near future. Rate sheet available here. For inquiries please contact me at
22***********@ch*******.com
Please be well.
— Che
