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Tips for Touring Bands

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In this free video series, learn tips for traveling musicians about budgeting, hotels, luggage, and transportation.

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Summary: Let's face it. Touring with your band is a lot of hard work. Despite the idealized notion of the rock n' roll life, going to a different town every night, eating at dirty restaurants, and transporting lots of equipment are extremely daunting tasks. This kind of lifestyle demands planning ahead to avoid as much of the headache as possible.

In this expert video series, let Tony Newton give you some tips for dealing with life on the road. He will help you make your musical touring much easier. Tony cautions about the importance of an itinerary and budget. He gives you tips on finding restaurants, hotels, and entertainment. Also, find out to make airport travel much easier. With his advice, you can start living a little bit easier life during your band's tour.

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Expert: Profusely creative, high energy, innovative, sensitive yet dynamic would be a few terms that could describe the artistry of music prophet Antonio (Tony) Newton, who stands as one of the most progressive, creative and influential music artists of this contemporary music era! Chances are you've heard Newton, a performer on over 25 million selling Gold recordings. Born and raised in Detroit Mi., Newton began his career first on piano at age seven, beginning professionally at the tender age of thirteen, playing bass guitar with blues legends John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Little Walter and other classic artists on the urban blues circuit.

This was not without receiving initial recognition as an accomplished saxophone and woodwinds player in various orchestras and ensembles. Newton gained swift acclaim as one of the Midwest's most prominent bassists through his association with Motown records. Newton was discovered by Motown executive Hank Cosby while playing in Detroit Blues clubs at the age of 18. He was chosen to replace James Jamerson as touring bassist with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles so that Jamerson could concentrate on studio recording exclusively. Within two years Newton became Music Director. He also toured with all of the Motown artists such as: Diana Ross and the Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Four Tops, Temptations, Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, Spinners, and others. While at Motown from time to time, playing with the "Funk Brothers" he left his trademark of solid, hard driving, and deftly clever grooves on such timeless hits as "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", "Stop In The Name Of Love", "Nowhere to Run" on the east coast, and on the west coast, "ABC', "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Don't Leave Me This Way", and many others. Also a little unknown fact is that Newton and James Jamerson played together as 2 basses on the above Motown Hits. Newton was also the bassist for the famed 1965 European Motown Review t

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