What City Has The Most Opportunity For Live Sound?

[rosevision]

I was trying to put together and right down all of my goals and how to achieve them and I was just trying to find Out what city has the best opportunities in live sound?

[Remoteness]

We need more information to answer you properly.

Are you talking about looking for work independently or as a sound company?

If you were going for tour work in live sound it really does matter what city you live in.

As an independent I would send out feelers to all the sound companies you may want to work with and see which ones bite.

Then consider moving to a city where your favorite live sound companies are based out of.

[bishopthomas]

Originally Posted by Remoteness

If you were going for tour work in live sound it really does matter what city you live in.

It DOES matter when you are starting out and trying to connect with a band. You need MAXIMUM exposure if you are wanting to pick up a tour. After you are established, however, it does NOT matter. People will call you and you can fly to wherever the tour is starting.

I am in the process of moving from New Jersey because I have found that I cannot be sustained by being a freelance sound technician. The winters are too cold and concerts are put on hold until summer. The last 3 years I have worked 7 days a week for 3 months of the year. For around 4 months it's sparse (mostly weekends), and for the rest of the year I sit at home making cables and watching TV. There are a TON of sound companies in the area so starting a new company would be a mistake (unless you are going for arena work and investing $250,000 in a PA off the bat). You'll never compete with all of the bottom feeders around here.

I am moving to Nashville after the summer in hopes for more continuous work. Maybe it's better, maybe not, but at least the winters don't last 4 months in the South. Anyway, that's my story. Maybe you can extract something useful from my rambling. As Steve said, if you can give us more details it would help a lot. There are people from every corner of the country (and world) on this forum so I'm sure you will get a diverse range of opinions.

Good luck!