1st Edition

Concert Design The Road, The Craft, The Industry

By Seth Jackson Copyright 2020
176 Pages 28 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 28 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 28 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Concert Design: The Road, The Craft, The Industry offers an exceptional journey though the world of concert design, exploring not only its unique design attributes but also the industry that has grown around it and how to make a career of ‘the road’. Concert designer Seth Jackson analyzes how the industry has changed over the last three decades – from its early days of ‘no rules’ and... Read more

1. I Want to Do This for the Rest of My Life  2. I’m Sweeping the Shop… with My BFA  3. Wheels on the Highway  4. Designs and Sausages  5. It May Take a Village, but You Are Just One of the Chiefs  6. Allied Forces  7. Where’s the Band?  8. The Call for Artistry

Biography

Seth Jackson has been designing concert tours all around the world for 25 years, from his early days in Nashville to his later projects on Broadway and in Beijing. A two-time Parnelli Award winner, he has designed concert tours for Carrie Underwood, Don Henley, Toby Keith, Selena Gomez, Barry Manilow, and many others. For more information, please visit www.sethjackson.online.

"Jackson has an easy-to-read narrative style of writing that’s like sitting down with him in a big, comfy chair talking about what he’s been doing with himself. The content is made up primarily of lessons big and small that are intelligently relayed, in a language that’s relaxed and familiar. The stories will make you want to keep reading, and before you know it, you’ll be at the end and wanting more."

-Richard Cadena, Lighting & Sound America August 2020