Working the Verticals · Wavemist Certified

Touring & Live Music

What you'll learn

• ✓ Distinguish the traveling touring party roles (TM, PM, FOH/monitor, LD, V1, backline) from the local crew and know who owns money vs. production
• ✓ Explain what advancing a tour date consists of and why standardization/venue-reusability is the core efficiency lever
• ✓ Compare the operational shape of a one-off, a tour load-in, and a festival day (changeovers, rolling risers, shared PA)
• ✓ Identify how the technical rider functions as part of the promoter deal, and how audio scales on tour (line array, system tuning, IEM, support-act patch/line check)

Read the short course, then pass the exam with a perfect score — retake it as many times as you need — to earn a verifiable certificate. It teaches the framework and the vocabulary; exact union rates always come from the governing agreement, never a number memorized for a test.