Riley Vasquez
@RileyVasquez
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I help artists staff their tours and teach people how to become tour managers @ https://t.co/V8vs0SSOWN - Tour Manager • FOH engineer
Nashville, Tennessee
Joined March 2009
Today is a big day! Finally finished building a course called “How to be a Tour Manager” - teaching people how to successfully manage live music tours. This is going to help a lot of people in this space and I’m pumped! https://t.co/wv1jCsYPjF
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“If you’re ambitious, you need to work; it’s almost like a medical condition… If you’re smart and ambitious, it’s dangerous not to be productive.” This is a great summary @kristianindy!
I was first exposed to @PaulGraham’s essay “How To Do Great Work”, while listening to @DavidSenra1’s podcast @FoundersPodcast. Since then, I’ve read it a few times and shared it with countless friends and colleagues. I encourage you to read it for yourself. As a way to continue
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Being able to build a business off the free version of @airtable is wild.
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I’m doing a show today in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Should I invite Zack, my @SweetwaterSound sales rep?
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This is proof your logo doesn’t have to look perfect. @amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world and I just got this email.
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@BrendanFWallace Everybody wants sheet music to succeed in entrepreneurship when it's actually improvisational jazz.
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Listen to the insane wind coming through our apartment during this storm! 💨
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Very cool ChatGPT use case by @RileyVasquez, who helps tour managers. He says, "Tour bus drivers have cutoff times. They can drive up to 600 miles or 10 hours, whichever comes first. So, ChatGPT, “Give me the mileage and drive time at 60 mph between each city in this list."
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How to pick a bottle of champagne. Best thread I’ve read in a while!
If you're planning on purchasing Champagne (or a sparking wine) to ring in the New Year. I would like to provide a primer. Some advice:
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The rolling blackouts in Nashville are crazy! Imagine cooking for a bunch of people for the holidays and then the power just shuts off. It’s also surprising how cold it gets in the short time the power is out. This weather is insane!
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Welp, the holidays have officially started in the music industry!
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Realtors - y’all need to chill with the fake sunsets behind overpriced Nashville homes.
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Anyone else get so inspired listening to podcasts that you barely retain anything they say? Sometimes it takes me 2-3 listens to understand the point they’re trying to get across. My two most inspiring podcasts are @myfirstmilpod and @donaldmiller’s Business Made Simple
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Does anyone actually use Amazon Music as their preferred streaming platform? If so, what are the pros over Spotify, Apple?
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Best rock and roll band in the US is about to release a new record
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Weirdest statement in a tour rider I’ve ever seen. Then I realized it was a circus show.
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How is no one talking about this new game-changing iOS feature? Swipe right on a text to make it “unread!” 🤯
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