{"id":555,"date":"2022-06-27T18:15:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2022-06-27T18:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:20:38","slug":"live-show-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Show Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"

– Or: How it takes weeks to prepare for 40ish minutes of stage time<\/h2>\n

This is a story of live show preparation.\u00a0 But first, let’s set the stage.<\/p>\n

June 23rd, 2022.\u00a0 West Hollywood.\u00a0 The Troubador.\u00a0 The composers of the score for the hit television show Cobra Kai put on an incredible live show<\/a> performing their music with a hot backing band.\u00a0 This band even included an actor from the show!\u00a0 The band even included appearance by actor and guitar-slinger Tanner Buchanan.\u00a0 He is known for playing the role of Robby Keene in the show itself and has chops formed by playing in a metal act called Acidopolis.\u00a0 Because why not?<\/p>\n

But that’s not what I’m here to talk about today.<\/p>\n

The Curtain Rises<\/h2>\n

The composers opted to have an opening act that was in the form of a film composer who inspired the majority of the music that they have created throughout their careers: Vince DiCola.\u00a0 His massive credits include the soundtracks of 1980s era “Transformers: The Movie” and “Rocky IV” to name a couple.\u00a0 The “Training Montage” music from Rocky IV is considered one of the most legendary training montage songs of all time.<\/p>\n

When he was asked to be the opening act, he requested that the act include what he often refers to as “and Friends” or “The Jam Squad.”\u00a0 Funky and \u00e6ffectionate names aside, this backing band has a drummer, two guitarsists, a marimba player, and some bald guy playing an obscure instrument called the Chapman Stick.<\/p>\n

That bald guy is me.<\/p>\n

So!\u00a0 I’m writing an entry to effectuate talking about all of the things that go into live show preparation.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 I don’t know how often we think about all of the behind-the-scenes things that go into the shows we love to see on stage.\u00a0 Prior to getting to be IN them, I can’t say I thought much about it either.\u00a0 Arrive at the venue, watch the show, cheer, lose voice, go home, the end.<\/p>\n

Here’s a perspective from BEHIND THE CURTAIN.<\/p>\n

Informed of IMPENDING GIG<\/h2>\n

Most of this narration is going to be articulated from the perspective of this specific show.\u00a0 There are plenty of scenarios to choose from but this one is fresh in the brain so that’s where we’re starting.<\/p>\n

It all began with a text message from Vince to the rest of the guys in the band.\u00a0 Show coming up!\u00a0 Date and time.\u00a0 Anyone available?<\/p>\n

I have this thing; when Vince says “frog,” I jump.<\/p>\n

Within reason, at least.<\/p>\n

In this case, the answer was of course ABSOLUTELY.<\/p>\n

Next Steps<\/h3>\n

From that moment until the next stage, the following things took place:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Dumping of ALL of Vince’s potential live material onto my phone to begin listening to obsessively.<\/li>\n
  • Discontinuation of listening to anything<\/em> that wasn’t Vince’s material when driving with the exception of audio note receipt.\u00a0 Podcasts, other music, anything.\u00a0 Relevant music only.<\/li>\n
  • Get the Chapman Stick off of its stand and start remembering how to play it*.<\/li>\n
  • Review parts for some of the most likely songs selected; this show would be an opening show, not headlining.\u00a0 Likely shorter set.<\/li>\n
  • Added three days a week of cardio to my already existing workout regimen.\u00a0 Needed to be stage ready and live performance is a very intense experience!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The preparation for preparation stage, if such a thing exists.\u00a0 Ready for anything.\u00a0 No matter what the set list was, the length of time, the number of songs: I was going to be ready.<\/p>\n

    * Side note: the last time I played the Stick for any effective length of notable time was in preparation for Vince’s last show in San Diego adjacent to Comic Con, 2019.\u00a0 Since then, it has mocked me from its stand. Leveling curses at me for not intoning it more often.\u00a0 Deservedly so. Instruments are meant to be played and music shared. In my not particularly humble opinion.<\/p>\n

    Details Emerge<\/h2>\n

    Follow-up to the details did not take long.\u00a0 Vince was given the amount of time that he would have access to for performing and the set list was developed to accommodate it.\u00a0 The set list was then sent to all of us and we got right to work.<\/p>\n

    Some follow-up to the follow-up did take place.\u00a0 A couple of tweaks to the set list.\u00a0 Modifications to the songs in question to trim out previously used solo sections and extended introductions.\u00a0 Effortless to slot and insert into place based on the practice that was already happening. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.<\/p>\n

    Discussions continued regarding travel and lodging logistics since two of us were coming from out of state.\u00a0 Extremely detailed conversations regarding signals, amplifier needs, microphones, monitoring stations.\u00a0 Finding out ultimately that the venue did not have a projector or screen for the accompanying videos we had prepared for the songs.\u00a0 All kinds<\/em> of very minute details that, to an audience member, would make little sense but were all key components to making sure that said audience member was brought to an experience worthy of their time.<\/p>\n

    Eventually, all of the details were finalized.\u00a0 Flights were booked, lodgings were arranged, and it was back to weeks and days and hours of individual practice.<\/p>\n

    The Reconvening of the Conclave of Music Makers<\/h2>\n

    In a perfect world, a few days of rehearsal would be the order of business.\u00a0 Since that was not available for everyone, what we settled on was a single, full-day of rehearsal together the day before the show. The show was on a Thursday evening, so the rehearsal took place on that Wednesday.\u00a0 Setup was to commence Tuesday afternoon without intent for setup but simply to make sure everyone was set and ready to go for the following day.<\/p>\n

    As it turns out, we were able to get an evening of rehearsing in anyway<\/em> on that Tuesday because we were all there and absolutely chomping at the bit<\/em> to play together again.<\/p>\n

    It was like the proverbial bicycle; as if three years had not passed and we last worked together a week ago.<\/p>\n

    We were able to get through almost the entire set once – maybe twice? – and knock off some of the cobwebs before calling it a night and getting some sleep.<\/p>\n

    The following day, it was rehearsal time.\u00a0 Vince let us know that we were going to be getting together early<\/em> to start rehearsals to maximize the day.\u00a0 Call time: 10:00am.<\/p>\n

    When you’re used to getting up at 4 in the morning to exercise, having to be someplace at 10am is like vacation<\/em>.\u00a0 Insert laughing smiley face emoticon here.<\/p>\n

    The Highs and Lows of All Day Rehearsal<\/h2>\n

    Here’s the thing.<\/p>\n

    It sounds like quite a bit of fun to just …. music all day long.\u00a0 Hour after hour.<\/p>\n

    Truth be told: it is<\/em> a lot of fun.\u00a0 Like nothing else.\u00a0 Especially when you’re not used to being a music maker for an entire day-long stretch.<\/p>\n

    The drawback to not regularly being a music maker for an entire day-long stretch is that after about, say, 8 straight hours, fatigue starts to set in.\u00a0 The fingers stop working the way you think they should.\u00a0 The brain starts to glitch out a bit.\u00a0 The map from the beginning to the end of the song has some forks in the road.\u00a0 The final run through of the set was distinctly not<\/em> the best run through of the set.\u00a0 But we got the reps in and made the best of it and it was, ultimately, good.<\/p>\n

    A few bits of light-heartedness<\/h3>\n

    All day rehearsal does come with some fun highlights though.\u00a0 At one point, while waiting for a technical glitch in monitoring to be ironed out, Vince started to play the song that we were in the moment rehearsing in the style of lounge jazz.\u00a0 So what do we do?\u00a0 We all joined in of course and had an incredible moment of style swerve from rock to smooth and easy listening.\u00a0 Once the glitch was ironed out and we called off the swerve, it was just one of those shared moments where we all got a good laugh out of it.<\/p>\n

    Legends are funny<\/h3>\n

    Another fun moment was the fact that three of our songs were vocal songs.\u00a0 The final song – Hearts on Fire from the Rocky IV soundtrack – was to be sung by none other than Joe Esposito.\u00a0 If you’ve heard the song “You’re the Best” from The Karate Kid, you are familiar with his voice as that was him singing it.\u00a0 Turns out he’s a good friend of Vince and agreed to sing a song during our set.<\/p>\n

    Welp!<\/p>\n

    During that, we had a brief break moment and I could hear him talking to some kids in the control room of the studio we were in through monitors.\u00a0 He started talking about the song “My Girl” to them as an example of something so I started noodling the recognizable line that opens the song.\u00a0 In the monitors we suddenly hear “Wait, can those guys hear me talking?”\u00a0 Someone in the background affirms that that is the case.\u00a0 He then had some funny commentary using colorful language about an intelligent donkey regarding whoever that<\/em> was.\u00a0 We all burst out laughing at that one.<\/p>\n

    Earlier in the day during the rehearsals though?\u00a0 The highs were really<\/em> high.\u00a0 We were firing on all thrusters and it sounded like we had been playing these songs together for years continuously instead of sporadically.<\/p>\n

    The Day of the Show<\/h2>\n

    We left all of our gear set up in the studio in order to take one more run through of the set prior to striking everything down and relocating to The Troubador for setup and sound check.\u00a0 Meeting at noon, we picked up where we left off and ran the entire set one more time.\u00a0 Some cobwebs from a tiring day before and a few glitches here and there but otherwise, we were as prepared as we could be.<\/p>\n

    We struck everything down, packed up the vehicles, and headed to the venue to start the 3pm load in and sound check.<\/p>\n

    Load in and Sound Check<\/h3>\n

    This is where things get interesting.<\/p>\n

    As the opening band, we set up and sound check last<\/em>. This is standard operating procedure.<\/p>\n

    The headlining band backing up the Cobra Kai composers was a comparatively large band and their setup and sound check took up some time.\u00a0 Our set up and sound check was significantly shorter.<\/p>\n

    During the course of the sound check, we found out that our monitoring setup was not going to work because cables that were previously thought to be present at the venue were not actually there.\u00a0 There was a flurry of frenzied discussion and a few accommodations were able to be made to make sure that we were able to hear the cues we needed to hear for some of the more complicated material.<\/p>\n

    Sound check happened, everything sounded pretty good from what we could tell.\u00a0 Vince was scheduled to do a meet and greet so we had to cut that short.<\/p>\n

    Dinner Time!<\/h3>\n

    Some of the folks at the Troubador were super nice and brought in pizza for the bands!\u00a0 So in a thing that is super rare for most venues, food was provided.\u00a0 Such a pleasant surprise!<\/p>\n

    At this point, if anyone was going to change clothes, this was the time to do it.\u00a0 So we got into whatever we were wearing for the show, hung around in the green room for a bit, and mentally mapped our way through the show one more time.<\/p>\n

    It’s always right before a show that the nerves start to rise a little bit. It’s a combination of excitement and nervousness.\u00a0 Excitement at having the opportunity to share music with people, nervousness of something going sideways.<\/p>\n

    The realization eventually hits that there’s nothing to be done about anything that we’re nervous, and so finally, after months of preparation, it’s time to take the stage for forty-ish minutes.<\/p>\n

    SHOW TIME!!!<\/h2>\n

    A very wise person once effused to me that it is not necessarily the moment that we focus on but rather the journey that got us to <\/em>that moment.<\/p>\n

    In the grand scheme of things, this definitely applies.<\/p>\n

    The show itself passed by in the blink of an eye.\u00a0 We were there, there were cheers, we played our hearts out, and then it was done.<\/p>\n

    Kinda anti-climactic in a way, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

    Think of it this way.\u00a0 While the experience of being on<\/em> the stage is a different one than that of being in an audience in front<\/em> of a stage, we share something in common.\u00a0 We love the music, and we’re all there for the same amount of time sharing in that experience.<\/p>\n

    Logistical comparisons<\/h3>\n

    As an audience member, your journey begins when you leave your place of being – be it work or homestead – and get to a show venue, see a performance, and then go home.\u00a0 Sometimes in there is dinner, meeting band people, autographs, talking with other audience members. But as the audience member, you experience our months of preparation in a comparatively fleeting string of minutes.<\/p>\n

    This is fantastic though!\u00a0 This is how it is supposed to be.\u00a0 Our mission as performers is to put in the work and be ready for your musical experience.\u00a0 We know this, we acknowledge it, and we EMBRACE it.<\/p>\n

    Final Curtain Call<\/h2>\n

    So!\u00a0 That, in a very large and wordy nutshell, is the experience.\u00a0 In the aftermath of said experience, I have a few thoughts.<\/p>\n

    First of all, my immense thanks to anyone there.\u00a0 We are nothing without you as appreciators of music.\u00a0 After the last couple years, more than ever this is something that we all need. The experience sharing.\u00a0 The symbiotic relationship.\u00a0 The feedback loop between performer and audience.<\/p>\n

    Secondly, I hope I have been able to convey just how different the experience is for the performer compared to the audience member.\u00a0 We share that same moment in time together when the lights go up and the music hits.\u00a0 Everything leading up to that is completely different!<\/p>\n

    Finally, for anyone who is responsible for hiring talent in any sector, you are not hiring someone’s moment for your thing.\u00a0 You’re hiring the sum of their experiences leading up to your need for a moment of your own.\u00a0 We are delighted to do it!\u00a0 We share something just like a performer and an audience do: we’re both professionals.\u00a0 Your need for a moment is built upon your own experiences.\u00a0 Our provision of that need is also built on experiences.\u00a0 It’s not something that ever occurred to me before until writing this, so my own mindset shift is going to be fun.\u00a0 Maybe yours will too.<\/p>\n

    That’s all, folks!<\/p>\n

    Until next week.<\/p>\n

    -= george =-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    – Or: How it takes weeks to prepare for 40ish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[170,167,166,172,174,173,175,168,169,171],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-cobra-kai","tag-concert","tag-live-show","tag-opening-band","tag-practice","tag-preparation","tag-rehearsal","tag-stage","tag-the-troubador","tag-vince-dicola"],"yoast_head":"\nLive Show Preparation - George Nowik - Voice Actor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You get a ticket, you see a show, you go home. Ever wondered what goes into live show preparation? This is your chance to know!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Live Show Preparation - George Nowik - Voice Actor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You get a ticket, you see a show, you go home. Ever wondered what goes into live show preparation? This is your chance to know!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"George Nowik - Voice Actor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/george.nowik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/george.nowik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-27T18:15:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-27T18:20:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1632\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"George Nowik\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nalrog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nalrog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"George Nowik\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"11 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"George Nowik\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/16eeea56f3397668e0b6f7a39a28ecb0\"},\"headline\":\"Live Show Preparation\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-27T18:15:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-27T18:20:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/\"},\"wordCount\":2451,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/16eeea56f3397668e0b6f7a39a28ecb0\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Cobra Kai\",\"concert\",\"live show\",\"opening band\",\"practice\",\"preparation\",\"rehearsal\",\"stage\",\"the troubador\",\"Vince DiCola\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Music\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/\",\"name\":\"Live Show Preparation - George Nowik - Voice Actor\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-27T18:15:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-27T18:20:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"You get a ticket, you see a show, you go home. Ever wondered what goes into live show preparation? This is your chance to know!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1632,\"caption\":\"Shot of the live show from The Troubador\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Live Show Preparation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/\",\"name\":\"George Nowik - Voice Actors - Fresh New\",\"description\":\"Voiceovers Delivered Fast!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/16eeea56f3397668e0b6f7a39a28ecb0\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/16eeea56f3397668e0b6f7a39a28ecb0\",\"name\":\"George Nowik\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/388c6d5dda985d94e29b2e594d983057?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/388c6d5dda985d94e29b2e594d983057?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"George Nowik\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Straddling the line between the arts - voiceover, music composition, session performer, album mixing - and the world of durable medical equipment. Probably should have spent more time playing on the balance beam as a kid instead of obsessing over Commodore 64 games.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/george.nowik\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/georgenowik\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/nalrog\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMJg5VrdyKSNHqnwsycbDtw\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Live Show Preparation - George Nowik - Voice Actor","description":"You get a ticket, you see a show, you go home. Ever wondered what goes into live show preparation? This is your chance to know!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Live Show Preparation - George Nowik - Voice Actor","og_description":"You get a ticket, you see a show, you go home. Ever wondered what goes into live show preparation? This is your chance to know!","og_url":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/","og_site_name":"George Nowik - Voice Actor","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/george.nowik","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/george.nowik","article_published_time":"2022-06-27T18:15:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-27T18:20:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1632,"url":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"George Nowik","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nalrog","twitter_site":"@nalrog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"George Nowik","Est. reading time":"11 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/"},"author":{"name":"George Nowik","@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/16eeea56f3397668e0b6f7a39a28ecb0"},"headline":"Live Show Preparation","datePublished":"2022-06-27T18:15:28+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-27T18:20:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/"},"wordCount":2451,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/16eeea56f3397668e0b6f7a39a28ecb0"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Cobra Kai","concert","live show","opening band","practice","preparation","rehearsal","stage","the troubador","Vince DiCola"],"articleSection":["Music"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/","url":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/","name":"Live Show Preparation - George Nowik - Voice Actor","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-27T18:15:28+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-27T18:20:38+00:00","description":"You get a ticket, you see a show, you go home. Ever wondered what goes into live show preparation? This is your chance to know!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/289072400_356000689983940_5347394550959072235_n-2-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1632,"caption":"Shot of the live show from The Troubador"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/live-show-preparation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Live Show Preparation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/","name":"George Nowik - Voice Actors - Fresh New","description":"Voiceovers Delivered Fast!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/16eeea56f3397668e0b6f7a39a28ecb0"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/16eeea56f3397668e0b6f7a39a28ecb0","name":"George Nowik","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/388c6d5dda985d94e29b2e594d983057?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/388c6d5dda985d94e29b2e594d983057?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"George Nowik"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Straddling the line between the arts - voiceover, music composition, session performer, album mixing - and the world of durable medical equipment. Probably should have spent more time playing on the balance beam as a kid instead of obsessing over Commodore 64 games.","sameAs":["https:\/\/georgenowik.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/george.nowik","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/georgenowik\/","https:\/\/x.com\/nalrog","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMJg5VrdyKSNHqnwsycbDtw"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562,"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}