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MoniqueTech
Приєднався 10 лис 2013
Live Entertainment Tech working in Australian Theatre, Cabaret, Music, Burlesque, Circus and Comedy ✨
Previously on Hamilton Australia, Phantom of the Opera HOSH, Come From Away Australia, Mary Poppins Australia, the Phantom of the Opera Australian Tour and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Australian Tour.
Previously on Hamilton Australia, Phantom of the Opera HOSH, Come From Away Australia, Mary Poppins Australia, the Phantom of the Opera Australian Tour and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Australian Tour.
GIRLS ON TOUR || AUDIO ENGINEER & ARTIST MANAGER NICOLE LEPUSIC
Roadies are the unsung heroes of the Australian music industry. Stuart Coupe has gathered a collection of some of the greatest Aussie crew of all time. He happened to miss Audio Engineer, Artist Manager, Guitar Tech and tech director Nicole Lepusic, so we made sure to get her story.
Welcome to the Girls on Tour Book Club, a book club that aims to keep us connected no matter how far apart we are while shining a light on some badass women and gender diverse people within the entertainment industry.
What started with a love for music and songwriting quickly turned into a career in audio engineering for Nicole. From there she did stints as a guitar tech for Vance Joy, ran away with the circus for Fringe, tech directed venues, worked in theatre sound and 'dabbled' in artist management, eventually opening her own agency but always found her way back to her roots in audio, doing sound for some of the greatest artists and bands in Australia.
Together we read Roadies by Stuart Coupe, an absolutely incredible collection of stories from some of the largest and boldest road crew in Australian and international history, pioneers of our industry who made their own rules and changed entertainment as we know it today.
While todays chat mostly focuses on Nicole's career, you'd be a fool to not get your hands on a copy of this book and read it for yourself!
If you are in need of some more reading in your life make sure to check out the Girls On Tour Book Club for fantasy escapism every month while you wait for our next nonfiction read and guest.
Filmed on Gadigal land.
⚔️ JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB:
www.youtube.com/@GirlsOnTourBookClub
Some other videos you may enjoy:
🌹 Phantom of the Opera videos:
ua-cam.com/video/cFLyHseeR_k/v-deo.html
☂️ Mary Poppins videos:
ua-cam.com/video/X-leXZlWN1Y/v-deo.html
⚡️ Freelancing vlogs:
ua-cam.com/video/51WLuELnamc/v-deo.html
🎤 Industry tips, Q&A's and chatty content:
ua-cam.com/video/9oi-TRyd-3g/v-deo.html
✨ I am a live Entertainment Tech working in Australian Theatre, Cabaret, Music, Burlesque, Circus and Comedy.
⭐️ In the last two years I have worked on Hamilton Australia, Phantom of the Opera outdoors on Sydney Harbour, Come From Away Australia, Mary Poppins Australia and toured Phantom of the Opera Australia while freelancing all over the country. Currently I am the Radio Mic Tech on Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Australian Tour
📸 To stay up to date with my weeks/jobs follow me on instagram @moniquetech:
moniquetech
💿 Head to the Discord to join the community:
discord.gg/9Kk2CRkzvZ
💻 To chat about my services head to my website:
www.moniquetech.com/
Welcome to the Girls on Tour Book Club, a book club that aims to keep us connected no matter how far apart we are while shining a light on some badass women and gender diverse people within the entertainment industry.
What started with a love for music and songwriting quickly turned into a career in audio engineering for Nicole. From there she did stints as a guitar tech for Vance Joy, ran away with the circus for Fringe, tech directed venues, worked in theatre sound and 'dabbled' in artist management, eventually opening her own agency but always found her way back to her roots in audio, doing sound for some of the greatest artists and bands in Australia.
Together we read Roadies by Stuart Coupe, an absolutely incredible collection of stories from some of the largest and boldest road crew in Australian and international history, pioneers of our industry who made their own rules and changed entertainment as we know it today.
While todays chat mostly focuses on Nicole's career, you'd be a fool to not get your hands on a copy of this book and read it for yourself!
If you are in need of some more reading in your life make sure to check out the Girls On Tour Book Club for fantasy escapism every month while you wait for our next nonfiction read and guest.
Filmed on Gadigal land.
⚔️ JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB:
www.youtube.com/@GirlsOnTourBookClub
Some other videos you may enjoy:
🌹 Phantom of the Opera videos:
ua-cam.com/video/cFLyHseeR_k/v-deo.html
☂️ Mary Poppins videos:
ua-cam.com/video/X-leXZlWN1Y/v-deo.html
⚡️ Freelancing vlogs:
ua-cam.com/video/51WLuELnamc/v-deo.html
🎤 Industry tips, Q&A's and chatty content:
ua-cam.com/video/9oi-TRyd-3g/v-deo.html
✨ I am a live Entertainment Tech working in Australian Theatre, Cabaret, Music, Burlesque, Circus and Comedy.
⭐️ In the last two years I have worked on Hamilton Australia, Phantom of the Opera outdoors on Sydney Harbour, Come From Away Australia, Mary Poppins Australia and toured Phantom of the Opera Australia while freelancing all over the country. Currently I am the Radio Mic Tech on Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Australian Tour
📸 To stay up to date with my weeks/jobs follow me on instagram @moniquetech:
moniquetech
💿 Head to the Discord to join the community:
discord.gg/9Kk2CRkzvZ
💻 To chat about my services head to my website:
www.moniquetech.com/
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ADELAIDE || FAVOURITE PLACES & TOUR FEELINGS
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After spending the last 8 weeks in Adelaide SA for work, here are my favourite day off activities, places to eat and bars to go to! As well as this we are getting candid about my feelings about this leg of the tour and the general headspace around touring. Places featured in the video listed below in order of appearance, along with some bonus places. For those who know Adelaide and/or love it p...
A WEEK ON TOUR IN ADELAIDE
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Come along with me to see the schedule of a radio mic technician on a commercial theatre show in Australia while on tour in Adelaide. Opening night, mix training, seeing Nothing But Thieves, visiting Hahndorf & a lot of bars (when in Adelaide). Filmed on Kaurna land. ⚔️ JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB: www.youtube.com/@GirlsOnTourBookClub Some other videos you may enjoy: 🌹 Phantom of the Opera videos: ua-ca...
PERTH || FAVOURITE PLACES & TOUR FEELINGS
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After spending the last 8 weeks in Perth WA for work, here are my favourite day off activities, places to eat and bars to go to! As well as this we are getting candid about my feelings about this leg of the tour and the general headspace around touring, this leg was a struggle. Places featured in the video listed below, along with some bonus places. For those who know Perth and/or love it pleas...
TATTOOED ON TOUR || PERTH
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Come with me to get tattooed on tour, this stop was Western Australia. Artists who tattooed me: Knee flower by _orbweaver Magpie by laurenmelina Filmed on Whadjuk Nyoongar land ⚔️ JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB: www.youtube.com/@GirlsOnTourBookClub Some other videos you may enjoy: 🌹 Phantom of the Opera videos: ua-cam.com/video/cFLyHseeR_k/v-deo.html ☂️ Mary Poppins videos: ua...
A WEEK ON TOUR IN PERTH
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Come along with me to see the schedule of a radio mic technician on a commercial theatre show in Australia while on tour in Perth. Opening night, a zoo visit, video editing and mix training. Filmed on Whadjuk Nyoongar land. WHY THE ZOO AND WHY I DIDN’T GO TO ROTTNEST ISLAND: One of the most popular tourist things to do in Perth is take the trip over to Rottnest Island. The history of the island...
GIRLS ON TOUR || THEATRE LIGHTING TECHNICIAN MATILDA PRESS
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Starting out in the deep end is something our author Tana Douglas and our guest Matilda Press know very well. Welcome to the Girls on Tour Book Club, a book club that aims to keep us connected no matter how far apart we are while shining a light on some badass women and gender diverse people within the entertainment industry. Today we are joined by Matilda Press, who has spent her most recent y...
TIME OFF || ABU DHABI & DUBAI
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Between my time in Sydney and our time in Perth with the Australian tour of Tina the Tina Turner Musical, I stopped by the United Arab Emirates to visit my partner Tainga while he was performing in Abu Dhabi with Hamilton International. Desert trips, lots of food, a weekend in Dubai... here is what we got up to. ⚔️ JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB: www.youtube.com/@GirlsOnTourBookClub Some other videos you m...
BEGINNERS GUIDE TO QLAB || YOUR TECH SPECS
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Welcome to the third and final (?) video in this little "things you'll need for your tech in a small venue especially if you're doing a cabaret or a comedy show or something scriptedish (or not) with cues" series! QLab is a cue-based, multimedia playback software package for macOS, intended for use in theatre and live entertainment. Today we're going to run through some very basic things you ca...
HOW TO MAKE A TECH SCRIPT & DESIGN YOUR LIGHTING || || YOUR TECH SPECS
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In part two of this series we are going over how to mark up a script for your tech to operate your show from, and things to think about when considering your own lighting design. Make sure you check out last weeks video about documentation your venue/festival/tech will need, and stay tuned for a beginners guide to Qlab next week! Filmed on Gadigal land. Some other videos you may enjoy: 🌹 Phanto...
WHAT TO GIVE YOUR TECH/VENUE || YOUR TECH SPECS
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Today we're starting off a small series for those taking their shows to small venues and festivals. What information does the venue/tech need to operate your show? and how to put it together? Let's talk about it. Filmed on Gadigal land. Some other videos you may enjoy: 🌹 Phantom of the Opera videos: ua-cam.com/video/cFLyHseeR_k/v-deo.html ☂️ Mary Poppins videos: ua-cam.com/video/X-leXZlWN1Y/v-d...
WHAT I'M TAKING || 14 MONTHS OF NATIONAL TOUR & INTERNATIONAL TRIPS
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This year I'm heading on tour to live in 5 different Australian cities with Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, as well as this I will be leaving the country multiple times to go visit my partner who is on tour with Hamilton International. This is what I'm taking. Filmed on Gadigal land. ⚔️ JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB: www.youtube.com/@GirlsOnTourBookClub Some other videos you may enjoy: 🌹 Phantom of the Ope...
MY FAVOURITE PLACES IN SYDNEY
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After spending the last ten months in Sydney for work, here are my favourite day off activities, places to eat and bars to go to! Places featured in the video listed below, along with some bonus places. DAYS OFF Book stores: Kinokuniya, the galleries Sydney CBD Dymocks, multiple locations all over the city, huge one in the Dymocks building CBD Abbeys Books, just outside the galleries on York st...
WHAT YOU NEED FOR A NEW THEATRE SHOW AS A MICROPHONE TECHNICIAN
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Starting a new show and have no idea what you'll need for mics/sound supplies? Here is what I would grab as an essential. How to mic someone video: ua-cam.com/video/3-G7LGHJu6c/v-deo.html Tape for mic up video: ua-cam.com/video/QeZrq15leac/v-deo.html Filmed on Gadigal land. Some other videos you may enjoy: 🌹 Phantom of the Opera videos: ua-cam.com/video/cFLyHseeR_k/v-deo.html ☂️ Mary Poppins vi...
LONG DISTANCE... AGAIN
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Bringing you with us for our life update base touch about feelings and the year ahead of us. With myself on tour across Australia with Tina: The Tins Turner Musical and my partner Tainga on tour in Abu Dhabi and Singapore with the International company of Hamilton, 2024 will be a year of long distance. After 6 months living together and seeing each other every day... this is how we are feeling ...
HOW TO GET JOBS IN TECH || VENUES & THEATRES & FESTIVALS OH MY
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HOW TO GET JOBS IN TECH || VENUES & THEATRES & FESTIVALS OH MY
MY FIRST BIG SHOW || MY EXPERIENCE WORKING ON COME FROM AWAY
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MY FIRST BIG SHOW || MY EXPERIENCE WORKING ON COME FROM AWAY
OCTOBER TWITCH STREAM HIGHLIGHTS || 2023
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OCTOBER TWITCH STREAM HIGHLIGHTS || 2023
PRODUCTION HORROR STORIES || HALLOWEEN 2023
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PRODUCTION HORROR STORIES || HALLOWEEN 2023
IS THERE MONEY IN TOURING? || BREAKING DOWN PER DIEMS IN AUSTRALIA
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IS THERE MONEY IN TOURING? || BREAKING DOWN PER DIEMS IN AUSTRALIA
I’m literally directing/stage managing a Fringe play next month and I’m the definition of fake it til you make it. Thanks for all your help serious you’re a life saver
Hell yeah
This gives me so much life! 😍😍😍😍
hey thanks for the videos! I keep having to wear headset microphones which is super annoying because they are quite uncomfortable to wear. Could you maybe go into "which microphone for which show/occasion etc."? In other words, how do sound designers choose which microphones they put on us performers?
Mixtraining would be such a cool video!
The reason i hate touring to adelaide... the donut shop!!! hot Cinnamon donuts are crack!!! no matter how much exericse, there is always more donuts!
My best mate runs a caravan park in Hahndorf and I'm spending new year's there!!!
WE ARE SO BACK!
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Much respect to you, Monique. It's mind-blowing how much work goes on behind the scenes. 🤯👍👍👍
Great video. I was looking for ideas to mod my King Gees 👍
Super interesting (and completely understandable) to hear your thoughts on Perth, as a young performing arts worker who lives here! I’ve loved growing up in Perth, however I do agree it’s probably not the easiest or most exciting city to navigate as a visitor. Also working in this industry… well, let’s just say the majority of people study here, and then very swiftly move over east to pursue better work prospects. I’m still in WA for the time being, however I do feel like one day I may have to leave if I want to keep pursuing a serious career in the arts. It’s a bit hard to make a living in this industry in this rather small city where everyone knows everyone, and the opportunities can be so limited.
Fantastic. You’re helping me better my work so much and giving me tips that I can use when working on shows. But I was wondering what type of wire you use for your mic rigs. I mainly do school shows so we don’t have that much time to prep but using wire would help a lot
Fascinating! I love behind-the-scenes descriptions. Do you know how much these microphones cost? Many thanks!
This is terrific! I’m a sound tech in Chicago, and this is exactly the kind of thing I wish I had seen before my first pro production. Sound for theatre is such a weird thing, so happy to see someone sharing how we actually do it. The terminology difference is interesting to me. In the USA, we would say SR (stage right) and SL (stage left) rather than PS and OP. Do you use the terms A1 for the mixer and A2 for the radio tech? Or is that also a country-specific thing?
We absolutely also use SR/SL, I’ve just always personally used PS/OP more not really sure why haha Our A1 would be our Head of Sound (who does not most of the mixing and leads the team) our A2 is Deputy Head of sound, and the A3 is the radio tech! Some shows might only have 2 members some might have 4, but that’s a pretty typical team here
What a room, bloody hell
Wow... What a great channel you have here... Thank you for all the work you have put in! Subscribed :-)
I would be a gibbering wreck Monique , much respect to you .. x
Yessss for open conversations about mental health
So glad to have finally found this channel! It's pretty much exactly what I've been looking for in terms of insight into the touring Theatre Industry, specifically from an audio/ mic tech perspective. Thank you so much for making these videos!
Im a young person and i am into theatre tech and i am so glad i saw this video! So much cool suff! Ill have to check out your channel!
This is my favourite comment to get, thank you!
Thank you Monique for this detailed tour of your day at the "office" and greetings from Germany.
this would be my dream job
Wow!
What is in the clear plastic cases with the blinking lights that you place on top of the RX units?
Love the vid, Welcome to Perth and congrats on an amazing show season so far. sad i wasn't available for the bump in and out as I have only heard good things from the local crew. out of curiosity do you know if the school talk you did was recorded and is publicly available? thanks for the vid and hope you enjoy the rest of your time in Perth.
Loved the tour video!! Also you guys absolutely killed it on the Kim Possible cover, that song brings me back soo many memories :)
it was the full Choreography for me
Fell in love with Come From Away from the cast recording. Finally got to see the touring show in Nashville after COVID lockdown. Took my best friend to see it. Such an awesome show.
So beautiful and so heart warming even considering the content
You power off amplifiers with one switch? Not turning everyone one by one?
Fantastic breakdown. I've worked in the industry for years myself and still find it interesting to see how other sections of the arts, or even just other people do things. The only thing I would comment on is that, at least in this script in particular, the difference in colours for different types of cues isn't very friendly for those who are colour-blind. I've had to be more deliberate as of late with making colours very distinctly different and even using reference palettes as more and more people have mentioned this to me as a struggle they've had with my own tech scripts. Lovely video though! Keen to see more.
This is an excellent point thank you so much for flagging this, something worth considering when colour coding or maybe even using different fonts instead?
damn look at the size of those D U N E S
Fantastic video
Monique, I just discovered your channel, and I am LOVING these videos and the look into what it takes to put on POTO. Thank you! I did have one question though. Does the Phantom's mask introduce any complication in micing the performer? I would imagine that the mask has to be set off from the performer's actual skin around the cheek and jaw so as not to rub and create a sound that the mic picks up. Is that an issue, or one that I dreamed up in my mind? Thank you again for the amazing look inside the production. Subscribed!
Thanks so much! The mask wasn't a huge issue, we placed the mic above the eyebrow on the side the mask didn't cover very much out of the way of any scratching. There's photos of the mic up over on my instragram!
Near the end of the video you're using a nice little velcro looking mic wire holder. What is it and where can I buy those?
Unfortunately those were made by the mic tech on this run of Poppins Jen Morgan, I believe she used some very thick contact and some velcro!
Like !!
Nice video. If you can forgive a small suggestion from Durham , England. I’m a retired Paediatrician/Neonatologist and sometime microphone technician. Apart from the medical clear membranes tegaderm and the like which work great, I have another tape for the most precious IVs in neonates and children. Especially if they are moving around. Hypafix. It’s not expensive but sticks brilliantly. Alcohol also helps get it off. It’s white but will take make up on top! By the way some kids cry if you are removing tegaderm. If you pull it out sideways and lengthways looking to stretch it like a pizza it breaks the adhesion and is pain free ti remove
@@monique_tech Hypafix is great, and exists in transparent version, it's quite like Tegaderm but matte and so easier to paint/make up. I use ref n°7237800 (5cm*10m) on opera broadcasts. Also like Blenderm which is also matte but a bit thicker so less discrete, but easier/quicker to rig. Loved the sider demo, do you put any weight on the wire inside the costume for it to get back in automatically or does it just work naturally?
Ditto! I'm part of house crew and I often run lights for these kinds of shows, I would love to have this kind of documentation! I greatly appreciate you sharing this knowlege so performers/designers can write better scripts for technicians.
Having been Production Co-ordinator at SF for a couple of seasons now this is gold, thanks Mon! Rob
Packing cubes changed my life! 🙌🏾
I couldn't agree more on the "give them your mondays" thing, and I say that as a German roadhouse crew member, so it's really a universally great gift for *anyone* working in theatre.
WWE bag zip is so so real! As a serial overpacker, I will now be implementing packing cubes 🫡
Tech theater, the thing that never gets shown. as an EX tech major in HS, this is an awesome video to watch.
Absolutely love this! About to start being a tourist in my own city hahaha Additional spots: Bar Planet, ofcourse 😏 Bad Hombres, vegan gf Mexican in walking distance from the Capitol theatre 😉
I can feel the connection and compatibility through the screen ❣️
This is so sweet 😭
So much love for you both! Long distance sucks but is also amazing. I was a navy wife for 12 years, so long distance was something I became very familiar with - you both have the right attitude and energy going into this next phase of your relationship and you'll come through this stronger than ever 🫶🏻
I wish qlab could work with Windows 😔
Oh my gosh I loved the energy of this video, so chaotic and funny but also so educational too! Definitely better than any professional cooking show I've seen!
"Don't cook with anything you wouldn't drink." Pffffffh that only applies if you have standards
Yes, yes, yes :] music fam, book fam, yt fam, tick tick tick non fiction tick :] I some how ended up in the right place :)