Journal
| Title | Date | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Tuning the Mix: How We Set Up In-Ear Monitors for Perfect Sound | When Saving Abel loaded the bus for the recent run up the eastern seaboard, the first thing the crew pulled out at arvo soundcheck wasn't a guitar or a mic —… | |
| Road Stories from the Big Stage | Opening for bigger acts has given Saving Abel some of the most memorable moments in our touring history. A short support set can carry enormous pressure: win… | |
| Keeping Our Tour Bus Clean on Long Aussie Tours | Long tours turn a bus into a shared lounge for weeks on end. When you're bouncing between gigs in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, mess builds up quicker than a… | |
| Tour souvenirs we still haul across Australia | A quiet kind of history builds up in any band's luggage after enough flights. Picks, sticks, laminates, fan letters, and the occasional random hotel keycard… | |
| How We Use Pre-Production to Refine New Songs | A strong rock song rarely arrives fully formed in the rehearsal room. Before recording begins, we use pre-production to test the writing, sharpen the… | |
| Backstage tales from the road with music's biggest names | There's something electric about the hour before a show, when soundchecks wrap up and the air still hums with guitar feedback. Over two decades of touring,… | |
| Behind the Curtain: How We Choose Which Festivals to Apply For | Festival season is rarely what it looks like from the outside. For us, the months leading up to summer are spent combing through applications, weighing offers,… | |
| Tour management apps that keep rock bands rolling across Australia | Touring Australia presents a unique mix of opportunity and challenge for rock acts. The country's sheer size means a single national run can stretch from… | |
| How we connect with fans across languages | Saving Abel has listeners in many countries, and music often reaches people before they share a common language. A lyric, guitar line or live photo can create… | |
| The Meal That Powers a Great Show | Our Favorite Pre-Show Meal for Energy is simple, filling and easy to repeat on the road: grilled chicken, rice, roasted vegetables and a little olive oil. It… |
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