Oct 2, 2026 · 30 min · 9 segments
In this episode, I’m speaking to Tegan Caine, who works across live events, stage management and venue operations, with a background in live sound and music technology. Her experience combines the…
There's a, you know, kind of building on from that, um, what's something about live events that people outside the industry don't usually realize? Like, what's something that when people see you do they think, "Oh, really?"
But I think they don't realize the months and months of planning that goes in before an event.
They will start getting the artist, the planning, the health and safety, the logistics, the site operations.
They'll start doing it all now, and I think many people just think it's, they rock up on the day and they do their job.
The sound engineer does just come in and rock up and they're like, "Yep, I'm here." But it's the people who spend months and months planning every single detail, every single contingency, and I think that's what people don't realize actually how much work goes into it.
Mm.
'Cause-
... th- there's, there's a lot to kind of balance with, you know, things like health and safety, but also the artists themselves.
It must be quite like a, a balancing trick.
Mm
'Cause if you go into the office and oh, you've missed a deadline, you'll get a week extension or something like that.
There's a, you know, kind of building on from that, um, what's something about live events that people outside the industry don't usually realize? Like, what's something that when people see you do they think, "Oh, really?"
But I think they don't realize the months and months of planning that goes in before an event.
They will start getting the artist, the planning, the health and safety, the logistics, the site operations.
They'll start doing it all now, and I think many people just think it's, they rock up on the day and they do their job.
The sound engineer does just come in and rock up and they're like, "Yep, I'm here." But it's the people who spend months and months planning every single detail, every single contingency, and I think that's what people don't realize actually how much work goes into it.
Mm.
'Cause-
... th- there's, there's a lot to kind of balance with, you know, things like health and safety, but also the artists themselves.
It must be quite like a, a balancing trick.
Mm
'Cause if you go into the office and oh, you've missed a deadline, you'll get a week extension or something like that.
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