Service Learning

(1) LIA Response to blog:


Literal


• the Glasshouse in Pomona, CA 

• 11/27 3-7 pm
• 12/13 3-9pm 
• 12/17 5-9pm 
• 12/11 3-9pm 
• 1/15 5-9pm 
• 1/29 3-9pm 
• 2/12 3-9pm 
• 2/26 5-9pm 
• 5/13 5-12pm 
• 5/14 2-5pm


• Dennis Thorbourn (818)720-2945


Interpretive


The most important thing I've gained from this experience were contacts. I've met countless people of different professions in the same industry. My senior project was ultimately to get me into the music industry and that is exactly what my service learning provided. My service learning mentor Dennis Thorbourn always encouraged me to talk to anyone that came through the venue. Not only had I become well acquainted with the staff, but I was also able to talk to tour managers, technicians, merch people, band members, etc as well. I now know who to contact to reach anywhere in the industry. Networking is key for anything. And by being at the Glasshouse, meeting so many people, I feel like I can now advertise myself to the right people and become what I've planned to be after my senior project; a music tour manager.


Applied


My service learning helped answer my EQ through all three answers. However, it really helped me with my third answer, which is stage production, a big chunk of tour management. It is vital to know stage production, especially as a beginning manager. Rookie TMs start out on smaller tours with no crews and must know at least how a stage is set up. On larger tours, it is still vital for the TM to know because it could make or break a show. My service learning has also helped me develop my second answer which is logistics and book keeping. Every day that I would go to service learning, I kept a journal of everything I learned and information for the show we were setting up. Without that information, I would have been completely lost. And I was only there for one show. My SL has shown me the importance of being organized and recording as much information as possible.

(2) Dennis Thorbourn (818)720-2945