Also called: Drum Tech
Sets up, tunes, and maintains a drummer's kit on tour.
A drum tech assembles the kit, tunes every drum to the drummer's taste, changes heads, and crouches behind the riser ready to swap a broken stick or cymbal.
Approximate. Touring crew are usually paid weekly or daily rates while on tour; big arena and stadium tours pay far more than club tours, and work has off-seasons.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Drumming skills; on-the-job learning.
Ways in: Self-taught, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Music.
Growing faster than average. Live music touring has hit record revenues since 2022.
Low risk for 10 years. Setting up, tuning and fixing a drum kit every show stays hands-on human work.
Classes: Music (percussion), Shop class, Physics (sound), Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-4011.
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