Book details

  • Genre:music
  • Sub-genre:Business Aspects
  • Language:English
  • Pages:120
  • eBook ISBN:9781620951965

All Access: The Secrets of Tour Security

Overview

ALL ACCESS: The Secrets of Tour Security is the first book to outline the standard execution of Celebrity Protection. It is an in-depth overview of terminology, key players, essential functions, generally accepted practices, and the required knowledge to start in the field. Subjects include artist relations, threat analysis methods, personal security, location assessments, venue configurations, barricades, advancing, credential systems, training and documentation. It will give you a look into the daily life of Celebrity Protection. If you are a fan of music and film this book will provide a fascinating look into what it takes to create a concert or film shoot while on location.
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Description

The Close Protection Corps is pleased to announce the arrival of ALL ACCESS: The Secrets of Tour Security, a must read for anyone looking to break into the touring industry. In this work, Todd Fox shares his knowledge and hands-on experience in an intriguing and straight forward manner. No matter what your knowledge, education, training, or background, reading this book will help you; *Get a jump start into the touring industry. *Learn how to plan an artist's security detail. *Understand what goes into a major concert production. *Discover first hand what happens behind the scenes. This work is presented in a 120 page, 5x7 easy-to-read paperback format, or an easy to read eFormat.
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About The Author

Todd Fox is the Managing Director of the Close Protection Corps, LLC, an international security firm specializing in Celebrity Protection. As a former US Marine and retired professional MMA fighter, security was a natural transition. In this case natural did not equate to easy. One challenge Todd found within the entertainment business was the lack of regulation and standard process. There were no courses or books that outlined the duties and responsibilities as they pertained to Celebrity Protection. He found that the artists and managers lacked understanding with respect to what exactly security was to do. In most cases, they believed in the stereo type of hiring big, mean, and aggressive men to intimidate would-be attackers. Sadly, we know this approach does not work against a trained adversary. From this point forward Mr. Fox decided to create a method and system which leads to the acceptable standard execution of Celebrity Protection.
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