Author of One for the Road: How to Be a Music Tour Manager, the only book on music tour management.

Mark Workman was a successful lighting designer and tour manager in the music business for thirty-three years. His list of clients included Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament, Motorhead, Machine Head, Mudvayne, Dio, Sevendust, Queens of the Stone Age, Soulfly, Sepultura, Devildriver, Keel, Steeler, and many others. His worldwide touring resume can be viewed at www.markworkman.com/resume. He is now retired from the road.As a lighting designer, Mark Workman designed high-impact lighting performances for many music tours, including the infamous Clash of the Titans (Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Alice In Chains & Suicidal Tendencies) in 1990/1991 and American Carnage 2010 (Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax & Testament), as well as for many music videos and live DVDs such as Machine Head’s Elegies DVD filmed at Brixton Academy in London, Megadeth’s Rust In Peace Live DVD shot at the Hollywood Palladium, Testament’s Dark Roots of Thrash Live DVD shot at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, NY, and Anthrax’s Live DVD, Chile On Hell, shot in Santiago, Chile.• Supervised worldwide travel of up to twenty-four-member touring entourage for famous bands such as Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Dio, Danzig, Testament, Machine Head, Queens of the Stone Age, and many others for thirty-three years• Performed daily tour budgeting and accounting• Organized show logistics with local promoters around the world and completed nightly show settlement• Organized and supervised daily press in every city with the record company, publicists, and journalists• Coordinated booking of tour buses, trucks, sound and lighting, domestic and international hotels and air travel, crew hires, and international travel visas• Designed and executed light show

• Supervised three maintenance team members and work of local contractors• Ensured safety and compliance at eight sober living and residential houses• Worked relentlessly with the team for eight months to lease, remodel, and reopen five facilities in Malibu that burned down in the Woolsey fire

• Supervised up to eight staff and sixteen clients in a sober living facility • Facilitated staff meetings and in-service training and conducted staff performance reviews • Completed daily documentation per program policies and procedures while adhering to CA state law and HIPAA privacy regulations • Prepared weekly schedules, payroll, and accounting• Earned CADC II drug and alcohol counselor credential issued by CCAPP

• Supervised up to sixteen clients in a sober living facility• Ensured clients followed individualized treatment plans, program rules, and procedures• Trained new staff in administering medication, client observation, documentation of client behavior, client care, and redirection• Performed drug and alcohol screening tests and administered medications• Performed crisis management, containment, redirection techniques, and driver duties• Earned CADC I drug and alcohol counselor credential issued by CCAPP