Bryan "Froggy" Cross

None of you watching this have, you know, $1 million PA system at your house to listen to your favorite record on?

Bryan "Froggy" Cross — Tour Manager for The Doobie Brothers

If you ask Froggy what a tour sells, he doesn’t say decibels. He says feeling.

The chest-thump of the kick, the shared noise of a crowd, the small chaos you can’t stream—those are the reasons you get off the couch. And his biggest contribution is making sure those feelings show up on time, every night, with the artist confident enough to take risks because the mix will hold.

There's something to be said about going to a show and feeling that kick drum in your chest, you know, getting a beer spilled on you.

That’s where in-ears and monitoring live in his world: not as gadgets, but as tools that let the artist hear exactly what they need to do the thing you paid to feel. Froggy’s gift is turning production into trust—aligning rehearsals, RF, comms, and stage flow so the emotion scales from the first row to the last.

He’s the rare tour lead who can talk to engineers, talk to artists, and talk to civilians without changing languages. Which is why he’s in this film: to remind us the gear is only the means. The product is the experience.

Listen to Froggy explain what an in-ear monitor actually is—and, more importantly, what it does.

The Bigger Picture
Landing Froggy while he was running the Doobie Brothers tour gave us a rare voice: a tour boss who’s fluent on camera and honest about why the tech matters. He can translate the artist’s intent, keep the crew calm, and still speak to the person in row 300 about what those little things in the ears actually do. He’s our guide to the live show as a felt experience, not just a signal chain.
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Bryan "Froggy" Cross Production Manager tour logistics, stage production, live sound, concert touring, crew management P38 Artist Whisperer – Reads unspoken performer needs, builds trust fast
Bryan “Froggy” Cross is a respected monitor engineer turned tour/production manager, known as a bellwether for touring practice and artist care. He operates a studio at Third Encore in Los Angeles and joined us while managing a major legacy act’s tour. His lens centers emotional translation for the audience and practical reliability for crews—why in-ears, mixes, and show flow must work every night.
• Defines the job as emotional delivery: monitoring and mixes in service of what the crowd should feel. • Explains IEMs clearly for non-pros and ties them to repeatability, safety, and artist confidence. • Trusted trendsetter: bridges artist needs and production systems without drama; a field barometer. Landing Froggy while he was running the Doobie Brothers tour gave us a rare voice: a tour boss who’s fluent on camera and honest about why the tech matters. He can translate the artist’s intent, keep the crew calm, and still speak to the person in row 300 about what those little things in the ears actually do. He’s our guide to the live show as a felt experience, not just a signal chain. The Doobie Brothers