The activity of being a roadie

Question

I need a word to reflect participating in the job of a roadie. In the same way that you would describe activities as selling, painting, driving, is there such a word as roadieing? (I feel dirty typing it, so I suspect not)

Answer 1

According to the Oxford Dictionary Online the word roadie acts as both noun and verb:

noun

a person employed by a touring band of musicians to set up and maintain equipment.

verb [no object]

work as a roadie.

However, this seems a bit awkward ("I roadie for the Rolling Stones"), so you could also use the verb phrase to be a roadie or to work as a roadie. For example, it sounds natural to say:

I worked as a roadie last summer.

I was a roadie last summer.

Answer 2

The activity of being a roadie is touring. I was with roadies myself and that's how they say it.

Answer 3

I've seen it spelled "roady" so the verb could probably be "roadying". Slightly better than "roadieing", but I don't think it's something I see written very often.