Terminal command to turn on/off iCloud syncing?

I'm a musician using my MacBook Pro on gigs and lately I've been experiencing some glitching in my audio that I believe is related to sync services or other processes that Mavericks uses to communicate with iCloud. Googling, I saw references to an issue with AddressBookSync using lots of CPU. I followed the tips in a thread about resolving that and I believe they are resolved, however for peace of mind I am still turning off iCloud before every gig I do, and it's a bit of a pain – you have to deal with a succession of alerts. And I'm not even sure this is actually turning off these processes.
I'm hoping someone knows a terminal command that I can run before every gig to just shut all that stuff down temporarily. TIA for any help!

Thanks for another idea, which makes sense except I believe that turning off wifi doesn't actually stop the processes from running - they simply attempt to connect, then exit when there is no response – at least that's what I surmise from looking at the Console log.
I may be barking up the wrong tree anyway. I didn't mention the actual issue except to say "glitching in my audio" but it's threatening to have me abandon my laptop music rig which I've been using very successfully on gigs for the last eight years, over three laptops. Googling has given me only a few clues (one of them being the subject of this thread) but I may post the actual issue in another thread. Thanks again for your efforts to be helpful, I really do appreciate it.

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