jlepore wrote:sawstudiouser.com - the best fertilizer on the web I have to admit, it is quite funny reading some of the stuff over there these days.
Yeah, there is a thread over there now about how SAC can be acceptable on contract riders because one guy who does corporate shows used his rig for a couple of name artists at corporate events. I love the guys who have clearly never even seen a rider, discuss how a rider is written.
And guess what? When doing a corporate show (and I've done a dozen or so traveling with the artist), no one gives a shit, and it's common to end up with substandard staging and production gear, because you end up using the corporate arranged gear that they couldn't organize correctly to save their lives regardless of what it says on your rider or how many phone calls you make. The audience is usually a bunch of tight asses who don't even know who is performing, and get drunk and yell at each other during the whole show to be heard over the music that is annoying them. There is no house production or stage manager to speak of, so you do your best to get through the day and take the over-sized check (WAY more than normal concert fee) and go home laughing and relieved to get the hell out of town.
Soundguy