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<blockquote data-quote="Tim Duffin" data-source="post: 73193" data-attributes="member: 400">Re: Help me understand &#039;Riders&#039;I remember getting riders for acts who &quot;used to be popular&quot; and using the rider as an excuse to be flippant a-holes at every opportunity.&nbsp; I once received a rider for a 4th string track act with this language:&nbsp; &quot;X act must be able to reach out and touch the audience.&nbsp; If a stage is over 48&quot; high, the stage must be removed and replaced with a different stage to enable X to physically interact with the audience&quot;&nbsp; followed by &quot;X will be the main act of the night, and MUST be placed on the main stage with the best possible timeslot&quot; etc, etc ad infinitum.&nbsp; Unfortunately for them, they were not the main act and it was my pleasure to tell them so to their faces.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t received a rider like this in several years now, most likely because attendance at dance events has gone down, therefore the amount of $$$ they can command also has decreased, leaving them less like rockstars then they would like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim Duffin, post: 73193, member: 400"] Re: Help me understand 'Riders' I remember getting riders for acts who "used to be popular" and using the rider as an excuse to be flippant a-holes at every opportunity. I once received a rider for a 4th string track act with this language: "X act must be able to reach out and touch the audience. If a stage is over 48" high, the stage must be removed and replaced with a different stage to enable X to physically interact with the audience" followed by "X will be the main act of the night, and MUST be placed on the main stage with the best possible timeslot" etc, etc ad infinitum. Unfortunately for them, they were not the main act and it was my pleasure to tell them so to their faces. I haven't received a rider like this in several years now, most likely because attendance at dance events has gone down, therefore the amount of $$$ they can command also has decreased, leaving them less like rockstars then they would like. [/QUOTE]

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