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<blockquote data-quote="TJ Cornish" data-source="post: 96950" data-attributes="member: 162"><p>Re: Need help on Vocal Mic Selection Female Soul Singer Lead Vocalist</p><p></p><p>My point of view is similar to Brian's - it's about having a consistent reasonable system, and reasonable expectations. For a <$10,000 PA, what's customary are SM58's, SM57's, a few mid-range SDCs like SM81's, a B52/D6, and the like; this is what a customer should expect to get in this price range. If there are special requirements - fine, but they become line-item upcharges. If the promoter/whoever is paying for this believe it's in the gig's best interest to adhere to the "no brown M&M's"-type requests of the artist - so be it, but it shouldn't be on the OP to rent/buy an expensive specialized piece.</p><p></p><p>I did an event a few weeks ago with two artists - an unknown Christian band, and a Dove award-winning national Christian rap artist. The rider for the band, while pretty mild by a lot of standards, had some specific mic recommendations, described the main PA as having 15" woofers (which is funny, as I've never owned a 15" driver in my life), and some other irrelevant boiler-plate stuff. The rider for the rap artist, who was an extremely gracious guy, basically said "a wireless microphone, monitor wedges, and a 1/8" headphone plug for the playback laptop". Both acts were easy to work with, but I was really impressed by the graciousness of the national rapper - he understands that the number of bookings on his calendar directly relates to the bar for production he sets, and therefore only asks for what he really needs.</p><p></p><p>Diva-ality I suppose has a place, but for someone at the low-end of the curve, it seems short-sighted to drive up the cost of the production for small items like demanding a specific mic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJ Cornish, post: 96950, member: 162"] Re: Need help on Vocal Mic Selection Female Soul Singer Lead Vocalist My point of view is similar to Brian's - it's about having a consistent reasonable system, and reasonable expectations. For a <$10,000 PA, what's customary are SM58's, SM57's, a few mid-range SDCs like SM81's, a B52/D6, and the like; this is what a customer should expect to get in this price range. If there are special requirements - fine, but they become line-item upcharges. If the promoter/whoever is paying for this believe it's in the gig's best interest to adhere to the "no brown M&M's"-type requests of the artist - so be it, but it shouldn't be on the OP to rent/buy an expensive specialized piece. I did an event a few weeks ago with two artists - an unknown Christian band, and a Dove award-winning national Christian rap artist. The rider for the band, while pretty mild by a lot of standards, had some specific mic recommendations, described the main PA as having 15" woofers (which is funny, as I've never owned a 15" driver in my life), and some other irrelevant boiler-plate stuff. The rider for the rap artist, who was an extremely gracious guy, basically said "a wireless microphone, monitor wedges, and a 1/8" headphone plug for the playback laptop". Both acts were easy to work with, but I was really impressed by the graciousness of the national rapper - he understands that the number of bookings on his calendar directly relates to the bar for production he sets, and therefore only asks for what he really needs. Diva-ality I suppose has a place, but for someone at the low-end of the curve, it seems short-sighted to drive up the cost of the production for small items like demanding a specific mic. [/QUOTE]
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