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Need help on Vocal Mic Selection Female Soul Singer Lead Vocalist
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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 96953" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Re: Need help on Vocal Mic Selection Female Soul Singer Lead Vocalist</p><p></p><p>We had a rider cross the desk a few years back, from a recent winner of multiple Dove awards. The rider was for arena touring and the prospective venues were big churches... the 2,000 - 2,600 seat places.</p><p></p><p>After looking at how many seats would be killed by the required production elements, local presenters asked us to contact the artist's technical representatives and seek a "theater" rider. None was forthcoming and the folks we spoke with were rather condescending, too. We tried to explain that reducing house capacity by 30%-40% was not in anyone's interests but they were not moved.</p><p></p><p>About 12 pages of the 17 page rider was technical stuff, and of those 12 about 7 were devoted (no pun intended) to restrictions and limitations on the support acts, right down to permitting only a kick drum mic and single overhead for drums... a whole lot of "restrict the support so they can't be perceived as 'better' than us" bullshit.</p><p></p><p>So much for grace. Neither local presenter was able to do the show because of the artist's inflexible lighting and staging requirements. I'd have expected this diva bullshit from performers whose businesses do not include the word "Ministry" in the name, but the hypocrisy involved here was so overwhelming that I suggested that the presenters divine the compatibility of their ministries with that of the performer under consideration.</p><p></p><p>The artist is still out there, performing and producing. I hear he's much less of a douche bag these days so I've not mentioned names...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 96953, member: 67"] Re: Need help on Vocal Mic Selection Female Soul Singer Lead Vocalist We had a rider cross the desk a few years back, from a recent winner of multiple Dove awards. The rider was for arena touring and the prospective venues were big churches... the 2,000 - 2,600 seat places. After looking at how many seats would be killed by the required production elements, local presenters asked us to contact the artist's technical representatives and seek a "theater" rider. None was forthcoming and the folks we spoke with were rather condescending, too. We tried to explain that reducing house capacity by 30%-40% was not in anyone's interests but they were not moved. About 12 pages of the 17 page rider was technical stuff, and of those 12 about 7 were devoted (no pun intended) to restrictions and limitations on the support acts, right down to permitting only a kick drum mic and single overhead for drums... a whole lot of "restrict the support so they can't be perceived as 'better' than us" bullshit. So much for grace. Neither local presenter was able to do the show because of the artist's inflexible lighting and staging requirements. I'd have expected this diva bullshit from performers whose businesses do not include the word "Ministry" in the name, but the hypocrisy involved here was so overwhelming that I suggested that the presenters divine the compatibility of their ministries with that of the performer under consideration. The artist is still out there, performing and producing. I hear he's much less of a douche bag these days so I've not mentioned names... [/QUOTE]
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