Discuss your GIG RIDER (Technical, Recreational and Comfort Needs)

[skunky_funk]

So can you discuss some pointers from your band's gig rider? That would mean what your stage (P.A.) and technical requirements are, as well as what you need backstage, your entourage (who comes with you backstage to the gig), and also, you can include your talent fee terms if you want.

Also tell something about the do's and don'ts in your gig rider.

BTW, does anyone here require a jar full of M&M's without the green ones? :D :D :D

[Hollow body]

We require two 20 amp circuits, dry wood to stand on, food, and $3.000.

[JBJ]

alot of clubs here won't give you a rider at all.

some will give you a few beers.

Independent promoters tend to do better riders as far as drinks and shit go.

one gig we did supporting a band that breaks the top 30 here with their singles the rider was a 24 case of stella for each band (the big cans no stupid little bottles) and a 24 case of cheap smirnoff ice type things)

now this band break the charts regularly because they are incredibly dedicated and serious so no drink before a gig for them, the other band were a bunch of arseholes so since chart band are mates of ours they let us batter into theres and we just took the others bands because we knew theyswouldn't say jack shit.

story ends us playing really well for the simple reason we were on 1st but after that me, our bass player, singer and a mate or 2 got drunk beyond belief to the point we woulda left shit there if the club didnt have storage.

riders like that arent always the best of things.

as for tech stuff. most places we play have decent rigs for our own material so it's not a problem, even gigs where the amps dont get miced up we'll tend to do if it's a decent venue and we like the promoter.

covers stuff it's down to us so it's pretty much everything into a medium sized PA and we're ready to go.

We're more bothered about promoters and ticket deals with regards to wether we take gigs as opposed to what we get for a rider or what spec the place is.

[Sunchaser]

Originally posted by skunky_funk


BTW, does anyone here require a jar full of M&M's without the green ones? :D :D :D

Actually it was brown M&M's.. heh heh

Here's why they did it
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/vanhalen.htm

[Badside]

Ours is the typical rider: five virgins (one from each continent) dressed in aligator skin, fresh living lobsters captured in Nova Scotia 2 hours before the gig, water from the purest source in the Alps and blessed by the pope himself in the morning before sunrise, a keg full of 50 years old cognac, and "stage doubles" (lookalikes to finish the show for us if we're too wasted). You know the typical stuff.

Seriously, I'd love to put the "five virgins" clause in the middle of the contract just to see what would happen :)
It would be fun threatening to cancel the gig just an hour before the show if we don't get our "requirements". :D

[LateGreats]

Rider? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHo!

Most places act like they're really putting out for you by letting you play to begin with. A couple of drinks is usually all the luxury you'll see at this level.

[Godot]

Originally posted by Hardtailed
Ours is the typical rider: five virgins (one from each continent) dressed in aligator skin

If you put that on the rider around here (Seattle), you'd most likely end up with five guys who work at Microsoft.