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Dr. Delusion Special user Eugene, Oregon. 733 Posts |
Hi gang. I hope I'm in the right area for this..At least 1 or 2 times a year this happens to me. We're booked at an event that has entertainment running all day on the same stage. We usually have 15 or 20 minutes between acts to set up. Our show will have 1 or 2 large illusions and several medium size effects. We will set up our props on the ground next to the stage. As soon as the act before us is done we bring our equipment up, as the other act is taking thiers off. It's really hectic, but it gets done. Here's the problem, often the act after us will be a band. Most of them are real good about waiting until we're finished before bringing up thier gear, but once in a while we run into a band that thinks it's alright to come up on stage behind us and start setting up amps, drums and the like. This happened to us a again a little while back. I was seriously thinking about grabbing a sword from my Temple of Benares and sticking in a speaker cabinet. I've tried to be nice to these guys, asking them to leave the stage, sometimes it's works, sometimes not. I don't want to say something to get a fight started or something stupid ( which I'm already really good at), and end up making us look bad. I've tried talking to the person running the stage, but more times than not, they are no help.
Any ideas ?? Thanks much, Bob. |
Jaz Inner circle NJ, U.S. 6111 Posts |
Talk to the folks that booked you and mention that they should tell every act that they should wait for the preceding act to clear the stage.
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Destiny Inner circle 1429 Posts |
Musicians often don't see the problem here - don't forget they can stand onstage before a waiting audience of a 1000 people tuning their instruments and talking about who did what last nite, as thought the audience does not exist. Not till they play the first notes of their set does the audience appear in their vision.
Make it impossible for them. Spread your props to cover the whole stage and redesign your final routine so it somehow utilises a couple of different spots and tell them you use the whole stage in your final act. If the problem is really extreme staunchens and rope may be the only answer - fence them out. Destiny |
mtpascoe Inner circle 1932 Posts |
Pull a Houdini and put barriers preventing anyone from entering the stage. This is extreme, but if the entertainment director won't do anything, you have to take control or you end up losing control.
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Dr. Delusion Special user Eugene, Oregon. 733 Posts |
Thanks much for the tips. So far I have 4 shows booked this summer where we will be on a stage that will be used for a variety of acts all day, and I know that the majority of the acts will be bands. First I think I will try to spread out the equipment as much as we can and see if that helps, if not, I'll try a fence of some sort, if that fails to keep them out maybe I'll try buying a taser somewhere. If I work it right the audience just might think that it's part of the act.
Thanks again, Bob. |
Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
What about putting it in yyour contract with a penalty clause. It will probably not work in negotiation terms but the booker will solve the problem, just to avoid having to pay you.
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