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> ...how can you treat the other party seriously if they put such ridiculous, childish demands like 'no brown M&M" in contract? If you don't know what you're d
by simoncion 11y ago
> ...how can you treat the other party seriously if they put such ridiculous, childish demands like 'no brown M&M" in contract?
If you don't know what you're doing, you won't treat the other party seriously. This is a strong signal to the other party that you don't know what you're doing and SHOULD be avoided.
If -however- you do know what you're doing, then you take the other party seriously even when you come across such demands because (as shawn-furyan said):
> Those sort of riders are a sentinel to signal that the venue read the contract carefully... If they caught the brown M&M's thing, they probably got all the stuff about rigging safety, so you don't have to grill them on those things. Otherwise, you'd better double check.
- ascagnel_ 11y agoI'm not sure if this is accurate, but the brown M&M thing started after Van Halen performed at a college gymnasium and their stage setup inflicted tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to a facility that, if the organizers had read the rider, was never fit to host such a show. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-lee-roth-van-halen-brown-mms-rule/ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-lee-roth-van-halen-brow... This applies to RMS -- when he's on the road, he's often at the mercy of the event organizer for transportation and lodging arrangements (either directly or indirectly by them providing information). If they mess up, he's in real trouble.