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The M&Ms thing just seems plain weird to me. Communication is a two way street, the touring party needs to communicate clearly what is desired and what is essen
by barbegal 6y ago
The M&Ms thing just seems plain weird to me. Communication is a two way street, the touring party needs to communicate clearly what is desired and what is essential. It would be better to spend more time in a meeting with the venue explaining the rider and checking they had understood it than by wasting their time sorting M&Ms.
- fredophile 6y agoI'd expect the venue to read and raise any issues they had with the rider. Having someone sort through m and ms for 10 minutes isn't a huge burden on the venue. How is it better for the band to spend time meeting with venues while they're in the middle of a tour? How should the band check that the venue read, understood and fulfilled all of the requirements? Adding a bunch of meetings to the tour schedule increases costs.
- watertom 6y agoThey do communicate clearly what is essential, that's why they write the technical rider. When they band shows up the people at the venue act like everything is OK. The band needs a quick way to assess the attention to detail of the venue staff. The brown M & M's are just one way. There were multiple similar items also in the rider, it wasn't just the M&M's, that were used to estimate the attention to detail and competency of the venue.