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Or the brown M&Ms test from Van Halen: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/
by VHRanger 3y ago
Or the brown M&Ms test from Van Halen:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/
- pclmulqdq 3y agoA friend of mine once had to pull all of the brown M&Ms out of a bowl for a band. I can't say that they thought it was worth it, but we also followed all of the other rules in that contract when booking that band. We hired a different band the next year because that was a real nuisance.
- Spastche 3y agoDavid Lee Roth explains quite reasonably it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IxqdAgNJck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IxqdAgNJck I don't blame him at all, it's a safety thing and the M&Ms are one way to see if everything is being done properly
- pclmulqdq 3y agoI don't blame anyone for stuff like this as a canary, but if you want the M&Ms, you had better be worth the M&Ms.
- Spastche 3y agoif the business agreed with the contract then... that's all on them? they didn't have to take the job.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoYeah, we agreed once, but nominally you would prefer to have repeat business. I assume that there are venues that either buy pre-made no-brown-M&M mixes or just don't book bands with that clause. Van Halen got away with it because it's Van Halen.
- mikepurvis 3y agoVan Halen had his choice of cities and venues; a test like this is perfect for weeding down to the ones who will take the all the other seemingly-random-but-actually-vitally-important requirements around stage and equipment setup seriously. It doesn't work for the musician hired just to have someone playing.