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Most performing artists I meet are very professional, friendly guys. Show them respect and take it seriously, and you'll get it in return. If you love insane/a
by tumult 17y ago
Most performing artists I meet are very professional, friendly guys. Show them respect and take it seriously, and you'll get it in return.
If you love insane/awesome riders, here's my favorite, Iggy Pop's: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/iggypop/iggypop1.html http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/iggypop/iggypop1....
- jpwagner 17y agoThis is quite different from the Van Halen story. No lessons to learn, but at least there's "Dead Dog Island" to give a few laughs...
- tumult 17y agoIf there's something to learn from it, it's that you can be professional and hilarious at the same time.
- oldgregg 17y agoVery professional but often very narcissistic and demanding. I had a friend who was tour managing for a major artist-- the amount of logistics he had to juggle was mind-numbing-- only to be fired a couple months ago because he forgot to order a pizza for the artist after the show. :-/
- DrJokepu 17y agoWhile this is a great anecdote I can't help but think that mayb this wasn't the real reason your friend was let go, it was more like an excuse or a last straw. Obviously I don't know anything about the circumstances but that's what Occam's Razor dictates.
- tumult 17y agoYou'd be surprised.
- joe_the_user 17y agoActually, the main article is a good argument that it can be both. Yes, the organization method mandates that a person be fired for merely forgetting the pizza because ... this, arguably, makes it less likely that anyone will be fired for something more serious. But at that point, the organization method itself kind-of ... sucks.