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On 2004-08-31 (ScotFraser) said:
Any thoughts anyone?
Get a full description of your equipment to the potential headliner
right away explaining the situation & asking if they can work with
it. Don't let the promoter wait until too late, then spring a nasty
disappointment on the headlining act when they show up.
I would be inclined to do that in most cases. HOwever some additional
info will tell you where I'm at with it.

A group of churches are putting this thing on. I'm church council
president but was not when our church government voted to participate.
Our pastor at the time suggested i represent our church on the
planning committee because of my expertise in live sound.

I talked to the equivalent of the traffic manager of the facility, a
person whom I would think would have the straight dope on what the
facility has to offer. HOwever, two PR type drones and a preacher
have basically told me I'm full of what you flush. I'
m at this point waiting for this place's music director to call me and
give me the same information I've already got, if he bothers to get in
touch with me. THe fearless leader (a preacher) said he knows the man
personally and will put us together.

AT this point the only reason I'll even call the promoter or anything
is if I get a check equal to the contribution of our church. I know
for a fact that the headliner cannot deal with the system I can
provide as we do not have enough microphone chahnnels. AS I said racks
and stacks I can provide, a mixer and snake would have to be rented or
borrowed. I can reach the headliner's agent via toll free telephone
but with what I have available and/or what the facility has available
it doesn't meet the specs on his rider. Racks and stacks meet his
specs however. AT this point they have my hands tied.

AS of september 10 if I have not heard from anybody else at the
facility I am going to email the grand poo bah of this great event and
tell him that without a check equal to my church's contribution in my
hand the racks and stacks don't even come out of the truck. IF he
agrees to that then I'll call the agent and see if we can't work out
a solution. Otherwise I'll put no more effort into it. when the
check is in my hands if he says no and they forfeit their deposit then
my church gets its money back.
IF we work out a compromise solution I donate my racks stacks and
labor.
was just telling my wife the other day this is why I never got heavily
into the gospel thing.

Richard Webb,
Electric SPider Productions, New Orleans, La.
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