Stage left or tage right. Who cares ?

[Ian Savage]

Stage left, pretty much always unless it's a major ballache to move a kit-share stage around; means I'm less likely to clout the singer with my headstock.

[Lee Carter]

Stage left, out of the way and no chance of my headstock/neck getting a wallop.

[Dave Vader]

I like to keep most drummer in my deaf side (my right) so they don't break my good ear.
If it's a good drummer, I'll have him on the other side so I can hear him.
Currently set up whichever side is free.

[Bassulike66]

Gotta' be to my left, the tinitus riddled side!

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1355182700' post='1895253']

As long as our M&Ms backstage are the right colour and I've not had to waste time folding small sandwiches at the tour manager I'm easy
[/quote]
[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1355183737' post='1895264']
You won't go onstage unless you have 10,000 brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass?
[/quote]

Funnily enough, I read an interview with one of the bands who were famous for their "10,000 brown m & m" requests (I think it was Van Halen). They said that the reason for it was simple---their requirements for things like power supply, lighting equipment, etc, were pretty complicated and very particular. If they turned up and the M&Ms hadn't been done then they could be sure the rest of their requirements wouldn't have been met correctly either!

[Doddy]

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1358185168' post='1934488']
They said that the reason for it was simple---their requirements for things like power supply, lighting equipment, etc, were pretty complicated and very particular. If they turned up and the M&Ms hadn't been done then they could be sure the rest of their requirements wouldn't have been met correctly either!
[/quote]
Yes,because obviously the time it takes to sort out the important requirements is going to be well spent sorting
out brown M&M's.

[BILL POSTERS]

Just a thought, If you have a rider for something stupid, that could easily be either mis interfreted or taken as a joke. Would that give you a good get out if there are other problems ?

Breach of contract goes both ways. If the stage isnt big enough, the powers supplies are not right, fine theres an issue. But what if the artist has some other reason to not like something about the venue, or the promoter finds some other excuse to say they are in breach ? Could. for example, the absence of the M&Ms or there only being 9,986 of them provide mitigation ? Just wondering if there might be a real reason behind strange riders, and not just artistes being arseholes.

[Dave Vader]

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1358185168' post='1934488']
Funnily enough, I read an interview with one of the bands who were famous for their "10,000 brown m & m" requests (I think it was Van Halen). They said that the reason for it was simple---their requirements for things like power supply, lighting equipment, etc, were pretty complicated and very particular. If they turned up and the M&Ms hadn't been done then they could be sure the rest of their requirements wouldn't have been met correctly either!
[/quote]

Yeah, I think that was in a Dave Lee Roth interview. I don't think it was quite that many m&ms but there was a certain logic to it.

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1358185402' post='1934496']
Yes,because obviously the time it takes to sort out the important requirements is going to be well spent sorting
out brown M&M's.
[/quote]

I'm sure the stadiums they were playing at probably had a teaboy to do the simple tasks

[WalMan]

Drummer on my left 99% of the time...saves me having to crane over my shoulder to catch his eye.

Can't remembre the last time I did a gig on the other side

[lowdowner]

I used to stand to the right of the flautist - her flute and my headstock were always 'entwining' - despite this she never wanted to change sides... *sigh*

[fretmeister]

Whatever side the hi-hat is on.

But if space is bad, then as long as I can make eye contact with the drummist then I can cope.