Re: Re Sex Harrassment At Gigs What To Do

From: John Book (johnbook9@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 20:34:09 CEST

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    One option would be to have the artist become
    taper-friendly and allow the fans to record her, at
    least for a trial period. Sometimes a stealth
    recording can be better than a board recording, and it
    avoids stupid ass behavior from soundmen.

    Other than that, I would definitely report this guy
    in. But who do you report it to, his boss who fucks
    14 year old girls to insure they get into the club
    without him telling mom?

    Sorry, but I think that behavior is full of crap. One
    way to avoid this again is to tell other artists to
    avoid working with this particular soundman. If he's
    respectable in the industry, screw it.

    It may cost a lot, but have artists also invest in
    their own DAT decks. They are much cheaper than they
    were 10 years ago, and for any artist who truly wants
    to archive their career without relying on someone
    else, this is the best bet, for them to take it in
    their own hands.

    --- icehouse@redshift.com wrote:>
    stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com wrote:
    > >
    >
    > So, I did this show the other night backing up a
    > young jazzy- nu-soul
    > female singer. (Yes, she was HOT, in case I forget
    > that all-important
    > detail...)
    >
    > Anyway, she had put together a pretty nice 9 piece
    > group, worked her
    > a-double-ss off getting all the musicians, the
    > rehearsals, everything, and
    > the gig was at a very well known LA nite-spot that
    > I'm sure all listees
    > have probably heard of.
    >
    > So, this was her first gig at the place, and she was
    > excited, and she asks
    > the soundman if he could pop in a DAT to record the
    > show for her. He says,
    > in front of the whole band, "Well, we'll have to
    > negotiate that... come
    > see me up in the booth..." (Apparently, the club has
    > a no-dat policy...)
    >
    > The bass player says to her "be nice to that guy or
    > he'll mess with our
    > sound" (or words to that effect.) So, we get done
    > with the soundcheck, and
    > I walk around the back of the club for a bit (you
    > know, to prepare.) When
    > I come back out, the gear (including my gigantic
    > Rhodes) has been moved,
    > the monitor mix is shot, no one can hear anybody,
    > and it sucks. (Although,
    > I guess it sounded good to the audience, so I'll
    > give him that...)
    >
    > When I talk to the singer after the gig, it turns
    > out that while I was
    > around the way, she had gone up to the soundbooth,
    > and the guy was all
    > over her, (you know, trying to "loosen her up" for
    > the performance) and
    > she had to get the hell out of their quick! What an
    > IDIOT this guy was. I
    > guess our piss-poor monitor mix was "punishment."
    > And of course, no dat.
    >
    > So, ladies and germs of the aj list... what would u
    > do in a situation like
    > that? How common is it?
    >
    > My thought would be to let it slide the night of the
    > show, and then call
    > the club manager later in the week... whaddya think?

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