by "rrr" <rpeterNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 19, 2008 at 01:36 AM
> > Doesn't it work the other way around? The show issues specs and the
venue
> > decides if they can be accomodated?
> >
> That may well be the case.
> I just had the idea that there was some minimum spec to even be
> considered a proper road house, and that specific shows had
> requirements that go well beyond that. I'm thinking more along the
> level of "bus and truck" shows that play everywhere.
Often it is a promoter who gets a tech rider from the show he wants to
book
and looks for a venue that can accomidate it. Anybody can hang out a
****ngle that says "receiving house" but wheter they can book any acts
depends on meeting the tech rider
Peter