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Paperwork: Clarity Pays Off For This "Necessary Evil"
Before Chris Kathman started handling tour and production management for
bands, he worked in various venues as a sound guy and got really tired of
crews coming in, looking at the stage plot and input list he had for them,
and saying, "Oh, the agent sent you the wrong one!"
So, in other words, they didnšt have five minutes in the last month to call
up and make sure that he had the right one. He used to patch the stage
before they got there, hoping to get a head start on the soundcheck, but
got out of the habit of doing that since it so often needed to be re-done.
It made Chris want to be the person walking into a venue, who the local guy
skeptically asks, "Is this the right input list?" But more importantly, it
stressed the importance of that most boring of things: paperwork. Chris
shares what he's learned and offers helpful hints for getting it right.
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