On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So lemme get this straight, you just go up to the sound guy and say hey, I
> want to plug in to your board and record this show? What do you tip - %20?
> Do you buy them drinks? They don't care? I don't know why they would care,
> I've just never thought about it or how one went about doing a soundboard
> recording like that. That would be cool because you could probably leave
> the recorder there and go enjoy the show.. come back and switch tapes if
Well, I should clarify... The shows I've taped off the soundboard have
not been exactly huge shows.. Off the top of my head, I've taped Silver
Scooter, Number One Cup, Tiara (many times), Moviola (many times) off the
board at the same venue. It's always the same sound person that works the
venue and they dont care if I tape (I always have an OK from the band
anyways). I dont tip, and up until last April, I couldnt even buy alcohol
for myself.. so if anything, I was just really polite, and stayed out of
the way.
However, you might want to check with the band if it's at a larger venue,
like Mouse seesm to be hitting on this tour. Does anyone (Eric
Satnik?) know if Mouse has a traveling sound guy? Phil Ek? I'd also say
that soundboard recording is going to be pretty hard to get done since
they're on Sony and Sony will have this fear of people selling $40 copies
of SBD CDR's, so they wont let anyone tape. This happend to Wilco back in
the mid 90's.
