

Technical rider & amp

First of all, thank you for your interest in booking a show for Don Pelo & his Music Box.
Below is a list of our technical requirements. It might sound a bit formal to you, this is not meant to cause any inconveniences on your behalf. We designed this rider for optimum effectiveness at the day of the show. If there are any questions or if you have trouble providing any of the below mentioned please get in touch with us before the day of the show and we will work out a solution.
Our Stage Setup is
1 Drum-set
1 Percussion set
1 Bass Guitar
1 Keyboard
2 Electric Guitars
3 Vocals
We assume that there is a well sized PA system provided for the concert room with sufficient
power to supply a clean and non-distorted 110dB SPL RMS to the mixing desk and a powerful and feedback-proof monitor system. It is very important that the singers and the drummer each have their own monitor speakers with separate mixes. For venues over 300 people we will need two extra monitors for the guitar players and two side-fills for really large venues.

The Minimal Set up for small venues, up to 150 people (microphones are listed in order of preference)
Drums
Kick AKG D12E, Sennheiser MD421, Electro Voice PL20 / RE20,
Beyer M88, AKG D112
SNARE Shure SM57
OVERHEAD LEFT Neumann or Gefell small diaphragm condenser,
AKG C451, small diaphragm condenser
OVERHEAD RIGHT Neumann or Gefell small diaphragm condenser,
AKG C451, small diaphragm condenser
BASS amplifier has DI output
GUITARS
LEFT Shure SM57
RIGHT Shure SM57
VOCALS
FEMALE LEFT Shure SM58
MALE RIGHT Shure SM58
The complete Set up for venues larger than 150 people (microphones are listed in order of preference)
DRUMS
KICK AKG D12E, Sennheiser MD421, Electrovoice PL20 / RE20,
Beyer M88, AKG D112
SNARE TOP Shure SM57
SNARE BOTTOM Shure SM57
HIHAT Neumann or Gefell small diaphragm condenser, AKG C451, any small diaphram condenser. RACK TOM Sennheiser MD241, Beyer M88, any suitable dynamic. FLOOR TOM Sennheiser MD241, Beyer M88, any suitable dynamic mic. OVERHEADS Neumann or Gefell small diaphram condenser, AKG C451, any small diaphram condenser (left and right). BASS Amplifier has DI output or choose and external DI Interface.

Stage Plan

STAGE PLAN
floor, tom, ride, crash, crash, rack, tom, bd, sd, hh, monitor, guitar left, monitor, vocals left, monitor, guitar right, monitor, vocals right, bass, amp, guitar, amp guitar, amp, monitor, drums.

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
Round base mic stand for male vocalist (if available)
Floor carpet (approx. 160cm x 200cm) for drums on the stage
STAFF
We will need a qualified sound engineer, stage technician and lights technician. At the moment we do not have a regular engineer, so we depend heavily on the staff on-site.
SOUND & LIGHTING
We prefer an overall natural sound with minimal processing and effects. The drums need not have click attack sounds, please use gates only when unavoidable and with great care.
The vocals are best left without reverberation, maybe a bit of a very short delay on the male singer and a touch of short ambiance on the female singer. The male singer has a very large dynamic range, please use compression. Lighting can be discussed during soundcheck, it is important though that during the show there is always sufficient light for the bass and guitar players to see the fret-board of their instruments.

EQUIPMENT SHARING & SOUNDCHECK
The drummer always plays his own drum-set and will not share his drums with the other bands. Apart from that we might share one of our guitar cabinets (4x12“) and the bass cabinet (8x10“), but this needs to bediscussed well before the show. We will need an absolute minimum of 45 minutes soundcheck, 60 to 90 minutes including setup would be perfect.
ARRIVAL
Please provide detailed directions in German, English or French language two weeks before the date of the show with the complete address of the venue and a telephone contact.
We need a safe parking space available for the van close to the venue. Please provide arrival, soundcheck and doors-open and on-stage times. The promoter or another person should be at the venue at arrival time.

FOOD & DRINKS
1 vegan meal (no meat, no fish) and 4 regular meal, (meat, or fish, cheese) or 8x 12 euro for buy-out.
Minimum 12 bottles of cooled non-carbonated water for stage and backstage
Minimum 12 liters of other cooled other drinks (juice, beer and coke) 4 cans of red bull. Breakfast for 7 persons the morning after the show.
BACKSTAGE
A separate room for the band to get some rest before and after the show. It would be great to have some sofas, tables, chairs, a mirror and sink.
SLEEP
A warm, clean, dark and quiet accommodation for 7 persons with mattresses, bathroom, shower and mirror. A safe parking space near the sleeping accommodation should be available.
MERCHANDISE
A table of approx. 1.5m length and a small light or some candles for our merchandising
in the same room as the show, if possible.
MISCELLANEOUS
A guest list of 10 persons.