* Forwarded (from: alt.audio.pro.live-sound) by Richard Webb using timEd
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* Originally from Richard Webb (1:116/901) to all.
* Original dated: Wed Aug 17, 12:35

On Wed 2011-Aug-17 07:00, Bigguy2010 writes:

> RIP all who died.

YEp, agreed, I really feel for that guy up there running
that spot.  HE had a few seconds of wtf before it took him
out to experience.

> Someone will be going to jail for this extreme negligence.

ONe can only hope.  What i don't understand is wtf people
are thinking using structures like that in the midwest that
don't have good methods for handling such situations.  IT's
a common occurrence in the middle of NOrth America this time of year.  That's
why carnivals etc. that do double ferris
wheels stop them and clera people away when such a system
starts up, then again, if they have the time.  They have the time only if the
meteorology folks are paying attention, and they're paying attention to the
weather folks.

Simple fixes such as Bob describes would do a lot to
mitigate such circumstances, but it sure seems to me that
the rash of such failures recently is indicative of a
problem that needs correcting.  These large shows are just
getting too complex to be left to slipshod engineering.

I'll attend such spectacles when paid only anyway.  IF you
need a video wall, a flying pig, drums on a roller coaster
ride, etc. to entertain the fans then you need to spend some more time on your
performance chops, at least if you purport to be a musician.

IF your songs and your performance of them isn't compelling
enough at those prices to buy a ticket then you're in the
wrong business.

When you consider all the stage collapse and other tragedies lately in the
business it's an indicator that we're making
these traveling show extravaganzas too complex without doing proper
engineering.  One person who works as a hand on these shows came up with a
solution that would have gone far
toward mitigating this latest one.  There is a reason that I try to steer
clients toward keep it simple stupid.


Regards,
           Richard
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