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Blood, Sweat & Tears 2020 Last updated Jan. 2020

Celebrating over 50 Years

Manager > Larry Dorr 617-803-8886 MusicAveld@aol.com

Please reference the date of your event. The following technical specifications have been updated for the current BS&T touring season. They reflect the current band lineup and include only those things that we feel are essential to the professional presentation of the show. Any difficulty meeting these specs must be reported to the BS&T Production Staff and any changes made only on their authority.

* If you do not meet these requirements, please do not take the job * Please, be Professional about it and let someone who cares do the job.

Front of House Sound : PA: A Professional quality name brand 4 way actively crossed over sound system. The

system must have a frequency response of 20-20Khz and be able to produce 110db of clean, undistorted sound at the very back of the audience area. This system should be flown wherever and whenever possible with ground stacked subs. Provide quality front and supplemental fills necessary to assure even coverage with no dead spots throughout the entire venue! Acceptable systems in order of preference are:D&B “J” or “Q” series, L-Acoustics K-1 or V-Dosc, Martin MLA, Meyer Milo, JBL Vertec 4888DP.

Console: A large format front of house console with no less than 48 mono inputs + 4 stereo inputs,

10 VCA’s, 8 Subgroups, 8 Aux sends, 4 Band fully parametric EQ on all inputs. Acceptable types in order of preference are: Avid Venue Profile,Avid S6L, Yamaha PM-5D/RH, Soundcraft Vi-6,Midas H-3000

! We will not accept Crest, Mackie, Yamaha LS9, Allen & Heath, Peavey, PM-3000’sor any other semi-pro brand consoles!! House (4) Reverb units each patched for mono in & stereo out. Acceptable units in order of Effects preference are: TC M-5000, M-ONE, Lexicon PCM 91 or 81, Yamaha SPX-2000.

(1) Digital Delay: TC 2290 or D- 2 (1) Insertable Summit TLA-100A Tube Leveling Amp. (No Substitutions!) (8) Insertable Compressors: DBX 162SL or BSS DPR-402. (8) Insertable frequency tunable gates: BSS DPR-504 ( The above units are only needed for the Midas H3000 )

(2) XLR cables patched for recording from the matrix section of the console. (1) Intercom from house console to monitor console on a dedicated channel (1) 1 Stereo iPod cable (2) XLR cables patched for recording from the matrix section of the console.

(1) Intercom from house console to monitor console on a dedicated channel European Voltage Three (3) 20 amp / 220V – 110V power converters. Requirements: 1 by Guitar monitor, 1 by Bass monitor & 1 by Keyboard player

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Blood, Sweat & Tears 2020 Last updated Jan. 2020 Monitors :

Console: A large format fader monitor console with no less than 48 mono inputs & 24 discrete mix outputs,

8 VCA’s, 4 Band fully parametric EQ on all inputs, & 8 Mute groups. Acceptable types in order of preference are: Avid Venue Profile. Midas Pro 2 or Yamaha PM-5D/RH Note: Monitor world should be stage Left & matching Que wedge is required.

Wedges & (16) Professional quality name brand Bi-Amped monitors capable of producing 115dbA Side Fills: continuous. Acceptable types in order of preference are:

D&B, L-Acoustics 112P, Meyer MJF-210 or UM-1P(old UM-1’s are unacceptable!) (2) 2 or 3 way actively crossed over side fills. Acceptable types in order of preference are: L-Acoustics Arc, D&B Audiotechnik C4 (1) Drum Sub – L-Acoustics DV Sub or (2) D&B Audiotechnik “Q” Subs

Effects, (2) Reverb Units: TC M-One or Yamaha SPX-2000 Inserts, (4) Gates: BSS DPR-504 & EQ’s: (14) Matching 31 band graphic EQ’s inserted on mixes 1 – 12 & 21 – 22. Acceptable types are: TC EQ-Station w/ Remote or Klark TeknikHelix w/ Remote

*** NOTE: No Effects Required if You Are Providing a Digital Console***

Monitor 1 – Downstage Inside Wedges 2 – Guitar In-Ears Mixes: 3 – Lead Vocal In-Ears or a Wedge 4 – Guitar Wedge 5 – Trumpet # 1 Wedge 6 – Trumpet # 2 Wedge 7 – Sax Wedge 8 – Trombone Wedge 9 – Keys – Left Wedge 10 – Keys – Right Wedge 11 – Bass Hardwired XLR from Mon Bd. 12 – Drums Hardwired XLR from Mon Bd. 13 – Drum Band Mix Hardwired XLR from Mon Bd. 14 – Drum Sub

15 – Reverb Horns 16 – Reverb Vocal 17 – Side Fills Mono (not for every show) 18 –Side Fills Mono (not for every show) 19 – Monitor Eng. Ears Left 20 –Monitor Eng. Ears Right

** Bass player & Drummer will each use a Mackie 4 Ch. Board supplied by the Backline or Sound Co.** Miscellaneous – Audio: R.F. Mics: (8) Channels of Shure UR Series Wireless (4 Handheld Beta 58A’s & 4 Beltpacks) (4) Shure WB98H/C clip on mics for horns. (Please make sure you have this exact model) Ear Monitors: (4) Sennheiser ew-300 IEM G3or Shure PSM-1000 wireless ear monitor systems. (4) Pairs of generic ear buds (for back-up only) Batteries: (28) Duracell Procell AA & (2) Duracell Procell 9V. Stage Power: (7) Edison Quad Boxes on 3 separate circuits. (See stage plot for placement)

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Ch. Input Mic / DI Stand FOH Insert 1 Kick In Shure Beta 91A 2 Kick Out Audix D-6 Short Tripod Boom Gate 1 3 Snare Top Shure SM-57 Medium R.B. Boom Gate 2 4 Snare Bottom Shure SM-57 Short R.B. Boom Gate 3 5 Snare 2 Shure SM-57 Medium R.B. Boom Gate 4 6 Hi – Hat AKG C-451 Medium R.B. Boom 7 8” Rack - 1 Sennheiser e904 8” not used all the time 8 10” Rack - 2 Sennheiser e904 Gate 5 9 12” Rack - 3 Sennheiser e904 Gate 6 10 Floor – 1 Sennheiser e904 Gate 7 11 Floor – 2 Sennheiser e904 Gate 8 12 Ride AKG C-451 Medium Tripod Boom 13 OH – L ( Stage Right ) Neumann KM-184 Tall Tripod Boom 14 OH – R ( Stage Left ) Neumann KM-184 Tall Tripod Boom 15 ***Skip this Channel*** Leave Channel Blank 16 Bass Radial JDI Comp 2 17 Lead Guitar – L Shure SM-57 Short Tripod Boom 18 Lead Guitar – R Shure SM-57 Short Tripod Boom

19 Leave channel open Leave Channel Blank

20 iPod (on keyboard riser) Radial JDI Place DI on Keybd Riser

21 Motif ES 8 – L Radial JDI 22 Motif ES 8 – R Radial JDI Motif is on the bottom 23 Nord – L Radial JDI Nord is on top of Motif 24 Nord– R Radial JDI 25 Trumpet – 1 R.F. Beta 98H/C Small Boom Stand for iPad Comp 3 26 Trumpet – 2 R.F. Beta 98H/C Small Boom Stand for iPad Comp 4 27 Sax R.F. Beta 98H/C Small Boom Stand for iPad Comp 5 28 Trombone R.F. Beta 98H/C Small Boom Stand for iPad Comp 6 29 Lead Vocal R.F.Beta 58A Tall Tripod Boom Comp 1 30 GuitarVocal Shure 58 Tall Tripod Boom 31 Key Vocal Shure 58 Tall Tripod Boom 32 Bass Vocal Shure 58 Tall Tripod Boom 33 Trumpet Mic to talk thru With On / Off switch Placement by Perc. Tables 34 Flute R.F.Beta 58A Tall Tripod Boom 35 Spare / MC Mic R.F.Beta 58A Round Base Strait 36 iPod – L for FOH For F O H Playback music 37 iPod – R for FOH For F O H Playback music 38 Audience Mic – S.L. Neumann KM-184 Medium Tripod Boom 39 Audience Mic – S.R. Neumann KM-184 Medium Tripod Boom 40 Announce Mic for FOH Shure SM-58

Any questions and substitution approvals must be cleared two weeks prior to the show by contacting BS&T’s production staff. You will be responsible to the promoter if the show doesn’t go on because of poor or amateur equipment.

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Blood, Sweat & Tears 2020 Last updated Jan. 2020

Manager > Larry Dorr 617-803-8886 MusicAveld@aol.com

Backline equipment :

Drums:DW Collector’s SeriesMaple 2nd choice Maple Custom Absolute. (1) 18” X 20” kick drum

(3) Snares; 5-1/2” x 14” wood, & 5-1/2” x 14”Metal Plus (1) 5” x 12” or 3”x 13” Wood or Metal snare (3) Rack Toms 7”x 8” , 8”x 10”& 9”x 12”

(2) Floor Toms 14”x 14” & 16”x 16” on legs only. Hardware: ALL MEMORY LOCKS TO BE REMOVED or LOOSENED!! / NO RACK SYSTEMS!

(7) DW or Yamaha medium weight boom cymbal stands with mini-booms. (2) DW 9900 Double Tom Stands (2) DW 9300 Heavy duty snare stands or Yamaha SS 950 (1) DW 9500D 3 legged Hi-Hat stand Only, w/ short rod only no 2 legged HH stands (1) DW 9100M Round Seat – (no tractor seat or air lift seat) (1) DW 9000 Double Kick Drum Pedal or DW5000 (1) Cymbal stand cowbell mount with LP8” to 9” Cowbell

(1) Vater (VSHM) Multi stick holder for the Hi Hat (2) Pair of Pro Mark 5A Wood Tip. Hickory Drumsticks (1) 4 or 8 XLR channel Mackie Mixing Board #1202-VLZ3 with a stool as a table to sit the board on.

Heads: NEW!!! Toms: 8”, 10”, 12”, 14” & 16” - Evans EC2 Frosted or Coated G2s and clear single-ply bottom. Bass Drum should have Evans EMAD Clear or EQ3 Frosted Snare drum should have Evans Heavyweight or G1 Coated

Pillow inside bass drumand a 4” to 6” hole cut in the front head. Cymbals: Zildjian 20” “K” Ride - (2) 18’ Crashes, 16” & 17” Crashes, (2 ea.) 8" & 10” splash all A custom or dark K’s; AS THIN AS POSSIBLE!! 12” & 14” FX Spiral Stacker or Trashformer Cymbals

(1) set of Hi Hats: 1 set 14" Hi Hats, A custom or dark K; All necessary hardware including drum key, spare set of sticks, & drum rug.

Bass: (1) Aguilar DB 750, 751 &(2) Aguilar 4x10 Cabinets - (1 head is for back-up) 2nd choice - Ampeg: SVT-4 Pro (2) SVT-410 HLF 4x10 Cab. (1) Guitar Stand & (2) 25ft. ¼ Cables (1) 4 or 8 XLR channel Mackie Mixing Board # 1202-VLZ3 with a stool as a table for the Mackie

Lead Guitar: (2) Fender Deluxe Reverb or (2) Fender Twin 65 Reissue (Black Face)

(1) Solid body Guitar (Gibson Les Paul orFender Strat) with adjustable strap Strings – standard(.009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042)set up for low action and properly intonated (2) Guitar Stands & (3) 25ft. ¼” Guitar Cables

2nd Guitar: (1) Fender Deluxe Reverb ( NOT FOR ALL SHOWS ) Keyboards: (1) Yamaha Motif ES-8 w/ Sustain Pedal

(1) Nord Stage, Stage EX, or Stage 2 (88 or 76 key) w/ Sustain Pedal &Boss EV5 Expression Pedal (1) Heavy duty 2 tier keyboard stand.

(1) DW 9000 Drum Seat Percussion: (3) Percussion Table (no back rack) or 1- 6’ ft DJ folding table w/ black skirting & 1 – Perc. Table

(1) Cymbal mountable 9” cowbell for the drummer. This is all we need for percussion. Accessories: (10) Manhasset type Music Stands with Lights & Clips to hold down music (clips for outdoor shows only) (4) Stage Fans the electric kind – (1 for the drummer, guitar, bass & Keyboard player) Risers: (1) 8’ x 8’ x 2’ Carpeted Drum Riser Extremely Sturdy! & (1) 8’ x 8’ x 2’ Key Riser

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Lighting : A professional lighting system consisting of: (1) 40 Ft. Downstage truss with (60) Par 64 fixtures each loaded with 1K Medium lamps. (1) 40 Ft. Upstage truss with (60) Par 64 fixtures each loaded with 1K Narrow lamps. (10) Source 4 19° Lekos mounted on the downstage truss. (3) Racks of Par 46 ACL’s mounted on the upstage truss. (2) Spotlights (size depends on venue and throw) Please make sure the spots are a minimum of 25ft. above stage height so they don’t blind the performers. (1) Digital lighting console (Avolite Pearl 2004 preferred) > - Adequate digital dimming capability for the entire rig. > - All motors & rigging or ground support, cabling, & color as necessary. Please BS&T does not carry a designer/operator. Final approval of lighting equipment Note: will be from BS&T’s production staff. General *No Blackouts, Band requires some light on stage at all times! LD *Spotlight color – No Clear, please use Rosco 33, or similar n/c pink. Notes: *Basic washes downstage with (1) leko on each band member and (2) on the singer. *Upstage focus is LD’s choice (just make it purrty). *Spotlights on singer while singing, fade on singer when not holding the mic & pickup solos as required. *If you have moving lights in the rig use them very tastefully, this is not a dance club. *Light Water based Haze Is OK. Comms:Please have Clear-Com from the house sound console to the lighting console & Spotlights. Some Cues:We have 4 Horn players, 4 Rhythm players and 1 front Singer. Everyone needs to be lit so we can see faces for the whole show. Downstage lighting is needed from stage left to stage right for the singer and the horn players. The horns are on wireless mics and do the solos from the downstage area.

Please do not blind the 1st few rows with lighting from the back truss

Blood Sweat & TearsCatering 2020

BS&T Sound Check

3 cases iced bottled water, Assorted Soda, Gatorade, and coffee along with a few snacks.

Dressing room needs to be ready 45 minutes before show 4 cases iced Bottled water for the dressing room, ( this is plus the stage water )

Additional 18 Bottles and 18 Hand Towels for the stage only for the show 1 deli platter for 14 with assorted bread for sandwiches, Mustard, Mayonnaise, for sandwiches ect 1 fruit platter for 14 and 1 vegetable platter for 14 1 six pack Coke, 1 six pack Diet Coke, 6 Ensure protein shakes, 6 Gatorades, 12 bottles Pom Wonderful pomegranate juice, 12 bottles Pellegrino/Perrier Coffee, cream & sugar Sparkling Water & Bottled water Throat Coat tea 1 six pack Starbucks Frappuccino chilled coffee drink, 1 plate Brownies NO NUTS, Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 family sized bag potato chips, - 1 bag Doritos, 1 bag Fritos - 1 bag Cheese Pop Corn, Tray of Green & Black olives, Medium Salsa & Cheese dip, 1 bag tortilla chips, hummus, Organic apple and banana chips, macadamia nuts, walnuts, plain greek yogurt & peach yogurt, Duke's Sausage links (beef jerky)Party size Peanut M&M, and Party size Plain M&M's “Natural Valley” Oat & Nut Bars & “Kind” Bars Chocolate & Nuts

Extra Large Plastic zip lock bags& Alum Foil

Dinner for 14 after sound check Dinner for 14 people consisting of the following: Choice of Meat or Chicken and a Fish selection Hot Green Vegetables and 1 other Vegetable, Potatoes, Pasta Salad and a Green Salad, Bread or rolls Assorted Desserts; cakes, cookies ect. Drinks: Coke, Sprite, Red bull, Water, Coffee, Cream, Sugar

For the show, items for the stage

18 Bottles of chilled water and 18 hand towels ( not bath towels) for the stage

Please keep all Green Room food out till 30 min after the show.

After the show Stella Artois & Corona Beer

OR Local Beers

No More than 3 six packs total