Stage plot and rider
Everything a room needs to put a four-piece on stage without a phone call. If anything here does not suit your room, say so and we will work with what you have.
Stage plot
Drawn from the audience side
Four positions, drums upstage centre. The standard four-piece setup: drums, bass, two guitars, lead vocal at centre.
Input list
Ch. 1
Vocal, leaddynamic vocal mic, boom stand · centreCh. 2
Vocal, backingdynamic vocal mic, boom stand · stage left or right, if the room has a spareCh. 3
Guitar, centreamp mic or DI, the room's choice · centreCh. 4
Guitar, stage rightamp mic or DI · stage rightCh. 5
BassDI from amp or pedal · stage leftCh. 6–9
Drumskick, snare, overhead pair · upstage centre| Ch. | Source | Mic or DI | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vocal, lead | dynamic vocal mic, boom stand | centre |
| 2 | Vocal, backing | dynamic vocal mic, boom stand | stage left or right, if the room has a spare |
| 3 | Guitar, centre | amp mic or DI, the room's choice | centre |
| 4 | Guitar, stage right | amp mic or DI | stage right |
| 5 | Bass | DI from amp or pedal | stage left |
| 6–9 | Drums | kick, snare, overhead pair | upstage centre |
A standard four-piece count. Fewer channels works; tell us what the room has.
What we bring
Instruments, amps, cables, stands
- Instruments and amps for every position
- Cables and stands for our own gear
- A printed setlist and this page on a phone
What the room supplies
PA, monitors, power, load-in
- PA with at least the channels above, a mixer and an operator, or tell us and we talk through it
- Monitors: three wedges if you have them; we play with what the room has
- Power: two 20-amp circuits on stage
- About 45 minutes to load in before doors, and a line check