Ken Beaumont Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 It happened in Toronto, their drum tech was killed. Toronto News Sad news Boards: Kurzweil SP-6, Roland FA-08, VR-09, DeepMind 12 Modules: Korg Radias, Roland D-05, Bk7-m & Sonic Cell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourniplus Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 It seems there have been more and more of these in the last few years. Makes you think twice about playing outside on a covered stage... "Show me all the blueprints. I'm serious now, show me all the blueprints." My homemade instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Makes you think twice about playing outside on a covered stage... I wouldn't worry about it too much unless you're planning on hanging over 100 LED panels on your next outside gig. That's what Radiohead did - took their visuals from this show and hung them all on a portable stage. [video:youtube] This morning there are reports that the original site engineer wouldn't let them hang that much extra weight on the structure, so he was fired and another guy was brought in who signed off on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Where did you see such reports? I haven't read anything that alluded to that. Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Hmm... they were over in the ProSound Lab forum in this thread, but I see those specific reports have been taken down. http://forums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/topic,138513.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I heard a similar explanation for some other incidents of this nature last year when I inquired. I didn't sleep too well this weekend as I couldn't get ahold of anyone who had more details than what was in the initial press reports, and couldn't blow up the photos enough or with sufficient detail to discover the vendors involved. As some of you know, my software is depended on for predicting accurate rigging loads at festivals, installations, and the like. So I kind of freak out when an incident happens -- especially involving death or major injury -- that might be the result of calculation errors. Radiohead has been a client in the past but I couldn't find info on whether they still are. The rigging looks like someone else's, and also we don't do lighting and that looks to be where the fault was in this case. It's a tragedy either way, and the poop I've heard so far is that these things are happening more frequently now primarily due to the lighting. In fact, sound design is becoming more difficult as the lighting needs are taking over so much of the available real estate on stage and in the outdoor venues in particular. Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammondDave Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Sure... Blame it on the lighting designer... '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 It's a very real problem. But it doesn't mean that particular incident was caused in that way, or that the designer vs. a technician, vendor, or contractor was at fault. Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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