// FIELD NOTES · RIDER + PLOT

The rider the house can run.

A technical rider is not a press kit. A stage plot is not a poster. Both exist so FOH, monitors, and the stage crew can patch, place, and power the show before you walk in.

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// PART 01

What a technical rider is.

It is the instruction sheet for the people running the room. Audio, video, lights, power, and who to call when a line is wrong. Keep hospitality and the guest list off this page.

Put this on it:

Who is on stage, by role — not a biography
Input list: channel, source, mic or DI, stand, notes
Monitor mixes — wedges vs IEMs, how many, who needs what
What you carry vs what the house must provide
FOH and monitor console notes only if they actually matter
Power: where, how much, what cannot share a circuit
A technical contact who answers the phone on load-in day

// PART 02

What a stage plot has to show.

Top-down. Stage left and stage right labeled from the performer’s view, or marked so nobody has to guess. The house uses it to place mics, monitors, and power before you arrive.

Draw this:

Each person and the instrument they play
Amps, keys, decks, playback — where they sit
Drum world and any riser
Vocal mics and stands
Wedges or IEM packs
DI boxes and power drops
Downstage edge and a rough stage size if you have one

// WHAT GETS A RIDER IGNORED

Leave this off.

Brand-name wish lists with no fallback. A plot with no inputs. Inputs with no plot. A ten-page hospitality rider stapled to the tech pages. “Same as last time.” The house will run the last clear document they trust — make that yours.

Rider + plot together Roles, not bios A phone that picks up

// FREE · NO ACCOUNT

Build the rider and the plot in the browser. Input list, monitor mixes, the drawing the crew actually wants. Saves to your machine.

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