our stage is as clean as a whistle. with guys running all over the place it has to be clean. as for stage volume we play loud but that's because of the show we do, we can get away with it. another thing is using tube amps, they sound more ear friendly at higher volumes than SS amp do.

Yep, it's hard to trip over a cable that has been routed around the satge's perimeter & taped down.

To my own view, stage volume isn't part of stagecraft. But a cheap pair of earplugs tossed into the bass case or gig bag can't hurt.

We try to keep our stage as clean/clutter free as
possible (not too hard to do as 3 piece). We have
played a few places though, that had wires all over
the floor because the sound techs did a lousy job of
running PA cables and such.

I don't know the situation that resulted in sound techs leaving cables like that, but would I be safe in presuming it was the sort of situation where they wouldn't pay to repair/replace anything that got broken as a result?

Yo Dave,

When me and my old four piece band gigged, we always tried our best to keep a tidy stage area and always asked for a chair for Baa Lamb our pet inflatable Sheep............

Leroy

Discussion of you with an inflatable sheep likely violates several rules herein ;)

It was err! umm! a Mascot

Leroy

Buddy of mine's band has a cardboard cutout of Fabio. . .

Let's not be giving Leroy ideas now; sheep are jealous creatures ;)

What do Ewe mean by that ? Lol

Leroy

I'll have to get baaaa -ck to you on that.

He was probably pulling the wool over your eyes

That would have attracted a lot of Aussies then :)

LMAO..............