My experience of singers pulling the video lead out

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Eric Whitehouse

I also won't allow anyone drunk waving their drinks about anywhere near my equipment. After twenty years of running karaoke shows I've just invested in a cattle prodder which works a treat and has improved the vocal range of a lot of my singers.

Eric careful....now your sounding like a country boy from the U.S. Hmmm....I wonder if that would work....

[marklwood]

That's too funny Eric

[KARAOKE JOE]

[Eric Whitehouse]

You could be right there Doug, but I think I'm more of a Parrothead. But not that many of us on this side of the pond.

[Robster]

lol British culture is such that they don't tend to start singing until the fifth pint then they wont stop singing or drinking.

as i say i do a lot of mobile gigs and it is just not possible every time to not have singers go near your cables (which in my case are always in covers or taped down and have hazzard markings on them of some kind) if you want them to face the audience with a screen in front of them.

My point was the unexpected unticking of the extended desktop by the computer itself when the wire gets yanked out i suspect it is Vista that gets upset and after it is tripped a standard restart wont work to identify the second screen.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by Robster

it is just not possible every time to not have singers go near your cables

Hey Rob,
During the third to the last song I played Tuesday night (I amost made it through the night without issue ) a drunk (old guy, you'd think they learn ) jumped up on stage and tried to grab the mic from a singer he had pissed off earlier in the night. The singer shoved him and he fell into my monitor then off of the stage. Once the bouncer got the old guy out of the building (he'd been giving me grief all night as well), my singers complained that the words were not on the TV. When I touched the connection on the front of the TV it was loose so I held it for the last two songs to make the lyrics appear. It felt like he had busted the female phono connector on the TV but it turned out to be the male phono plug on the cable (Thank GOD).

We can do everything in the world to try and prevent folks from hurting out gear but it is going to happen every now and then. It's the nature of the beast.

I put my monitor in a high bar chair and set it as close to my rig as possible. This avoids running the cable accross the stage in any form. They have to look to the right or left to sing but it helps keep my gear safe. At private parties, I bring rubber door mats that I bought from Wal-Mart to cover the cabels, something like you do. This is the first time in over four years, five nights a week that somebody damaged my TV hook up.

Jim

[Roy Dennis]

I protect my video lead to the singers monitor by using 1 Mtr lengths of metal wire protection that electricians use to cover wires before the wall is plastered. I just lay these over the wire & tape them to the floor or carpet. They only stick up about 5mm and you can adjust the length by laying them on top of one and other. As to the computer s-video connection I have my own customized, fold up desk which does not have any leads showing to the public.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by madjim

Hey Rob,
of the beast.

I put my monitor in a high bar chair and set it as close to my rig as possible. This avoids running the cable accross the stage in any form. They have to look to the right or left to sing but it helps keep my gear safe. At private parties, I bring rubber door mats that I bought from Wal-Mart to cover the cabels, something like you do.
Jim

Precisely what I do, Jim.