Spot Checks and Brown M&Ms
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Look for small mistakes as big mistakes are likely to hide nearby
Van Halen famously had a clause in their contract that the band be provided a bowl of M&Ms backstage with absolutely no brown M&Ms. While often cited as an example of Rock ‘N Roll excess it was instead a shrewd management technique. As one of the first bands to bring complicated productions into small market venues they needed to know the venue had followed the contract to the letter. In the words of lead singer David Lee Roth: “…if I saw a brown M&M in that bowl… well, line-check the entire production. Guaranteed you’re going to arrive at a technical error. They didn’t read the contract.…
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