A stage plot is a visual representation that illustrates your band’s live performance setup, band member placement on stage, what gear you use, and any other helpful information to the venue. What do I include? Visual representation of where each member is positioned on stage.
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Kmart, you have a template you can share? Do you set the row/column sizes to be square like graph paper?Google Docs is blocked by the work network, so I can't upload anything.When using Excel, I do not format the actual cells for shapes, etc.; that takes too much time/is not easy. I use the Insert/Shapes menu to place shapes (rectangles for amps, circles for drums/cymbals, trapezoids for wedges, etc.) on/over the cells. It's just easier to move/manipulate shapes without affecting everything else on the page in Excel than Word (for me).If I get a chance tonight I'll try to upload something from home.
I couldn't care less how cool it looks. I just want it to be functional, and for me it is. I have far better things to spend my time on that concerning myself with how visually appealing my stage plot is.Functional for WHOM?The assumption would be that the stage plot is for someone who is not familiar with your band.
That will be, in most cases, a sound engineer/house FOH guy, etc.My experience working production at venues from 200-2k capacity, and for a sound/backline company that provided PA for up to 10k crowds, is that a clean & simple block shape plot with simple text is what's standard AND what's preferred (and most functional).Something with the clip-art like on freestageplots would likely be laughed at, and probably completely ignored.YMMV, and if it has worked for you thus far, there's no reason to stop. I'm just saying it looks like a grade-school art project look AND would be perceived by many to whom it should matter, as unprofessional & useless. I don't have to provide stage plot information all that often since we usually use our own PA. However, when I am asked to provide it - I give 'em two documents. One is a simple diagram I put together using Powerpoint - the other is a input list that I created in Excell.Note that the 'Connection Location' information included on the Input List document refers to where the connection is made when I'm using my PA (which uses two small 6 channel drop boxes - one placed at the front of the stage for 'front line' connections and one place at the rear of the stage for 'back line' connections.)It's enough to give any sound company a pretty good idea of how we like to set up and what we typically use for microphones and inputs.
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