anyone ever heard of this stage trick??

dreadheadbass · #1 11-18-2008, 06:18 PM

so were onstage last night and were banging away havin the time of our lives deluding ourselves that somehow a support slot in a half empty bar was worth the 2 hour journey and the nightmare set of stairs we had to lug a 2 valve amps and a bass rig up was worth it
so anyway there i am rocking out with my standard "foot on the moniter" routine when i notice the speaker and indeed the speaker cab is covered in what looks like plaster
we finish our set and i start making small talk with the manager and i ask him "dude whats the white stuff on the speakers you been decorating?"
to which he answers "no its flour its an old stage trick"

is this guy pulling my chain or is there some stone age stage trick that requires a speaker and flour that i aint heard of?

GearHeadBassMan · #2 11-18-2008, 06:24 PM

haha yes I love the foot on the monitor trick! I grab it with my foot and tilt that bastard up so I can hear!

dunno about the flour though, was it on the cone?

Saetia · #3 11-18-2008, 06:26 PM

I've seen bands use flour live to simulate mass amounts of an illegal substence... lame.

-Benny

dreadheadbass · #4 11-18-2008, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by GearHeadBassMan

haha yes I love the foot on the monitor trick! I grab it with my foot and tilt that bastard up so I can hear!

dunno about the flour though, was it on the cone?

indeed the moniter is the holy grail of stage moves i use it often

and it was on everything the cone the cab the input jacks you name it what sort of stage trick is that?

mant · #5 11-18-2008, 06:31 PM

I saw Tom Waits during the summer just gone.
He seemed to have flour on the floor where he was standing and when he stomped up and down it made a nice little poof of smoke/dust.
you weren't supporting Tom Waits were you?

NKUSigEp · #6 11-18-2008, 06:33 PM

I'd assume to keep moisture to a minimum...but then you've got yourself a glue problem.

Saetia · #7 11-18-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mant

I saw Tom Waits during the summer just gone.
He seemed to have flour on the floor where he was standing and when he stomped up and down it made a nice little poof of smoke/dust.
you weren't supporting Tom Waits were you?

Tom Waits is the man!

-Benny

djzap · #8 11-18-2008, 06:38 PM

it was probably just for visual effect. im guessing the vibrations would make it look like smoke or something.

dreadheadbass · #9 11-18-2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mant

I saw Tom Waits during the summer just gone.
He seemed to have flour on the floor where he was standing and when he stomped up and down it made a nice little poof of smoke/dust.
you weren't supporting Tom Waits were you?

i dont think so not unless he's found a way of reducing his age and changing his sex

i kinda understand the stompy flour thing but this looked like way too much for that it looked like someone had grabbed a handfull of flour and launched it into the moniters
it looked like it had been done quite often too as there was fresh white flour still loose on the surface and old yellow stuff underneath that had gone brick hard
no flour on the floor though the stage was spotless apart from a stain in the corner where as the barman put it "sam nampty got iz edd stoved in"

hamertek98 · #10 11-19-2008, 11:30 AM

It could have been for the dance floor. Keeps peoples shoes from sticking.

Or was that salt?

RCCollins · #11 11-19-2008, 11:34 AM

dude, I spilled an ounce of blow all over the top of my monitor

The Golden Boy · #12 11-19-2008, 11:36 AM

We often play with a Who "tribute" band, their drummer does the glitter on the snare head thing....

**barebones** · #13 11-19-2008, 11:38 AM

Maybe the guy's just pulling your chain. The only think I can think of for a visual stage "trick" or effect is if the speaker kicks off a little puff of flour. Seems like a subtle thing, though, with some potential harmful trade-offs. I would have asked the guy straight up what the hell he was talking about.

Quap · #14 11-19-2008, 03:06 PM

Supposedly Jaco would sprinkle corn meal on the ground to slide around in . . .

**barebones** · #15 11-19-2008, 04:20 PM

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Supposedly Jaco would sprinkle corn meal on the ground to slide around in . . .

I heard it was baby powder.

RCCollins · #16 11-19-2008, 04:23 PM

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I heard it was baby powder.

no way, it was gold bond

GeneralElectric · #17 11-19-2008, 04:41 PM

Maybe it wasn't for music. I know in a lot of music, actors will sprinkle flour on their shoes when they pretend to kick something or someone.

**barebones** · #18 11-19-2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

Maybe it wasn't for music. I know in a lot of music, actors will sprinkle flour on their shoes when they pretend to kick something or someone.

Huh?

IanStephenson · #19 11-19-2008, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

We often play with a Who "tribute" band, their drummer does the glitter on the snare head thing....

Our drummer spilled his beer all over his kit (he does things like that). Every time he hit the snare a huge plume of water shot in the air... it looked AWESOME.

**barebones** · #20 11-19-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by IanStephenson

Our drummer spilled his beer all over his kit (he does things like that). Every time he hit the snare a huge plume of water shot in the air... it looked AWESOME.

I used to spit my beer on our drummer. Then he'd spit his on me. Then we'd laugh. Then we'd realize we were covered in beer and stinky.