wraub
Gold Member
I worked in a fairly high-end recording studio in NYC for couple years, and the amount of times a singer pulled this is countless.
Famous, not so famous, and all in between... A lot of singers have LSD and they act accordingly, ime. I saw everybody from school kids to an actual damn Ghostbuster in that place, and singers were the worst.
That said, it wasn't always singers...at least one Top Line drummer did the same, albeit in a less dramatic way. But, still, "arrived, cater to me" was a thing.
Famous, not so famous, and all in between... A lot of singers have LSD and they act accordingly, ime. I saw everybody from school kids to an actual damn Ghostbuster in that place, and singers were the worst.
That said, it wasn't always singers...at least one Top Line drummer did the same, albeit in a less dramatic way. But, still, "arrived, cater to me" was a thing.
I've never found threats to have a positive impact on the matter. I've always attributed said tardiness to two factors:
I. Other musicians have equipment to set up and tune. Vocalists, not so much. Some feel they don't need to arrive as early and thus end up being late.
II. Some singers have a flare for the dramatic. They like to make "entrances." Being on time bores them. They aren't showing up to work but rather to "perform." It's kind of like being fashionably late to a party. They want the tone of the room to change when they walk in.
It's cool. Whatever. Business as usual regardless.