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Riders

Creating your first rider

Pick an artist name, a language, and the sections you want.

A rider is the document you send to a venue so they know exactly what you need — audio, stage, hospitality, catering, schedule, the whole thing. Plot makes writing one painless.

Start with three choices

When you hit New Rider, Plot asks for three things. That's it.

The create rider dialog with artist name, language, and rider type fields
Three small decisions, and you're in.

  1. Artist name

    Type the name exactly as you want it to appear on the cover and in the header. You can change it later, but getting it right now saves a pass.

  2. Document language

    Pick English or Norwegian. This is the language of the rider itself — what the venue reads. It's separate from the language you use Plot in. A Norwegian band touring in Germany will usually pick English here, even if their Plot interface is in Norwegian.

  3. Rider type

    Choose Technical, Hospitality, or Both.

    • Technical is audio, stage, Backline, Input List, lights — what your crew needs to do the show.
    • Hospitality is Dressing Rooms, Catering, drinks, towels, the human side.
    • Both combines them into one document. Most working artists use Both — one file, one send.

What you see after creation

A freshly created rider in the editor with a sensible set of default sections in the sidebar
Plot enables a starter set of sections based on the rider type you picked.

On the left, a sidebar lists every section Plot knows about — 28 in total. The ones relevant to your rider type are already enabled and ready to fill in. The rest are off, waiting.

If you picked Both, you'll see things like Schedule, General Requirements, Stage Requirements, Audio FOH, Audio Monitors, Input List, Backline, Dressing Rooms, and Catering turned on by default. If you picked Technical, hospitality sections stay off. You can flip any of them later in a click.

Autosave, always

You don't have a Save button and you don't need one. Every change is saved as you type. Close the tab, come back tomorrow, pick up where you left off.

A reasonable first pass

For a first rider, aim to fill in just these:

  • Schedule — load-in, soundcheck, doors, set, load-out times
  • Stage Requirements — stage size, power, PAX on stage
  • Audio FOH and Audio Monitors — the desk, the wedges, what you need for front of house
  • Input List — a row per input with mic/DI type
  • Backline — what the venue provides vs. what you bring
  • Dressing Rooms and Catering — if you picked Both

Skip the rest until you have something to put in it. You can always come back.

What's next

Once the rider exists, the real work is filling the sections in. Head to Writing and organizing sections for how the editor actually works.

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NextWriting and organizing sections