Mel Botes Music One Man/two-piece Vocals, Guitars, Keys, Harmonica, Looper from Bach to Blues

MEL BOTES
4-Piece Band — Technical Rider

Line-Up
● Mel Botes — Vocals, acoustic & electric guitar
● Simon Orange — Keys & vocals
● Bass
● Drums
The band does not travel with a FOH engineer or crew. A house sound engineer is required.
Stage Plan Summary
Standard 4-piece layout, drums upstage centre, keys stage right, bass and guitar stage left, shared vocal mic front-of-stage centre. Full stage plot diagram available on request.

Position Setup
Stage left Bass Guitarist — bass amp + bass guitar (mono DI)
Stage left, centre Mel Botes — guitar amp; ac./elec. guitar & vocal at centre-front mic (shared with lead vocal position) alternative in ear monitoring
Upstage centre Drummer — drum kit, riser recommended, 2× drum-fill wedges
Stage right Simon Orange — keyboard rig (Nord Electro, Hammond SK2, synthesizer, all on own stands), vocal mic
Front of stage, centre Shared vocal mic (Mel) with 2× floor wedges either side
Channel / Input List
Ch. Instrument / Source Notes
1–10 Drums Mic'd kit —

The capacity, stage size, backstage area, sound engineer, directions, accommodation (if specified travel etc), soundcheck times, meals, allowances etc.

Yes, if the venue does not exceed 100 people and a basic lighting rig at the client's expense.

Yes, we’re happy to play music from Spotify before, after and between our sets. We’re happy to choose the music ourselves or let the client choose the music.

Yes, we can provide a production document with lighting cues, a script and technical information.

Sun City Superbowl, Fairtree Atterbury Theatre, Pretoria South - Africa, Swakopmund Indoor Sports Centre, Namibia, Barnyard Theatres, Nelson Mandela 46664 concert performing alongside Queen, Will Smith, Annie Lennox, Katie Melua.

Theatre Productions

I have 35 years' experience of playing in South - Africa, Mauritius, Mozambique, U.K. Ireland, Scotland, Holland, Switzerland, France, Austria, Germany and Italy. I started playing guitar in school and University playing gigs all over. I also played on the same line - up with Queen, Will Smith, I had the honor of meeting Brian May from Queen in London U.K. and performed for the Nelson Mandela show on the same stage as Will Smith, Queen, Katie Melua and more.

Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, JJ Cale, Syd Barrett, Jazz and Blues, Elvis, The Beatles, Ray Charles. Greatest song: While my Guitar gently weeps by George Harisson, Yesterday by Paul McCartney, some other of my favorite songs include High Hopes by David Gilmour and Dominoes by Syd Barrett.

We provide a very classy atmosphere.

We dress elegantly, well groomed, friendly and professional. We love playing our instruments and it shows.

"We normally arrive 2 hours before the performance to set up. We normally perform 3 x 45 minutes or 2 x 60-minute sets with 15 minutes breaks in between. We’re happy to play a bit longer or shorter but we’ve found that these set times suit us and our audiences best."

"We’re happy to play outside but we ask for shade, a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area."

"We can learn specific songs before the event but we usually limit this to 5 songs. The clients are welcome to pick a set list from our repertoire or let us choose the music for them." Protection elements i.e. dust and rain.

Exhilarating, passionate, on a different level. Depending on the gig and show we can adapt to the mood.

We are a professional duo with over 70 years of experience combined.

Yes, we can provide just acoustic music or electric music or a combination of both. And yes, as long as we have enough notification time we can prepare your specific song request.