I need to say first I didn't put this thread under a gig report because the camera I took pictures with is in the van and I'm still sick. I will go out later to get the camera. It's very early in the morning.
So did this bridal shower yesterday. The client found out from another member of the fellowship that I'm a DJ and got my number. Called me on Friday about doing their bridal shower on Sunday. We were available and I agreed to do the event. Price was agreed upon and it was a go. Got the venue address and late Friday night I went out to get something from the store for my cold. I went to the venue to check it out since I had never been there before. This venue has 3 rooms and I thought the event was to take place in the big room. That wasn't the case. We were in the 2nd room which was smaller. So I thought we needed to bring a sub. It was in the van just in case which was a good thing since this was our first time there.
The event went very well. Now no issues with us getting things setup for the event. The client told me the event was to start at 4 pm and it was scheduled to start at 4:30 pm. I was setup before 4 PM. So we were fine. The issue is the guy didn't come to open the venue till 3 pm which put the people setting up the room behind. The venue and the room was nice with a bunch of nice lights in the ceiling including uplights. They did that to avoid anyone messing with the lights.
The problem I saw was that the people attending the event setting up the decorations in the room had to setup the tables and chairs in the room first before putting on the table clothes and chair covers. Then setup the special chair for the lady who the bridal shower was for. I say the people who work there should have had the tables and chairs setup ahead of time before the people coming in to decorate the room for the event. That was plain tacky to me. The client is renting the space in this venue to have the event. The people who work there should have taken care of the tables and chairs.
So that pushed things behind so the event couldn't start exactly at 4:30 pm. The event went very well in spite of that issue. It went to 9 PM instead of 8:30 pm. I played music while the people setup the room. No big deal. I kept the volume low but eventually had to turn it up because the event in the big room with the setup the DJs brought in was drowning me out. Nothing I could do about that.
The system in the other room consisted of 9 QSC subs and 4 QSC double 15 tops. It was for a big event with strippers and people smoking out of a hookah. It was wild. So had to put up with the sound in the next room. I just had the 2 Yamaha DSR 115's I used and that was enough for that room.
Not a lot of crazy dancing but all the women enjoyed themselves. Got a nice compliment by a lady at the end and she took a business card. So all in all the event was a success and I had a great time as well doing my job. I will post a few pictures later when I get the camera out the van. Too tired to worry about that last night. Very nice weekend doing back to back events and the money was nice as well.
At the end the lady paid through Cash app. She said that's how everyone pays today. I just got setup for that and waiting on my card to come. I'm old school. Just pay me with cash and be done with it. Just got to adjust to the new way of doing business. UGH!
So did this bridal shower yesterday. The client found out from another member of the fellowship that I'm a DJ and got my number. Called me on Friday about doing their bridal shower on Sunday. We were available and I agreed to do the event. Price was agreed upon and it was a go. Got the venue address and late Friday night I went out to get something from the store for my cold. I went to the venue to check it out since I had never been there before. This venue has 3 rooms and I thought the event was to take place in the big room. That wasn't the case. We were in the 2nd room which was smaller. So I thought we needed to bring a sub. It was in the van just in case which was a good thing since this was our first time there.
The event went very well. Now no issues with us getting things setup for the event. The client told me the event was to start at 4 pm and it was scheduled to start at 4:30 pm. I was setup before 4 PM. So we were fine. The issue is the guy didn't come to open the venue till 3 pm which put the people setting up the room behind. The venue and the room was nice with a bunch of nice lights in the ceiling including uplights. They did that to avoid anyone messing with the lights.
The problem I saw was that the people attending the event setting up the decorations in the room had to setup the tables and chairs in the room first before putting on the table clothes and chair covers. Then setup the special chair for the lady who the bridal shower was for. I say the people who work there should have had the tables and chairs setup ahead of time before the people coming in to decorate the room for the event. That was plain tacky to me. The client is renting the space in this venue to have the event. The people who work there should have taken care of the tables and chairs.
So that pushed things behind so the event couldn't start exactly at 4:30 pm. The event went very well in spite of that issue. It went to 9 PM instead of 8:30 pm. I played music while the people setup the room. No big deal. I kept the volume low but eventually had to turn it up because the event in the big room with the setup the DJs brought in was drowning me out. Nothing I could do about that.
The system in the other room consisted of 9 QSC subs and 4 QSC double 15 tops. It was for a big event with strippers and people smoking out of a hookah. It was wild. So had to put up with the sound in the next room. I just had the 2 Yamaha DSR 115's I used and that was enough for that room.
Not a lot of crazy dancing but all the women enjoyed themselves. Got a nice compliment by a lady at the end and she took a business card. So all in all the event was a success and I had a great time as well doing my job. I will post a few pictures later when I get the camera out the van. Too tired to worry about that last night. Very nice weekend doing back to back events and the money was nice as well.
At the end the lady paid through Cash app. She said that's how everyone pays today. I just got setup for that and waiting on my card to come. I'm old school. Just pay me with cash and be done with it. Just got to adjust to the new way of doing business. UGH!
