This Saturdays wedding is going to be a hot mess.
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There's really not much can be done. Just try as quickly as I can to get setup and do my job. As long as the couple knows it's not my fault their wedding isn't starting the time it should start. Shift the blame where it needs to be.
He for speakers only has a pair of Mackie Thumps. He used to have a pair of subs years ago. He sold them because of what happened some years ago. So he's using my speakers to do this weeding. For 250 people attending a wedding you will need some fire power.
how much is he paying to rent your gear??? and for your help for the evening
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Its a little high but this place rents 1 for $125 you are supplying two plus labor to move them and set them up and probably other gear
Its a little high but this place rents 1 for $125 you are supplying two plus labor to move them and set them up and probably other gear
A whole lot high compared to the place I deal with lol. Second row
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Gosh. It's like pulling teeth with you to get a complete answer. And what if he damages your equipment while using it? Uour not getting paid for the gig, so who takes care of the repair?
It won't get damaged. We both know what to do with gear. We know just because you're using a nice professional system does not mean you got to go crazy with it. Some DJ's think you got to go crazy loud with the volume trying to impress the crowd. All you're doing is distorting the sound making it sound horrible and possibly damage the gear.
You never know what could happen. Anything can fail at anytime. The building that your playing in could have a power surge from a storm or anything. I have seen complete systems damaged by unstable power sources. Good luck with the gig. Its very obvious that you dont't think past the tip of your nose.
Mixmasterdoitallforfree knows what he is doing people. He has more experience and is more successful then any of you. Please stop telling him what to do.
Hell, You don't even know how to hookup all of your gear. You definitely don't know what all of the settings and knobs control. Hell you didn't even know how to plug your ipad in to your controller, or how to hook into the bus system you were going to be playing on.
still didn't answer the question on how much you are getting paid to supply the equipment and labor
Mix I DJed a car show last Saturday. The event was called Cherry Valley Outdoor Sportmans event. The show was sponsor by the Stihl chainsaw corp. They added the car show to the event to attract more people. Well they had a DJ in the other field for the sportmans event
and he blew something, I don't know what a speaker, amp I don't know. He had to travel a hour 1 way and rent a 1000 dollars worth of equipment. The people who hired me told me he was doing that part of the event for nothing so what did he make
and he blew something, I don't know what a speaker, amp I don't know. He had to travel a hour 1 way and rent a 1000 dollars worth of equipment. The people who hired me told me he was doing that part of the event for nothing so what did he make
C'mon, Mix is special and really careful and has never had an equipment issue ... OH, except for the time he plugged in his MC6000 wrong and destroyed it.
Let me play along. What kind of gear was that DJ using and how was he using it. Was he using some cheap crap and didn't have enough to use. Then had to make up for what he was lacking, push the system to hard and blew something?
Mix don't know don't care the point is he did the event for FREE so it cost him $1000. This was told to me by the guys who were putting on the event
Mix whats the difference if he was using Bose JBL or QSC what ever it was it blew and it cost him money
The point is when you use top of the line gear it's highly unlikely you will damage something. Especially when you know what you're doing.