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Re: Bids?When we are dealing with ticket sales and the expectations of the audience that come with it, it's easier to make a case for good production quality. For the civic events I am dealing with currently, there are no ticket sales, so no one really can complain except for the local bands that can't hear themselves in the monitors. If the same couple of companies have been doing the bulk of the local events for over 20 years, and the results (and gear) have been about the same for those 20 years, it's hard to fight. It's an uphill battle to tell someone that things have come a long way in 20 years. You have to show them.The (hopefully) clever solution I have come up with is to use my wife's local business as part of my bidding process. These events need sponsors. I have said that instead of payment, I will do sound and her business will be a sponsor. That way I'm not giving anything away, but get the opportunity to show them how far we've come in 20 years. If they don't want to pay next time, then fine. My wife still got the exposure that was part of her marketing strategy anyway.
Re: Bids?
When we are dealing with ticket sales and the expectations of the audience that come with it, it's easier to make a case for good production quality. For the civic events I am dealing with currently, there are no ticket sales, so no one really can complain except for the local bands that can't hear themselves in the monitors. If the same couple of companies have been doing the bulk of the local events for over 20 years, and the results (and gear) have been about the same for those 20 years, it's hard to fight. It's an uphill battle to tell someone that things have come a long way in 20 years. You have to show them.
The (hopefully) clever solution I have come up with is to use my wife's local business as part of my bidding process. These events need sponsors. I have said that instead of payment, I will do sound and her business will be a sponsor. That way I'm not giving anything away, but get the opportunity to show them how far we've come in 20 years. If they don't want to pay next time, then fine. My wife still got the exposure that was part of her marketing strategy anyway.
