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Re: Damn anklebittersThe best I've had was a job I had done for several years. It was an annual charity auction in the acoustically worst ballroom in the area. It's a royal pain to get any amount of decent sound in the room without problems with echo or feedback. We did the show for a number of years, and would bring in quite a bit of gear for the show. Well, one year, they got a new person in charge that freaked out at what we were charging, so they found someone that would do it 'cheaper' Cheaper being $300. I was charging $1500 for my services, which was pretty cheap for what I was bringing to try and help them out. Any way, a couple weeks before the event, they call me up and say that new guy was wondering what kind of equipment I used to make it sound good in that room, so he could do the same thing. I kindly told them that I could provide that sort of consulting to them, but they would have to pay for it. They didn't and the sound guy ended up bringing a pair of Peavey speakers on sticks. Nobody could hear a thing. The amount they lost on the auction that year was easily more than their 'savings' of not hiring a pro. Every once in a while, there actually is a dollar amount that can be put on hiring the cheap guys instead of the pros.
Re: Damn anklebitters
The best I've had was a job I had done for several years. It was an annual charity auction in the acoustically worst ballroom in the area. It's a royal pain to get any amount of decent sound in the room without problems with echo or feedback. We did the show for a number of years, and would bring in quite a bit of gear for the show. Well, one year, they got a new person in charge that freaked out at what we were charging, so they found someone that would do it 'cheaper' Cheaper being $300. I was charging $1500 for my services, which was pretty cheap for what I was bringing to try and help them out. Any way, a couple weeks before the event, they call me up and say that new guy was wondering what kind of equipment I used to make it sound good in that room, so he could do the same thing. I kindly told them that I could provide that sort of consulting to them, but they would have to pay for it. They didn't and the sound guy ended up bringing a pair of Peavey speakers on sticks. Nobody could hear a thing. The amount they lost on the auction that year was easily more than their 'savings' of not hiring a pro. Every once in a while, there actually is a dollar amount that can be put on hiring the cheap guys instead of the pros.
