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<blockquote data-quote="Tim Duffin" data-source="post: 43142" data-attributes="member: 400">Re: Getting the gig. Where did it all start?The real answer is:You BUY your way in.&nbsp; You start with 3 million dollars (that you either earned from a real industry or inherited) and simply buy an expensive sound system.&nbsp; Like it or not, &quot;doing sound&quot; at a regional/international level is nothing more than simply having excess cash up front.&nbsp; Most likely, every large sound company you can think of had some &#039;x&#039; factor that you do not.&nbsp; More often than not, the &#039;x&#039; factor is simply lots of money from somewhere else.&nbsp; Talent is often not required as you can simply buy that too.&nbsp;All of the major sound companies in northern California who do national/international events do so because their owners were previously independently wealthy from other industries or inheritances.&nbsp; It also helps if your family is friends with many of the owners of venues who book you based solely on your family ties.In the united states, we love to believe in the &quot;myth of the garage&quot;, that is, a person can start a business from their garage and build a massive empire and eventually take over the world.&nbsp; In reality, that never happens.&nbsp; Most people are successful because they were born into it or just happened to be in the right place at the right time through no independent action on their part at all.So, if you are asking &quot;how can I become a regional sound company that tours with the biggest bands in the industry&quot;, you can&#039;t.&nbsp; It happens by chance, and chance favors the few.&nbsp; I can provide you a list of all of the major northern California sound companies who went out of business thinking that they could get around this commonly accepted fact.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim Duffin, post: 43142, member: 400"] Re: Getting the gig. Where did it all start? The real answer is: You BUY your way in. You start with 3 million dollars (that you either earned from a real industry or inherited) and simply buy an expensive sound system. Like it or not, "doing sound" at a regional/international level is nothing more than simply having excess cash up front. Most likely, every large sound company you can think of had some 'x' factor that you do not. More often than not, the 'x' factor is simply lots of money from somewhere else. Talent is often not required as you can simply buy that too. All of the major sound companies in northern California who do national/international events do so because their owners were previously independently wealthy from other industries or inheritances. It also helps if your family is friends with many of the owners of venues who book you based solely on your family ties. In the united states, we love to believe in the "myth of the garage", that is, a person can start a business from their garage and build a massive empire and eventually take over the world. In reality, that never happens. Most people are successful because they were born into it or just happened to be in the right place at the right time through no independent action on their part at all. So, if you are asking "how can I become a regional sound company that tours with the biggest bands in the industry", you can't. It happens by chance, and chance favors the few. I can provide you a list of all of the major northern California sound companies who went out of business thinking that they could get around this commonly accepted fact. [/QUOTE]

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