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<blockquote data-quote="Raul Suarez" data-source="post: 43163" data-attributes="member: 392">Re: Getting the gig. Where did it all start?Certainly there are those that have in the past and do &quot;buy their way in&quot;, starting with a large or substantial nest egg.&nbsp; I can think of several over the decades.&nbsp; Some with cash from ill gotten gain, so to speak.&nbsp; These have usually been poorly run bad business models that flashed in the pan.&nbsp; They had bright shiny new gear and dropped market prices to enter.&nbsp; Cash flow usually has caught up and away they went.Speaking for myself (and others in Northern California that I am aware of) we certainly did not.&nbsp; Our company was started with $1800 and decades of hard work and personal sacrifices.&nbsp; Yes the $1800 was an inheritance, but I hardly think it qualifies as buying your way in.&nbsp; Even back then, it was only enough for a small part of a small system.&nbsp; I believe that purchase 3-used Phase Linear amps (2-400&#039;s and 1-700) and 2-EAW single 15&quot; Forsythe bass cabs with Gauss woofers.The old sound guy joke is &quot;How do you get $2 million dollars in the sound business&quot;, answer: &quot;Start with $3 million&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raul Suarez, post: 43163, member: 392"] Re: Getting the gig. Where did it all start? Certainly there are those that have in the past and do "buy their way in", starting with a large or substantial nest egg. I can think of several over the decades. Some with cash from ill gotten gain, so to speak. These have usually been poorly run bad business models that flashed in the pan. They had bright shiny new gear and dropped market prices to enter. Cash flow usually has caught up and away they went. Speaking for myself (and others in Northern California that I am aware of) we certainly did not. Our company was started with $1800 and decades of hard work and personal sacrifices. Yes the $1800 was an inheritance, but I hardly think it qualifies as buying your way in. Even back then, it was only enough for a small part of a small system. I believe that purchase 3-used Phase Linear amps (2-400's and 1-700) and 2-EAW single 15" Forsythe bass cabs with Gauss woofers. The old sound guy joke is "How do you get $2 million dollars in the sound business", answer: "Start with $3 million". [/QUOTE]

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