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Making the next step in the PA biz... Let's hear your thoughts
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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Manchester" data-source="post: 73828" data-attributes="member: 82"><p>Re: Making the next step in the PA biz... Let's hear your thoughts</p><p></p><p>The hard part about getting into that "next level" is you have to devote your time 100% to the business. When I was just doing bar gigs in college, I could go to class until 4:00 on Friday, go home, eat dinner, load up and head to the gig and come home with cash in my pocket. </p><p></p><p>My days now usually start with an 8:30AM phone call from a client, followed by 2 hours on my laptop handling invoices, cross rentals, etc. At that point I head to my shop for another 6 hours and assemble racks, fix cables, build carts and cases. Then I head home and solder cables in front of the TV for another hour or two. It seems like the larger the scale of business gets, the amount of shop work increases exponentially. You also spend a lot of time tracking down esoteric equipment, you can't just walk into guitar center and grab a 75' L21-30 power cable on the way to a show. </p><p></p><p>If I were in your position, I would keep the bar gigs your local guys can handle and just take in that cash. Get really good at negotiating contracts and finding out who the next up and coming clients are before your competition can sweet talk them. You can do all this from your tour bus and laptop. It's a lot less stressful than trying to assemble a 4888 amp rack the night before a gig because your flight home from the all time low tour got postponed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Manchester, post: 73828, member: 82"] Re: Making the next step in the PA biz... Let's hear your thoughts The hard part about getting into that "next level" is you have to devote your time 100% to the business. When I was just doing bar gigs in college, I could go to class until 4:00 on Friday, go home, eat dinner, load up and head to the gig and come home with cash in my pocket. My days now usually start with an 8:30AM phone call from a client, followed by 2 hours on my laptop handling invoices, cross rentals, etc. At that point I head to my shop for another 6 hours and assemble racks, fix cables, build carts and cases. Then I head home and solder cables in front of the TV for another hour or two. It seems like the larger the scale of business gets, the amount of shop work increases exponentially. You also spend a lot of time tracking down esoteric equipment, you can't just walk into guitar center and grab a 75' L21-30 power cable on the way to a show. If I were in your position, I would keep the bar gigs your local guys can handle and just take in that cash. Get really good at negotiating contracts and finding out who the next up and coming clients are before your competition can sweet talk them. You can do all this from your tour bus and laptop. It's a lot less stressful than trying to assemble a 4888 amp rack the night before a gig because your flight home from the all time low tour got postponed. [/QUOTE]
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