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<blockquote data-quote="Francesco Sgambellone" data-source="post: 19423" data-attributes="member: 347">Re: Speaking of VarsityActually Dave, the vendor was forced by the local site coordinator to get another system and hang it during the late afternoon. Funny enough they manged to hang almost twice as much as they brought initially and almost what was originally agreed to. I think it might have been easier to do it right the first time. It wasn&#039;t my idea but there was no way the promoter was going to pay for a burned up system. Especially when it is not what was agreed to. I don&#039;t mean to be a dick, but fair is fair.&nbsp; I have nothing against any sound vendor. I have no reason to. But if you aren&#039;t going to do the gig as you agreed to, you deserve what happens. Especially when you send less than helpful personel. Not only did they leave a guy in charge who didn&#039;t give a shit, he also allowed the engineers to wreck his system.&nbsp; How about that money spent. This isn&#039;t just from regional companies either. I have been run through the ringer with some very large companies overseas because I do not use them for regular touring when I am over there. The shitty gear is not what I am talking about. It is the level of service and civility you would come to expect at work. Because in the end, that&#039;s all it is, work. If any of these people ever worked anywhere else, they would be sacked. Luck of the draw had nothing to do with this. They said they would do one thing, they ignored all of it and did something else and then paid for it when the system melted down. &nbsp;As far as this gig goes, Vish isn&#039;t here. Ian Newton is mixing monitors. Vish is with Luis Miguel.&nbsp; &nbsp;Hey Bruce. How&#039;s things. You like that?&nbsp; This guy is gonna give me agita!!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Francesco Sgambellone, post: 19423, member: 347"] Re: Speaking of Varsity Actually Dave, the vendor was forced by the local site coordinator to get another system and hang it during the late afternoon. Funny enough they manged to hang almost twice as much as they brought initially and almost what was originally agreed to. I think it might have been easier to do it right the first time. It wasn't my idea but there was no way the promoter was going to pay for a burned up system. Especially when it is not what was agreed to. I don't mean to be a dick, but fair is fair. I have nothing against any sound vendor. I have no reason to. But if you aren't going to do the gig as you agreed to, you deserve what happens. Especially when you send less than helpful personel. Not only did they leave a guy in charge who didn't give a shit, he also allowed the engineers to wreck his system. How about that money spent. This isn't just from regional companies either. I have been run through the ringer with some very large companies overseas because I do not use them for regular touring when I am over there. The shitty gear is not what I am talking about. It is the level of service and civility you would come to expect at work. Because in the end, that's all it is, work. If any of these people ever worked anywhere else, they would be sacked. Luck of the draw had nothing to do with this. They said they would do one thing, they ignored all of it and did something else and then paid for it when the system melted down. As far as this gig goes, Vish isn't here. Ian Newton is mixing monitors. Vish is with Luis Miguel. Hey Bruce. How's things. You like that? This guy is gonna give me agita!!! [/QUOTE]

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