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<blockquote data-quote="Randy Frierson" data-source="post: 17148" data-attributes="member: 251">Re: State of the Industry 1/2011The problem is there are more of those sized gigs than say a Deluna Fest...I have a club in town that wants to pay $700 for 40 ch foh and 40 ch monitor and main pa and all that goes with that..i believe the supplier (one man and son operation) now has got the money up to $1000 but i cant touch that..I have never had a sales guy but think that i need one now, hopefully he will pay for himself...I thought that buy buying gear that was cheaper than Meyer that that would help but its the labor prices that keep my priced out of allot of gigs..even lighting which usually is a money maker is sucking....i have extensive back line but it sits as well....also im seeing clubs tell bands take what we can get affordable or dont play, so i have Profiles, 5D&#039;s and SD8&#039;s and my competition has M7&#039;s, we all know the M7 will get it done and in club world Pa is Pa...very sad</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy Frierson, post: 17148, member: 251"] Re: State of the Industry 1/2011 The problem is there are more of those sized gigs than say a Deluna Fest...I have a club in town that wants to pay $700 for 40 ch foh and 40 ch monitor and main pa and all that goes with that..i believe the supplier (one man and son operation) now has got the money up to $1000 but i cant touch that..I have never had a sales guy but think that i need one now, hopefully he will pay for himself...I thought that buy buying gear that was cheaper than Meyer that that would help but its the labor prices that keep my priced out of allot of gigs..even lighting which usually is a money maker is sucking....i have extensive back line but it sits as well.... also im seeing clubs tell bands take what we can get affordable or dont play, so i have Profiles, 5D's and SD8's and my competition has M7's, we all know the M7 will get it done and in club world Pa is Pa...very sad [/QUOTE]

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