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- From: chrisc@gold.gvg.tek.com (Chris Christensen)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.pro
- Subject: Re: Turning pro - getting an audio-related job
- Message-ID: <5762@gold.gvg.tek.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 18:13:13 GMT
- References: <85436@ut-emx.uucp> <5752@gold.gvg.tek.com> <Dec22.150204.27936@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
- Lines: 33
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- In article <Dec22.150204.27936@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- gw214790@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Galen Watts) writes:
- >In article <5752@gold.gvg.tek.com> chrisc@gold.gvg.tek.com
- (Chris Christensen) writes:
-
- (text edited)
- Discussion on a real bad sound jobDiscussion on a real bad sound job...
-
- >Sounds like a good time to pull the main breaker.
-
- >We don't even get out of bed without a contract that includes a 50% deposit
- >for "risky" gigs. The system doesn't go out of mute without full payment
- >in advance, and it must be cash/cashier's check, unless we're working with
- >a previous client or really good friends.
- >If we do a band that may be destructive or we may lose a crew, we also get
- >a damage deposit that we keep if anybody throws something or we don't get a
- >full loadout crew.
- >The sound business can be fun, but it is a BUSINESS, and you have to stand
- >firm on your rules or people will run all over you.
-
- All the above is good sense but this specific job was negoiated in
- good faith by my former business associate. The other problem was
- that there was the two of us and a room full of head bangers. I was
- unwilling to risk any other damage to equipment or person by pissing
- off the house......
-
- I have little problem doing my business as a business and I am much
- pickier these days. This was one failure out of many years of doing
- business.
- --
- Chris Christensen The opinions I express are my own,
- chrisc@gold.gvg.tek.com and sometimes they are wrong!
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