I took some pictures from yesterday's event in the park with my phone and can't load the pictures on to my PC. Some of the pictures are from the setup some guys brought in to celebrate my friends birthday celebration at the Handball Court in the park. His gear got caught in the rain on Thursday night at Washington Park in Downtown Newark, NJ. So some freinds brought in their system. I was told that he wanted them to bring everything they have. They decided to not do that. What they did bring was AWESOME! 6 JBL subs and 4 tops. The guy told me they have 10 JBL subs and 12 tops.
I mention this because they are the guys the organizer for Saturday's event was looking to have come in to enhance what we have. What we have is very nice. We could bring everything we have and we couldn't compete with the stuff they brought in the park. Never mind the other stuff they didn't bring. To power everything they had 2 QSC 4050 amps and one Crown amp. Too bad for some reason I can't get the pictures to come off my phone to my PC so all can see what we're talking about.
The guys decided to not help this guys event out once they found out how he operates. He claimed he doesn't have any money. So the plan was to get them to bring some gear for free. They decided no way! What was really wild is once they found out it was us who are doing the event he told me he wasn't looking to take away the event from us. He was actually surprised when he saw it was me helping out with the event. I was surprised when I found out it was these guys he was trying to run a game on.
Others here didn't understand my concern as to who he was planning to get enhance what we had. I was concerned because of the disaster he got almost 3 years ago. He tells my partner to forget about calling those guys and now I know the reason why. The deal with them fell through. I told the guy his aim was to try to either get us to bring more and not pay us more or have them to do it next year for the price we're doing it for or for less. I already know that wasn't going to happen. The guy is supposed to bring the money he is to pay us on Tuesday to my partners house. I told my partner I wasn't betting my mothers life on him showing up with thoney on Tuesday. Not worried about him paying us if it's on Tuesday or the day of the event. Just wanted to let others know how slim shady likes to conduct business. We agreed to do it this year so we will do it. We will see how things go this year and decide on next year. My plan is a price increase for our services for the same thing we plan on bringing this year. Not a big increase. A small one because we're doing a big favor doing this event for the price we're doing it for. A friend of mine said he wouldn't do it for the price we're charging him. If he wants us to bring even more next year there will be a decent size price increase in what we provide.
Simply put we can't keep giving him more for the same price we're charging him now and we certainly can't go any lower. I understand it's a community charity event in honor of their son. That's fine but we can't do what he wants which is either do the event for a cheaper price or for free. That's really what he wants us to do it for. The only person I could do this event for free is my best friend and that's because he was nice enough to let me store my first setup coming back in his basement for nothing and we've been friends for 51 years. We met in the 4th grade. He was 9 and I was 10. He's my hero even though he looks at me being his hero because I was able to keep my job for over 30 years. I had to keep my job because he wasn't going to take care of me. He had a wife and 3 kids to take care of. LOL. So that's it for now. Just got to remember to bring my camera on Saturday to make a gig report of the event this year. Hopefully I can get the pictures from my phone to post on here of the event yesterday. I know my partner would know how.
I mention this because they are the guys the organizer for Saturday's event was looking to have come in to enhance what we have. What we have is very nice. We could bring everything we have and we couldn't compete with the stuff they brought in the park. Never mind the other stuff they didn't bring. To power everything they had 2 QSC 4050 amps and one Crown amp. Too bad for some reason I can't get the pictures to come off my phone to my PC so all can see what we're talking about.
The guys decided to not help this guys event out once they found out how he operates. He claimed he doesn't have any money. So the plan was to get them to bring some gear for free. They decided no way! What was really wild is once they found out it was us who are doing the event he told me he wasn't looking to take away the event from us. He was actually surprised when he saw it was me helping out with the event. I was surprised when I found out it was these guys he was trying to run a game on.
Others here didn't understand my concern as to who he was planning to get enhance what we had. I was concerned because of the disaster he got almost 3 years ago. He tells my partner to forget about calling those guys and now I know the reason why. The deal with them fell through. I told the guy his aim was to try to either get us to bring more and not pay us more or have them to do it next year for the price we're doing it for or for less. I already know that wasn't going to happen. The guy is supposed to bring the money he is to pay us on Tuesday to my partners house. I told my partner I wasn't betting my mothers life on him showing up with thoney on Tuesday. Not worried about him paying us if it's on Tuesday or the day of the event. Just wanted to let others know how slim shady likes to conduct business. We agreed to do it this year so we will do it. We will see how things go this year and decide on next year. My plan is a price increase for our services for the same thing we plan on bringing this year. Not a big increase. A small one because we're doing a big favor doing this event for the price we're doing it for. A friend of mine said he wouldn't do it for the price we're charging him. If he wants us to bring even more next year there will be a decent size price increase in what we provide.
Simply put we can't keep giving him more for the same price we're charging him now and we certainly can't go any lower. I understand it's a community charity event in honor of their son. That's fine but we can't do what he wants which is either do the event for a cheaper price or for free. That's really what he wants us to do it for. The only person I could do this event for free is my best friend and that's because he was nice enough to let me store my first setup coming back in his basement for nothing and we've been friends for 51 years. We met in the 4th grade. He was 9 and I was 10. He's my hero even though he looks at me being his hero because I was able to keep my job for over 30 years. I had to keep my job because he wasn't going to take care of me. He had a wife and 3 kids to take care of. LOL. So that's it for now. Just got to remember to bring my camera on Saturday to make a gig report of the event this year. Hopefully I can get the pictures from my phone to post on here of the event yesterday. I know my partner would know how.