This event was yesterday in Branch Brook Park in Newark, NJ. This was the event people on here said I should be the DJ, even though he only wanted to pay $250 for the DJ to do the event. You're to be there at 10am to setup and the event isn't over till 7:30 pm. 9 1/2 hours and he thought he could get me to do it for that price. My partner did it last year for that price and it was a mess for a reason. He wanted it to be that way so hye could get him to see if he wants better he needs to spend a little more money.
We were only asking for $50 more this year and he said he could get anybody to do it for that price. My understanding is he was supposed to have someone else do it but they backed out. That persons name was on the flyers. My guess is they backed out because of the low pay.
This event is the 11th year for this event. It's a memorial for him and his wife's son that died from cancer 2 days after his 12th birthday. It's a fund raiser that the city of Newark has fund set aside each year to put on this event. Others donate to this event. So he doesn't have to come out of his pocket to get it done. Unlike the lie he told yesterday.
So because he didn't want to spend a little more money he got what he got and it was a hot mess. The 2 DJs were good at mixiong music but the sound was a big mess. The speakers were all Yorkville. 2 of the 801p subs. Possibly non powered. The tops were definitely non powered. They had things screaming! The sound was distorted due to them pushing the speakers too hard. Which means they didn't have enough power for it to sound right. So they had to push the speakers beyond the point that they should have been pushed so that the sound was good and not too harsh.
At one point the highs in one of the tops cut out and in a few minutes came back on. I think they were having problems with the mixing board they were using. They had a nice rack with a QSC and Crown amp inside. Besides the speakers kept cutting in and out, they had the same issue with the mics. They kept cutting in and out. Just a plain mess. My partner stayed there for a few minuets and decided to walk home. I didn't get there till after 3 pm. I stayed there till the end.
You got to see one of the pictures I took of the wire coming out of the speaker and then you will understand why it was a hot mess. At the end the guy came up to me and here was his exact words. That was bull shit. Now he wanted to know how much for us to do it next year. We already discussed the price that we would do it for. It's worth much more then that but we're being fair with the guy since it is a fund raiser. I told him $350 and he quickly shook my hand. He didn't even hesitate because he knows with me being a part of it next year it will be tight to the right and not anything like the mess he got this year!
We were only asking for $50 more this year and he said he could get anybody to do it for that price. My understanding is he was supposed to have someone else do it but they backed out. That persons name was on the flyers. My guess is they backed out because of the low pay.
This event is the 11th year for this event. It's a memorial for him and his wife's son that died from cancer 2 days after his 12th birthday. It's a fund raiser that the city of Newark has fund set aside each year to put on this event. Others donate to this event. So he doesn't have to come out of his pocket to get it done. Unlike the lie he told yesterday.
So because he didn't want to spend a little more money he got what he got and it was a hot mess. The 2 DJs were good at mixiong music but the sound was a big mess. The speakers were all Yorkville. 2 of the 801p subs. Possibly non powered. The tops were definitely non powered. They had things screaming! The sound was distorted due to them pushing the speakers too hard. Which means they didn't have enough power for it to sound right. So they had to push the speakers beyond the point that they should have been pushed so that the sound was good and not too harsh.
At one point the highs in one of the tops cut out and in a few minutes came back on. I think they were having problems with the mixing board they were using. They had a nice rack with a QSC and Crown amp inside. Besides the speakers kept cutting in and out, they had the same issue with the mics. They kept cutting in and out. Just a plain mess. My partner stayed there for a few minuets and decided to walk home. I didn't get there till after 3 pm. I stayed there till the end.
You got to see one of the pictures I took of the wire coming out of the speaker and then you will understand why it was a hot mess. At the end the guy came up to me and here was his exact words. That was bull shit. Now he wanted to know how much for us to do it next year. We already discussed the price that we would do it for. It's worth much more then that but we're being fair with the guy since it is a fund raiser. I told him $350 and he quickly shook my hand. He didn't even hesitate because he knows with me being a part of it next year it will be tight to the right and not anything like the mess he got this year!
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