Recent content by Dessicant

You mean humans?

Auto-tuned garbage. There are no singers anymore.

I don’t know. Think you’ve been lucky. If I’m at a 300 person wedding running a $50 laptop, I’m going to be popping Xanax like jelly beans.

There is a unique and abiding pleasure that comes with buying and using the best gear. It is an end in itself. Plus, good gear is much more reliable and will not fail you in a pinch. A $400 laptop simply cannot be reliable. It will fail you. You will be unhappy. Your client will be unhappy.

True, we pick clients who like what we like, and clients pick us because we have demonstrated that we like what they like. I do this in real estate also. I tend to like and enjoy working with rational clients who are calm and objective and solve problems. Emos and excitables are rejected and...

I would charge $5,000 plus the cost of renting equipment. My rider would also include Perrier and Boost shakes. Of course I’m an entitled beotch, but...

Why would someone having an event in Atlanta bother with, and overpay, a non-celebrity DJ from New Jersey to spin some tunes? Answer: They wouldn’t, and probably won’t.

I buy very good equipment, even if it’s just for me. Do the same with tools, appliances, etc. So naturally, the gear I bring to an event is going to be overkill. I’m comfortable with that. I can rely on my stuff because you get what you pay for. Plus I bring backups of all the important stuff...

That’s not how I roll. I take at least 10-15 of the top songs requested by the bride, and I program a custom light show for those songs. I use Grand MA2. The 2 nodes alone are $4,000. My moving heads are $2,000 bucks a pop. 6 of those. My effect lights are $300/ea and I have 20 of them. That...

$1,000 minimum. And I’m a rank amateur. Equipment is expensive. Programming light shows is time consuming. Loading and unloading is a pain in the neck. And $1,000 just simply isn’t that much money anymore.

As time goes on and I get used to streaming Spotify, it gets quite addicting because it's so easy, so complete, and sounds good enough for PA speakers. Yes, you can have Internet hiccups so you need a basic collection on a hard drive for backup. But my personal collection of owned music is now...

I didn't feel targeted at all, nor should anyone else. Plus I am in a safe space and did not feel triggered. We are simply discussing a principle. Actually no one SHOULD give because of selflessness. Selflessness is actually non-existent, and would be an evil thing if it did exist. Everyone who...

Don't really enjoy when someone attacks others who give, claiming they give more or better. Very unseemly, very supercilious. People give however they can and to whomever they want. No one is better because they are on the monthly plan. Or the daily plan. And certainly I can find an issue with...

Agree with renting a pair, not a singleton. Rental generators can be flaky. Also, I would want generators with a sine wave output. Most are square wave, and that can be damaging to electronic gear.

You guys are too much. You all keep piling on this guy. Can't you see he's limited? It's almost kind of mean. He just comes here to relax and vent a little, and I don't believe I've ever seen him berate anyone. If he was a troll, I'd say crush him, but he seems like a nice guy. I think everyone...