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[Matt Collins]

So you're calling occasionally having to carry an amp on stage hard labor? I did this early on in college and helped set up and break down the entire set--never once did I consider it "hard labor."

I assure you that you haven't done shows sized like the shows that I do on a regular basis.

 

[Matt Collins]

By the way, constantly saying "you don't know what you're talking about" is hardly making a case for yourself.

There is an old saying, although I can't recall it specifically, but it goes something like 'if you waste your time arguing with a fool, it makes you one too' or something like that. That premise is why I don't bother engaging you in meaningful discussion most of the time. And no, I am not calling you a fool. I am however pointing out that analogy applies.

 

[BAllen]

Using a whole lot of aspirin on a regular basis is really godawful. It is likely to catch up to you.

 

[Matt Collins]

Perhaps if you start working higher class gigs (jazz, classical, etc) you won't have these sort of problems.

Yeah, sometimes it works like that sometimes it doesn't.

I once got paid $550/day in a 5 star hotel once to sit next to the digital console for a week and make sure the guest engineers knew how to use it. I have recently had a gig that lasted over 30 hours from load-in to load-out and the "crew" consisted of barbacks for a major festival type of setup. They gave up and left after hour 6 leaving me and a couple of other guys to do the rest.

Obviously I prefer the cush gigs, but sometimes the cards don't fall that way.