somehow or another, i still feel compelled to write about this.
how can a school, providing tertiary education NOT have even a PA system, and want to run a charity carnival, WITHOUT budgeting for a proper PA system? That alone will ensure that on that day, chaos will be all over the place.
Okay, you’ve got a can-do-must-do behringer PMX, pretty fine, but you got no speakers, no proper mics and all!
do they even have a mic stand? i doubt it. Hell, even the tech support of the school don’t know what a mini to 1/4″ cable is! I mean…we can forgive bystanders for NOT knowing…but…a tech support? and the school don’t even have a mini to 1/4″ cable, one XLR cable for the wireless mic, speakons for the ceiling-mounted speakers, and…whoa…that’s it?
$350 for a basic PA system, inclusive of FOUR speakers IS A GREAT DEAL ALREADY. my God. you get that price, because Luther is a very generous man, and hell, ‘that is too expensive’…
so…$120/day for a pair of wharfdale passive speakers, inclusive of deliver, setup and teardown, THAT IS CHEAP. and if you don’t want to take it, i’m not going to help you guys out on that day.
So what if i’m the only person who knows how to operate and mix, or maybe the only one who bothered? i’m not PAID. so what if it’s for charity?
hard to understand why right? imagine going to a salon, and they use scissors meant for paper to cut your hair? or even better, asking you…do you have scissors?
even the best soundman, and i’m not even close to that, will have a shitload of problems handling a CARNIVAL without a proper or even decent PA system.
and imagine if the people from straits times come down, hey…thanks for holding a carnival, now i’m going to send down a whole media crew down to cover your event…
ehh…..no proper speakers? why the sound so horrible? why no technical support? why? why? why?
and if you want to do this for charity, at least budget out something okay…it’s FOR CHARITY. doesn’t the school management have a brain?
and some people can just come up to me and say…yeah…but it’s only for makign announcements and just play songs and letting people sing. $700odd dollars for two days is a bit too much…. * hellow….* reality check. market rate is $1200/day.
and if spending for a pair of speakers on each day is a bit too much…i’m going to say… thanks, but i’m not free to help out on that day. $300/day for a soundman, or at least pay me what i get for being a road crew. $7/hour. otherwise, i’m going to say, i’m no expert, i’m dumb.
i’m not being proud or anything, but…would a surgeon carry out an operation without proper equipments?
*sterile? $600 for a knife? but it’s ONLY going to be used to cut open skin what…that is a bit too much right?
bullshit.
if you don’t have the money, don’t organize the carnival. coz without a PA system, you’ll FLUNK. and maybe the management ought to think twice right?
a listed company…my ass.
bullshit doesn’t end there. should i email the owners of the school? wahha…will it be any good? i doubt it.
and that’s why, thank God for the really nice teachers and friends i have in school…otherwise…whahahahahah
