what would you do? (Job offer)

[LSD-Studio]

so I was offered a job as the house-tech for all the live stuff in this venue.
would be like 2-4 gigs a month, so it wouldn't really interfere with my usual studiojob and would get me a couple of hundreds extra each month.
so far so good.

no my problem is this:

the venue is concrete, steel and glass only (room for about 800 ppl or so) and the acoustics are as bad as they can be...the PA isn't strong enough to overpower the stagesound etc, you get the idea.

so the thing is that I think doing the job might actually be a very bad advertising for me since all the bands would think "that FOH-guy sucks, worst sound we've had" and I fear that could give my studio a bad reputation (or rather me as an engineer).

what would you do?

 

[smy1]

How much do they pay?

I'd only do it if it is worth the considerable risk of gaining a shitty rep ...

 

[LSD-Studio]

How much do they pay?

I'd only do it if it is worth the considerable risk of gaining a shitty rep ...

still to negotiate, won't do it for cheap though

 

[KeithRT99]

make it so they add acoustical treatment to the venue part of your contract if you can.

 

[slashvanyoung]

Take a cameo... pick up a mask and go as... SOUND-MAN!

No, srsly, I'd take the job!

 

[deanbailey]

yeah, get an alias like.... Tad.

hahaha

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

all the bands would think "that FOH-guy sucks, worst sound we've had" and I fear that could give my studio a bad reputation (or rather me as an engineer).

Everybody does that already (think you suck), so where's the problem?

 

[LSD-Studio]

Everybody does that already (think you suck), so where's the problem?

yeah, but that doesn't matter since most here won't be recording at my place anyway cause they know I stink

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Most here won't be recording at any place cause they think they can do it themselves thanks to this forum

 

[LSD-Studio]

Most here won't be recording at any place cause they think they can do it themselves thanks to this forum

that's fine, I don't have a POD or DFH anyway

but there's quite some talent here and ppl on this forum create great mixes! (it's recordings I wanna hear though)

 

[Nebulous]

Will there be a contract involved? If you can, give it a go for one or two gigs.

 

[LSD-Studio]

Will there be a contract involved? If you can, give it a go for one or two gigs.

Yes, will be their regular house-tech then.

Thing is that I already did FOH in that venue once that's why I know that it sucks ass and it's alost battle....
it's just nice to have an additional regular income

 

[Remy_5150]

I'd say fuck it, do it for the extra money...just let band know before the show that the acoustics of the building aren't the best, and you are doing the best you can with what you have...should be fine, it'll be worth the cash

 

[JBroll]

Don't sell yourself cheap, if you can't make it sound good don't give anyone the impression that you're making it sound bad.

Jeff

 

[RipShredmohr]

Does this place sell beer? People may not remember the sound so much anyway. If you can't make it sound good then the last guy couldn't either, so I'll bet most folks won't blame you for something so obvious. Go make some money and drink beer and buy more stuff for the studio.

 

[smy1]

Does this place sell beer? People may not remember the sound so much anyway. If you can't make it sound good then the last guy couldn't either, so I'll bet most folks won't blame you for something so obvious. Go make some money and drink beer and buy more stuff for the studio.

Haha, the cultural differences astound me once again!

Over here even youth centers sell beer to over 16year-olds

Oh, and Lasse, you could spend the money earned on the Apogee!

 

[LSD-Studio]

Haha, the cultural differences astound me once again!

Over here even youth centers sell beer to over 16year-olds

Oh, and Lasse, you could spend the money earned on the Apogee!

YES!

but I want it NOW!

 

[Metaltastic]

Honestly, I'm gonna go against the seeming majority here and advise some real caution on this - since I'm strictly at a hobbyist skill level with recording/engineering, the closest thing I can relate to this is my guitar playing; if someone gave me a terrible guitar with thin, brittle strings, a terribly high action, and a middle pickup (I absolutely cannot play with those goddamn things, my pick always hits/scrapes against 'em) and said they'd pay me a shitload to play it live, I really don't think I would, because I'd sound like (comparable) dog shit.