FAQs
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I do have a certain level of continuing education that comes from an actual school. I'm in college for electrical engineering. Though it is indirectly related to music, it still relates to the electrical equipment that I use. I not only use my own equipment, but I also service my own equipment, and soon I will feature custom built equipment that I am currently working on. The personal continuing education that I do on a regular basis is both home practice; in operation, speaking, rehearsing, and planning. Not only that, but I stopped watching TV in order to listen to more music than the average person. I soon realized the TV was not helping me make money, but the radio was.
- Describe a recent project you are fond of. How long did it take?
This particular job that happened this past wedding season comes to mind. In all the past wedding receptions that I have worked with, the bride and the groom arrive freshly married from the cathedral that they came from or family's house etc, for their party. However this project was different. As is with all my events I work in advance with the clients to tailor their setup to their specific needs. This time though, there needs were extra special. Their ceremony was to be held in a courtyard down a hall and outside of where their reception venue was to be held. They needed sound support from my company for BOTH the outside and inside, with a portion of operation time overlapping, for people making their way from one area to the other. So this meant two separate machine setups. Outside ceremony music and wireless microphone support, and inside music support for cocktail hour while the outside machine was taken down and re-combined with the inside machine to re-support microphone and add power boost for the dance segment. All this took place while the inside machine was running. When the dance portion started both machines ran interconnected for the rest of the event. There was no loss of sound support during the entire twin venue event, and venue transfer occurred smoothly and seamlessly.
- What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?
Always try to shop around and verify the specific capabilities of the production specialist. Events are very customized, what one can do for one kind of event, may not be as capable with a different kind of event. For example, wedding receptions and ceremonies; typically require special wireless equipment that some of the competition does not have. Further more, the grade of the equipment is rather important, both in operating quality, and in physical appearance. Remember when you plan your event that nobody wants junk professionally photographed into the background while speaking their wedding vows into a broken microphone wrapped in masking tape.