The Sound Couple - Logistics Showdown! 

we have a local hall here in town where the freight elevator is in the back of the kitchen. They tried to tell us that we were going to have to use the stairs. I told them we were leaving and they could explain to the event organizers why we left. haha took them about 30 seconds to agree to us coming through the kitchen.

So Bart, have any of the speaker or PA companies approached you to license the B&S Slanted Speaker Saver yet? It's still a stupendously brilliant idea.

The record scratch was priceless lol. The little girls swinging each other around like MMA fighters was priceless too lol.

I've always said, DJ's and Live Sound Engineers are separate but equal professions. We can't do what they do, and they certainly aren't setup to do live sound for bands. Equal respect.

Nice, your assistant is brave wearing open toe sandals with all that heavy equipment lol God Bless!

I certainly have a lot of respect for DJs. Last November and December, I worked a 4 week run of corporate parties; I was sub-contracted for this job, and was working with a team of people I'd never met, let alone worked with before. I was working alongside an awesome DJ named Jay. He admitted he didn't know what to expect of me initially, having heard all sorts of horror stories about sound engineers being hard to work with. He and I worked together really well, and there's high chance we'll be doing it all again this year; we shared some long days and had lots of fun along the way. We each have our skills, and by teaming up we had a great run of events. Regarding your comments on gear; I agree 100%. As much as I love to go back to my roots and use an analogue board, I certainly don't miss lugging around huge racks of outboard and running out huge analogue multicores. While I do use multicores on stages to aid in keeping things tidier, I'm not running out hundreds of feet of it any more, and having a digital console all I need to run is a Cat5 and power to front of house if I have a front of house position, or just use my tablet. There's no way I'm going back to the old days. I can roll in with my gear and be set up in no time, and out even faster.

Great episode! Can't imagine how annoying that elevator fiasco (and the entire load in process at this space) was 😬

I'm a bit of a jack of all trades...I do production and sound for bands, play in a couple myself, and have been doing a surprising amount of wedding DJ gigs. No controller or anything, I curate and play a crossfaded playlist through a kick ass sounding system, and I have a neat little light rig with a couple cheap movers. It seems to be what a lot of folks are looking for out here in rural Iowa, and the fee is nothing to sneeze at.

Had a similar issue with a load out one time. The band were fantastic helping me or I would have been stuck. Bart you're great at relationships.

Good job Mr. DJ!

Wow - great mix - and with two loud amps (Fender Bandmaster 40w, Showman 85w) the guitar player kept stage volume under wraps. I owned both of those amps and never could use more than one - and sold the Showman because it was too loud for anything but outdoor shows. What is the red/silver folding X-stand table you have again? Can't remember the link - thanks!

Great job at staying calm. I would've used my compact RCF Evox Line arrays with a 18 in Sub for that crazy load in and small crowd LOL.

Have to agree about the backdrop - it defines the stage. I use to use a 300g/m2 fire retardant backdrop for our band gigs. I’m positive it helped with acoustics and made the stage look good. The bands would hang their banners in front of it. The down side was that you had to hang it from a truss and that meant more kit to cart around and set up which took time.

Thanks Bart for the video. An event also happened to me in a castle where there were no elevators. Stairs only. A feat not to be repeated. Well done Jed, a virtuous collaborator. Always a warm greeting from Gorizia, Italy. It's cold here and I play with a saxophonist in the casinos of nearby Slovenija. Minimal instrumentation and very low volumes.

2:53 HA! Sorry to laugh at your misfortune but that actually made me laugh. Also, good bit of editing there!

Great video. I was under the impression that you were going to use a DJ Controller and do some real-time mixes using that controller.

You are a WAY better man then me...... Once i swear off a venvue a tractor trailer full of 100's would NOT get me there. It has happened ( bad venue not the trailer full of $ LOL) to me, NEVER will I go back !

2:52 Haaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahhahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm old (59) and work alone. I have worked a similar venue near me that I refuse to return to. Why would you put yourself through all that extra work? And yes, todays gear is much better. I use QSC "K" series and a Midas M32C.

I'd guess there are plenty of young newlyweds who would love a dj like that Bart! Not everybody likes their reception filled with extra stuff like scavenger hunts and stuff. They just wanna party with their friends!

What a truly fascinating gig! While we surely missed Stacy, Jed stepped in and gave Bart the second set of hands he needed. I urge everyone who wants to maximize their professionalism to watch this video carefully in order to observe the numerous lessons Bart offers us.

Can each fixture on the 4 Bar Quad be assigned to a different channel? That is, 8 independently controlled lights for precise color mixing, etc? I'm starting to add lighting to my sound guy tool box and I am considering purchasing a pair of these quads, but only if they can do what I need them to do.

Olá, quase sempre, assim, local lindo, mais sempre esquecem do local de festa ser mais prático,para entrada de equipamentos, mais sempre se da um jeito, ótimo trabalho e saude para todos,