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  1. Please only apply if you have 10+ years' experience, own more than $40,000 in gear (which we won't insure), and don't mind not making enough to pay your mortgage, health insurance, auto loan, or grocery bills. Hey, we're an INDIE FILM! Don't you dig us?
  2. Hi Brent, Since I quoted you, I thought it was fair to say that my response was more to the overall philosophy that I saw inherent in your quote. Upon re-reading the rest of your post, I realized that you might mistake my response as being specifically to you. It wasn't it was directed more to people who say that we should just keep spending and spending with no limits. You seem to agree with this. Apologies and hope it's okay that I used the quote to illustrate my point.
  3. "Jasony -- First of all, we are already bankrupt as a nation -- and it ain't because of universal healthcare." With respect, this is the kind of reply I typically get. When a person goes through personal bankruptcy, the first step is to STOP SPENDING MONEY. On everything that doesn't immediately relate to subsistence (think minimum housing and food). Again, with respect, your solution above is akin to saying "as long as I'm bankrupt, I might as well charge up a few more credit cards!" I agree that the ongoing wars are and have been expensive and need to be addressed, but the proper solution to that is not "well, we've already spent ourselves silly on a war, so let's do it again on something else!". If, as you say (and I agree) that we are out of money as a country (which was different from my meaning of "bankrupt" in my post below, but that can pass for now), then how can the rational argument be to spend more money- stupendously more? Let's please look a few years down the road to the logical end of these arguments and figure out some rational, long-term, sustainable solution to this whole mess. And by "mess", I mean current spendcrazy fiscal policy of printing multiple trillions of dollars to throw at whatever large-scale issue du jour is popular (war, healthcare, bailouts, etc). Can't we all agree that the money will, MUST run out at some point?
  4. All this discussion reminds me of a comment I read somewhere online that seems to sum up so much of the healthcare debate lately: (paraphrased) "Even if it causes us to go bankrupt as a country, it is our moral responsibility to be sure every singe American citizen has health coverage" To which I always reply "and then what"? What happens when we ARE bankrupt, the producers can no longer produce, and the entire system falls apart because the country is bankrupt? Is a short term moral victory worth such a long term cost? I've never received a cogent response. Geeze, it sucks being an adult. Oh to be a teenager and be able to ignore all this junk.
  5. The Sherlock Holmes of the audio world. I love it. Is there any time that the smokestack or suspect equipment is not in operation (like Thanksgiving or Christmas?). I'm thinking you might get readings then to use as a reference/control for later. Doing this in the most scientifically acceptable way will help when you eventually go to the zoning board with your data. At that point, if they reject it, I'm thinking you might volunteer to sit outside each of their houses with a speaker and the recording of what your clients have to put up with.
  6. I'd like to think that if I got paid 20 million dollars for a movie, I would quietly try to 'share the wealth' a little bit with the cast. Maybe it's just because I see things from the other side of the talent/crew line, but wouldn't it be cool at the end of a production if you were in a position to give each of the 40 or so people on set every day ten or twenty grand? It'd be a drop in the bucket as far as your salary is concerned, but it would go a long way to showing your appreciation for the hard work of the people who allow you to charge so much. And, selfishly, it would probably pay long term dividends since your generous reputation would tend to encourage the very best work from these folks in the future. Anyone know of big stars that do this?
  7. I just did something similar this past summer. Reduced rate and points. I really liked the producer and director, so I don't much care if it works out or not- it was one of those "friend deals" we all do from time to time, but if it works I'll let you know. A friend of mine produced a children's album under the same arrangement. The album sold really well and he continues to get a decent check every quarter. Forever. Not bad.
  8. "your bad day can't make my day bad unless I let you." Good advice.
  9. After my experience working with many, many University of Texas film school students (and grads), I have been sorely tempted to march into the film department and tell them off for stealing their student's tuition while not preparing them for real production work. The quality of student (with regard to sound knowledge) coming out of UT is appalling. I even thought of offering to teach a sound class at UT for free (I'm an accredited teacher), but decided it was up to the market to correct UT's blind spots. This really got me riled on a recent shoot when the UT graduate didn't display even the most perfunctory knowledge of production sound (typical "just point the mic at it from 10 feet away and hope for the best" approach we've all seen). If I were in charge of UT I would be ashamed.
  10. Great story, Andre! Although I'm getting green just reading it.
  11. "Mastering Documentary in high end mastering facility in central Hollywood. " Translation: I have decided to spend the money on a facility that will not negotiate their rates, so I am asking you to negotiate yours instead. Tell your mortgage company that you'll pay them in those neato "movie credits"
  12. "That doesn't sound like them... what did they tell you at Trew(sales) and/or Remote Audio (manufacturer) when you contacted them about the problem, which apparently wasn't there when you tested them out before going out on the gig where they were needed, but failed " I didn't bother to call them since they were both out of warranty. Do you think I should? I'm pretty literal when it comes to warranty stuff, and these were plainly out. They didn't fail right away, but after about a week of use. I started getting cut-out on the right channel and traced it to the cable, so I switched to the other cable... only to have the same issue with it after a few days. I did have spares, but I had to go XLR to XLR and avoid the TA3 port altogether. All in all a very frustrating experience, but I haven't talked to Trew about it simply because I don't want to look like I'm trying to replace an old cable. Shouldn't have bought them so far ahead of the gig. Jason
  13. I had two of those TA3 to dual XLR cables made by Trew to work with my 302. They BOTH failed. In the middle of a 2 week shoot. I was very frustrated that they both let me down. Both were, of course, off of warranty. I had purchased them long before and stuck them on the shelf, so they weren't failing due to use, but due to simple bad design or poor workmanship, but since they were out of warranty I am out the $80 they cost. Stupid and useless. I've always been impressed with Trew's stuff, but in this case I can't recommend them. Ick.
  14. A few weeks ago I pulled a 17 hour day, got 90 minutes of sleep (due to horrible insomnia) and then worked a 15 hour day. Slept like the dead for 12 hours after that one.
  15. How'd you feel starting the third gig? Any hallucinations or other weirdness?
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