The standout point of discussion
was how prepared I am. It wasn’t until a
visitor was so impressed that I realised how unusual this apparently is!
If you follow this blog, or any
of my other platforms you’ll have seen “Justin Case”. Justin is a tool box that goes to every
single gig, and contains all the essentials that might be needed – which includes
confetti, bottle openers, lighters, sewing kit, safety pins, tissues, plasters…well,
you get the idea!
What else?
The equipment comes in a large
flight case, so rather than only carrying what I think I might need – I carry
it all! Extra lights, lots of power
leads so that whatever the venue, I have the means to make it look good! The flight case also has a complete CD
player/mixer unit in it, so that at every event I have a back up mixer, back up
CD player.
As standard I use a radio
microphone – with a cabled back up – so that I can make announcements from anywhere
in the room (and of course I carry spare batteries!) and the microphone can be
used for speeches, by your own MC etc… There is also a sound monitor - Just In Case!
Recently I have started to use a
laptop for my music – but until I am 100% certain of the reliability of the system
I will continue to carry CD players (plus back up!) and CDs.
The van (Wolfgang) is covered by
breakdown cover, is always driven the day before an event and also carries a
tow rope and a battery charger – plus I have the 4x4 (Travis) for snowy days!
There is probably more – but I
don’t really plan my “just in case” – I just do it as a standard!
Personal – Passionate
– Professional
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