$25 an hour? Sure, I have a couple hours to spare...
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
October 26, 2017 4:32am CST
So I had a sound gig kind of sneak up on me.
Got a call yesterday from one of the other guys in town that does sound work. Seems he has to go out of town today, and needed someone to 'fill in' for him at a jazz band rehearsal out at the college this afternoon.
The equipment is already set up, I just need to sit and 'ride herd' on the mixer board for a few hours.
And since it is just a rehearsal and not a public performance, I don't have to worry about the actual sound going out through the main speakers to the theater, I just need to sit and perhaps adjust the two stage monitors for the band.
1 vocalist, two sax players, 1 trombone, 1 trumpet, 1 flute, piano, bass and electric guitar + a drummer.
And the college pays $25 an hour to whomever is 'running' the soundboard.
Which will be me. 
Jon did warn me that the students are pretty much 'amateurs' about sound, so I may get some weird questions from them, but if you pay me right, Scar will provide any answers you need. 
October is shaping up to be a fairly productive month for earnings. 
(I edited in a photo and short video from rehearsal)
Jon did warn me that the students are pretty much 'amateurs' about sound, so I may get some weird questions from them, but if you pay me right, Scar will provide any answers you need.
October is shaping up to be a fairly productive month for earnings.
(I edited in a photo and short video from rehearsal)
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30 responses
@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
What are you doing awake at 3 in the morning? I don't usually see you here at this time
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
26 Oct 17
That sounds exciting. But please familiarize your self with millennial speak. Many times, I am clueless about what they mean. And they frown. Sensitive, I get offended.
Nevertheless, psyche your self to a good $25 an hour. Student events are always fun. We could always say how silly they are for this thing and that, and then remember our good old days when we were as silly,
Have fun.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
26 Oct 17
@JolietJake Teach the children well. Your chance to do so. Our health might slowly go by. Ha ha. I must put quotations marks there.
Seriously, show them how to dream. With gadgets on hand all the time, they seem to have lost the dreams. Give them the fun.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
I'll just give them my patented "What the heck did you say?" look and go about whatever I was doing
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@ElusiveButterfly (45942)
• United States
26 Oct 17
Wow, that is good pay for doing something that you enjoy! Stash that cash for a rainy day!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45942)
• United States
26 Oct 17
@JolietJake winter is coming and it will be good to have a little nest egg stored for those unknowns that pop up.
Wish I could find a way to make a little extra this month. Heating season will soon be upon us.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
It's been a good month, I already made $450 and now I have this plus another $100 coming for sound work this weekend.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
It'll just be 2 hours max, it's only a rehearsal and the guy that normally does it had to go out of town
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
26 Oct 17
@JolietJake Congrats! That is great.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
Just got word that I am invited back for the Harvestfest at the local winery next year, that's a $300 weekend gig...that'll make my third year running sound at it
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@JudyEv (357273)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct 17
@JolietJake Come to think of it I'd want a lot more to be cleaning blocked toilets.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
Comparing the actual work involved...pushing a couple of sliders to control volume...it pays just fine
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@ChoukseyMK (1044)
• India
26 Oct 17
Wow you are great. You have skill and talent both it seems.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
26 Oct 17
congratulations, easy money is alwaua a good thing, spend it wisely.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
The only bad thing is I have to wait for the college to write a check
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@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
26 Oct 17
@JolietJake That is not so bsd. Now they have an agent I think my son's band will do better.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
I used to work exclusively with a 5 piece acoustic band, we split everything 6 ways...usually ended up with $50-$75 each from gigs
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
The college has some pretty top-of-the-line equipment, they overhauled their sound system a few years ago
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@lovebuglena (47102)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Oct 17
Wow! That's awesome. Hope it goes well.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
It went pretty smooth, I edited a photo and short video into the discussion body
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
Yep, just pushing a few slide controls will be all I have to do for it
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@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Oct 17
Scar is the unpaid assistant.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
Hi there, glad to see ya popped in to join us for a bit.
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@BarBaraPrz (49967)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Oct 17
Yay! 
What are you getting me for Christmas?
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@yanzalong (19040)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 17
You've got a great opportunity. Congrats!
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@JolietJake (50190)
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26 Oct 17
I've had a few others gigs out there, I've ran sound for a few productions at the theater, once when they did the musical version of 'Shrek' and once when they did the play M*A*S*H
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
26 Oct 17
That's great, I am really happy for you! =)
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
27 Oct 17
So what have you decided? Accepting it? I think this is a good deal. Something will come from sitting before the drums. Something will be paid for observing the synchronization of the music between the curtain and other instruments.
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@andriaperry (118747)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Oct 17
Way to go! And its all because you have made a good name for yourself, you have a good business reputation.
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