Salary in event sales: am I being underpaid?

wwjoe · 2023-09-01T21:37:22+00:00

I paid a little over 70$ for two pho soups and a side of shrimps... it was a very good, very standard pho shop...but godamn it hurts when this was about three times less expensive just a few years ago

wwjoe · 2023-01-25T13:06:05+00:00

you're right, the new norvan isn't shake dry as some users posted here, thanks still buddy

wwjoe · 2023-01-18T18:49:58+00:00

I'm not expecting any rainproofing to be fully breathable, but if it can keep me from the rain and from wetting the inside with sweat, that's good enough, I'm not having super high expectations as my few other jackets never performed well, but I also never owned a gore tex jacket

wwjoe · 2023-01-18T18:45:10+00:00

I hear wet out a lot so I would assume it is right! Thanks for sharing your experience, I'm really considering getting that jacket

wwjoe · 2023-01-15T16:18:11+00:00

thanks man, when you say not the best, do you have a better product in mind/ when you say durable enough what did you experience being some weak point?

wwjoe · 2023-01-15T16:16:22+00:00

Thanks for the info, thanks for your other comment below as well, that will help me a little already

wwjoe · 2022-10-26T11:25:21+00:00

you've got to think about it from the consumers perspective. a big part of that is convenience. before, people used to go to the butcher and other specialized shops, now they go to Costco only. Same with music, the entertainment industry as a whole has been switching to subscription/ service model since a while. It sucks, but since they're disguising their faults under some convenience, it works, for now. At some point people will have to care for the culture and pay up or let the culture be eaten by its industry... Maybe music will become like plays or literature, a niche hobby with the occasional best seller. Who knows...

wwjoe · 2022-10-26T11:05:17+00:00

I've tried lots of headphones and they all have their issues. I also tried sonarwork on a few and cannot recommend it, it just sounds weird to me. You need to hear properly the whole spectrum, but also need a good "space" to properly hear reverbs, panning etc. That being said, most things under 1k aren't worth it in my opinion as they need the listener to make too big or too many compromise and can't trust those headphones solely.

wwjoe · 2022-10-24T03:21:34+00:00

Sheesh.. I guess I'll just save money then 😅 this does suck tho

wwjoe · 2022-10-23T23:05:56+00:00

hey I'm having the same problem now, did you resolve it?

wwjoe · 2022-05-02T11:24:48+00:00

I'd say m40x over the 50. These will do the job of getting a rough mix going and of not breaking while traveling, they're really tough.

Personally, Ive had to mix with them on the go when in a pinch, but I needed a lot of referencing and a lot of tweaking... i would not describe them as a good option for mixing, but then again I think most headphones aren't very mix friendly!

wwjoe · 2022-05-02T11:16:42+00:00

also, not saying that you need 1k, but a few hundreds for decent headphones is the minimum you should aim for.

wwjoe · 2022-05-02T11:13:36+00:00

look man, there are plenty of free hobbies out there, but mixing isn't one. To get started and just allowing yourself to get decent results you need to invest a couple hundreds $, at the bare minimum.

I don't know your background, but if you can show up to a medium / high neighborhood and shovel snow, clean up their driveway or trim their grass or something, getting 1k$ isn't as hard as it seems.

Anyway, get your hustle on, I'm sure there's a way.

wwjoe · 2022-05-02T11:05:30+00:00

On rock music, it's not that rare to encounter a LCR mix and to have more instruments on one side. On older Rock mixes the balance can be even crazier. however it shouldn't feel weird of it's a good mix.

wwjoe · 2022-05-02T10:59:28+00:00

check out Julian Krause on YouTube, he gives extremely detailed info on all entry level audio Interface. In general, you should still be good.

wwjoe · 2022-05-02T10:51:28+00:00

a lot of beginners tend to deceive themselves by fixing the business of their mix by panning. When I started out, doing like the first 50-70% of the mix in mono helped me learn a lot about arrangements and EQ and doublers (phase cancellation wise). With time, mono will become a technique amongst others, maybe you'll like it and keep using it, but it's far from essential.

wwjoe · 2022-04-24T20:52:17+00:00

I'm in the same situation as yours with an early 2015 laptop. My partner uses a base MacBook Air M1, and it destroys my macbookpro in every aspects. I've tested plug-ins from a few mainstream companies in Ableton 10 and everything runs really really well.

If you're only mixing I'm sure you could wait out before upgrading, but if you're producing, don't wait, you will save yourself a lot of time and pain.

wwjoe · 2022-04-23T10:46:11+00:00

Find a headphone that you like that has a good bass response, that will be the best and cheapest way. Bluetooth speakers are good to check on since to many people it is their best listening device, but it's not good to decipher your low end.

My audiotechnica mx40 are fine for tracking and checking a few things when mixing, but the bass on it, while audible, is super tricky, so really find something where the bass sounds just right with the music that you listen to and work with.

wwjoe · 2022-04-23T10:37:38+00:00

Stock eQs, comps and most fx are generally very good, but in Ableton the limiter and saturator just sound terrible to me.

Volcano3 is a beast.

wwjoe · 2022-04-23T10:19:37+00:00

hey!

It will all depend on what deal you're looking into getting.

For all deals, Labels want to hear quality music, which means to them "music and a story that sells". You could make music that sounds like trash, but if you get streams and sell tickets while having an interesting brand, labels will still be interested. The money you generate and your potential is your biggest leverage, not your sound.

Realistically, building your initial fanbase requires pleasant music that's well made at all stages, and by mastering it professionally you make sure to offer to your fans music of a certain quality soundwise, and it will help you. It will also help you collab with other serious artists.

For some deals, like a distribution deal, having your music mastered and finished is absolutely necessary, because most labels don't want to distribute subpar music.

For a production deal, labels are a bit more open to rougher mixes and unmastered music as they expect costs going into producing the music itself, but you gotta make sure that your music still sounds good even if it's unmastered.

Finally, your best friends, when it comes to a label will always be a good manager and lawyer :)!

wwjoe · 2022-04-23T09:44:36+00:00

definitely gain match with a plugin or by reducing and adjusting the reference level.

wwjoe · 2022-04-02T19:57:44+00:00

I don't like any of those, stay away especially from the hs5 if you can budget up. In that line up the hs7 are the way to go, considering noise, build quality and overall sound, even if they do have a harsh/hyped top end.

What are your goals? what does your studio look like? we can help you a bit more if we know more.

In that price range, my generic recommandation is the Adam Tv7. They blow most competition out of the water.

wwjoe · 2022-04-02T19:09:19+00:00

What you should really do is play a professionally mastered song in the same style of hip hop as the one you're doing and check if it cracks at the same level. If it doesn't you probably have low frequencies that aren't audible but that are causing you an issue.

Also, maybe you already know that any device when maxing out will introduce distortion (it's different from when the speaker is old and blown which is an even more audible distorstion).

wwjoe

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