Newbies: If you had no choice but to bring 25kg's every gig, would you bother ?

[deevey]

pfff, what an enormous presumptuous topic this is. Well, good for you, how cool you are... Wow, so old school and awesome...

Just because one day people walked the face of the earth to get places, doesn't mean you can't strive for a better car...

FYI; i've been carrying around vinyl too, so don't go there...

Take a chill pill dude, Perhaps not, but price of a car and road quality might be a factor in considering if you wanted to drive ?

As an example I'd never considered drumming due to the space, noise and Size and price. But with V-drums becoming considerably cheaper its became an option.

I would never have tried my hand at production had it not been for Reason being released, which (at the time) was pretty much an "all you need" package at a reasonable price and easy enough for a newbie who knew his way around a studio desk to use.

And so the question is one of, did the portability and accessibility of lightweight DJ systems "poke you" to start up, and would you have bothered getting started if everything was still stuck the way it was 15 years ago, big n' heavy.

Says in the title, its a question for the newbies to DJing (not this forum)

[DJDoubleYou]

This must be the most stupid thead ever, ofcourse who doesn't??? :S

[Flash101uk]

25kg? pfff, not even the weight of one sub!
Try lugging around an entire sound system, light rig, turntables, records, etc up and down 2 flights of stairs.
Only then will I empathise with your supposed pain

But yes, I am more than happy to lug around half a metric ton of gear to make other people happy. Even if they dont appreciate it! (not bitter . . . . much)

[DigitalDevil]

I'd always rather use what's already set up than bring my own stuff. If there's no house gear, then what I'm willing to bring would depend on how serious the gig is.

[deevey]

Try lugging around an entire sound system, light rig, turntables, records, etc up and down 2 flights of stairs.
Only then will I empathise with your supposed pain.

It was in my previous job description few times a week (sound hire), but I was taking about lugging the music alone and assuming the rig was already set up.

Meh, let it die .. see you in hell my ol' thread

[DigitalDevil]

Just bringing a vinyl crate isn't too bad (until its compared to a cd book or usb drive, at least). Its the setup/testing/teardown of gear that's a real bitch.

[dripstep]

Wow, so much hostility here....
I would have no problem with 25Kg. Back when I got into drum and bass and jungle, I used to help my buddy lug his crates, his tables, a sub, 4 speakers, and all the stands and cables. 25 is eaaaaasy.

[dj stifffy]

try working in the construction industry :P lugging plasterboard up into attics, bags of plaster at 25kg each, 25 really is nothing to be honest, what stopping people driving?? every gig ive ever done ive drove to, if people want to drink then its there own fault..

[dripstep]

I hear ya Stiffy, used to frame houses, lugging sheets of plywood up and down stairs all day. I don't feel bad about this going OT, the OP said let it die. Hahahah

[dj stifffy]

yeah im a carpenter by trade so do a lot of framing, but getting supplies for my own trade and other trades was a heavy job, trying to carry 3 bags of skim at once to save the amount of trips to the van