Unfortunately for me dealing with patrons is a reality that is unavoidable. I've now expanded into the wedding market and try my hardest to do well to build rapport and gain referrals. I know several ways to solve my problems but just seeing what you guys do to see if I'm overlooking an easier solution.
Solution A, which I hate and do not want to do under any circumstances. YouTube it! Actually had a wedding guest make a "suggestion" to my set-up. I responded with the fact that I run a script (Smitten's works like a top every time, many thanks) and have all unnecessary background tasks turned off to improve stability. The second part of the same solution would to YouTube it on my iPhone (routed in via Asio4All sent to a Live Input or Aux. since the S2 has no Line-In support :/). It's not a very good idea as there is no way to avoid receiving a call. You can't put the phone in Airplane mode as it would lose data connection.
Solution B, bring two computers to the gig. One for Traktor and the other for fulfilling on-the-fly downloads for song requests that you don't have. I would love to do this as I already have my HP TouchSmart600 set-up and running Traktor, Maschine, and Ableton (all at the same time smoothly at the house, would never consider all three in a live setting). I do have question(s) regarding this though as I have all network connectivity off so I would need to set-up a LAN connections correct? Is there any potential for drop-outs or interference through this type of connection?
I believe I'm going to end up going with the latter, but I'm going to charge for it. It's that much more equipment and capability I'm bringing to the table and feel additional compensation is in order, I may justify this by setting up the secondary computer to supply visuals to the in-house monitors/television(s). I think with offering both of those I should be able to nearly double my rates.
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