Michael Fuchs, post: 6088 wrote: Thanks Emma, and yes, it was tonight. I got there and plugged in and started going. It went ok for my first time ever mixing hip-hop (rather bad actually) but nobody cared. I realized though that i was having a terrible time and it was just not my type of crowd (rowdy, drug-oriented, rude, etc.) and I only knew one person. I left 45 minutes after I got there. I now know that I should only do a gig if I am really going to like it and I am into the music I am mixing.
Hello Michael 🙂
For your Second Gig this was a Good Learning Curve for you I think; as to ‘Feel Uncomfortable’ with the Genre and the Clientele is Definitely Okay; and to Learn something about ‘What You Want To Do’ In Public So Early In Your Career is a Great Thing;
If we are ‘Out for Bucks’ (which you weren’t); then some Bad Gigs are Par For The Course;
However; to Walk Away When You Felt It Was Correct For You; takes Courage and Self Respect;
I still Feel That We Need (if we Choose) To Aim High in this Business;
If we Want A Regular Income (basically taking Most/All Gigs); that is Cool;
However; if we ‘Want To Be Big’; then at Some Point ‘We Need To Be Calling the Shots’
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