Charley King
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Andy,
That’s why I could never be a part of the heads in this one, “No Beard”Charlie
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[Franklin McMahon] “Thanks Ron and hello to ALL!”
Someone that knows how to say things short and to the point. I like that.
Welcome Fanklin.Charlie
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I have worked a few times with a guy out of Texas, that calls me everytime he comes to Las Vegas. I had to turn him down this year because I just couldn’t get away to do the job, but he always gave me free hand to hire the crew I wanted. (I have always felt, surround yourself with good people, that makes you look good.) I even went so far as to find a payroller to handle that end what worked with me and allowed me to get the people I wanted.
By teh way, he does his work at Caesars also. You are not tied to the house A/V contractor, you can use anyone that is a signatory of the union here. I would never use Encore, or AVW to put a crew together.Charlie
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David,
I have beuilt a 43 year career from scratch. I never had any formal training, just watched what I liked about others work, and built my own style around what I liked best from a mixture of everything I had seen. The main point is that I just did what I felt at the time. I feel any book is just what that person does and you can’t copy what someone else has done, you need yourself in every project you turn out.I have never been 100% happy with any project I ever did. I always felt if I was happy then my standards of quality had gone down the tubes and it was time to get into something else. YOu can always see something you feel you could have done better, but if you strive for that ultimate perfection, you will spend your entire life tweaking that one project and never finish anything. A very good quote I heard once, “Perfection is only a goal, it cna never be achieved.” Another you might ponder from the Scottish grandfather of an old friend of mine. “There are a thousand ways to plow a field, don’t knock the plowing til you check the harvest.”
You will never be 100% happy with what you did, but go into the next project with the attitude it will be better than the last. YOu can knock yourself out thinking about how each project needed to be changed, but don’t. Once you turn it over to the client, if he is happey you should feel good about what you did, and move on.
I could keep going but anything else would only be repeating myself.
Charlie
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We’re behind you Dennis, almost makes me wish I had a pod.
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Also if you can tell him before hand the length of the longest still including handles,he can set that duration and import the length that will be best suited for the project.
Charlie
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I second that headache remedy.
Charlie
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I did a Trade show several years ago. Had everything in writing, he didn’t pay. Took him to court, won judgement. Put a lien on his house. He declared bankruptcy, was allowed to keep up to $200,000 over what was owed on house to original martgage, I was erased in bankruptcy court. Another lesson learned, the law protects the criminal against the victim.
Charlie
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[Eric Bliss] “(Seems the server is sneaking half an hour into the future again.)”
I knew this new system was fast, but not it is going into the future? WOW.\
Charlie
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Ok, so I lurk around these halls too. I read much more than I write in here, but most of the time before I could post on something someone has already answered with a much more comprehensible reply than I could come up with, so until I can post before someone beats me to it, I’ll lurk.
Good to see that Ron is getting caught up. Finally getting some sleep these days Ron?Charlie