[Chris Taylor]

Hey guys, I appreciate your feedback…. and sorry for the delayed update.

Well, a lot has taken place with our sound mixer since I posted this. To name a couple things he’s done: He started pulling key staff aside one-on-one to tell them that he doesn’t want to be involved in our production, noting his vast experience in shows with much higher budgets. Once he got ahold of the director, he told him he was leaving the show. This put the director/producer in a very tough spot, to the point of almost making him sick. He also started passive-aggressively acting out, like jumping on set and taking photos of everyone working. After that, I realized how… um….. “unprofessional” he was.

He cited how prolific his resume is, which at that point made no sense. I can’t think of anyone who’d dare hire this guy if they knew him, let alone re-hire him. I understand our budget is small, but he was getting paid, so I and everyone else never understood why it mattered. Everyone on the crew was getting along great, except of course for the sound diva.

So after day 6, he went bye-bye, and luckily, we found another great sound man quickly, and let me tell ya, the difference was like night and day. The tension on set plummeted and my creative freedom trippled.

So my hesitations we confirmed. For the integrity of this forum, I won’t name the guy. Luckliy, he doesn’t work in Seattle where I am so avoiding him will be a little easier. Hopefully none of you will have the displeasure of working with him.

– Chris