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In my other life (after the day job and LBC work) I'm a working musician. I've done a lot of shows in the last 13+ years, with all sorts of strange setups. The one we did last night, though was one for the books. It was a last minute job at a ski resort restaurant.
This particular restaurant is a bit unaccessible, however. Here was the load in sequence:
1. Park at the hotel, load gear onto a cart.
2. Find our way through the hotel to the back, to the gondola.
3. Ride the gondola to the end -- mid mountain area.
4. Transfer gear (including a small PA, 2 guitars, 1 mandolin) to a pair of snowmobiles pulling little sleds. Attempt to cover gear in trash bags to protect from snow thrown up by the snowmobiles.
5. Arrive at restaurant.
6. Load in, clearing off the accumulated packed snow from gear.
7. Note that ABS guitar cases protect quite well, mandolin case slightly less so.
Load out was the reverse, though we were on the big sleigh behind a snow cat. Much less rough on the gear. We did have to wait for all the staff to finish up so they could ride down with us (last bus down, as it were). A very long show, home after midnight.
My partner and I both agreed that we'd do it again, but they'd have to pay us a whole bunch more.
This particular restaurant is a bit unaccessible, however. Here was the load in sequence:
1. Park at the hotel, load gear onto a cart.
2. Find our way through the hotel to the back, to the gondola.
3. Ride the gondola to the end -- mid mountain area.
4. Transfer gear (including a small PA, 2 guitars, 1 mandolin) to a pair of snowmobiles pulling little sleds. Attempt to cover gear in trash bags to protect from snow thrown up by the snowmobiles.
5. Arrive at restaurant.
6. Load in, clearing off the accumulated packed snow from gear.
7. Note that ABS guitar cases protect quite well, mandolin case slightly less so.
Load out was the reverse, though we were on the big sleigh behind a snow cat. Much less rough on the gear. We did have to wait for all the staff to finish up so they could ride down with us (last bus down, as it were). A very long show, home after midnight.
My partner and I both agreed that we'd do it again, but they'd have to pay us a whole bunch more.
