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It is nearly impossible to work in surroundings that are unorganized. Most of the work I do is one time type shows. Unlike a touring show that can be set up the same way every time, my shows are alway set up differently.
No matter how quickly you have to set it up, neatness and organization is very important. It doesn't matter that you are the best tech in the world. If you get called out for whatever reason and something goes wrong, someone else has to deal with it. When dealing with cable masses, LABEL THEM! Better still, label them with good tape that will not leave it's glue behind. Remove the labels when the job is over. Nothing like a hand full of week old glue. Also, always remember to tape down cables or secure them in some way. A $5 roll of tape might save you a lawsuit.
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You can see that as the shows get more complicated, it is very important that things get labeled. Sorry I don't have a shot of the back of the gear. It was a mess but we knew where everything went and when decks started to fail (two on one show go figure), we were able to swap in spares in very short order. This show was at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago. I had a great crew from the local union.
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This was a pic from a while back. My video went down during setup. Started tracing out the lines and found this. The wheel of the cart snapped off one of the output ports. I will take some of the blame for this one although this area was completely empty until the locals started looking for a place to hide the road cases. Now, I put everything like this and 5 wire splices on small road cases (ie, monitor case, lens case, etc) to get them off of the floor.
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This is a part two to the above post. Was going through my pics and found an example.
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Reminds me of the time I was called in to see why they were not getting power to part of the rack. Long story short, some idiot had wired a hubble twist lock wrong. Of the two circuits in the cable, one was getting 220 and the other was getting neutral and ground. Good thing that those BRAND NEW Meyers UPA's can auto range their input power. Sometimes it is just dumb luck that saves the show.
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