Re: Audio Work Slowdown?

Too early to tell here (or maybe it's the wrong season). We have the Super Bowl, Daytona 500 and baseball spring training just around the corner. I'll be able to give you a better assessment after that. Last year to date was fairly normal.

One piece of advice, if you advertise your work at a lower rate, it's much harder to bring it up later. However, you have to eat and keep a roof over your head, so you do what you have to do. But lowering your rates can hurt other sound mixers in your area in the long run - my fear is that it becomes a downward spiral of continually offering the lower price to get the work.

Let's get a government bailout for the location sound mixer industry! Hmm... how can I convert my business to banking holding status...

Freelance Sound Technician/Mixer