Hi WK and All,
Just my opinion - we are not going to see 2021 be like 2019.
I looked at my live audio production business as a smart, risk averse choice, with
a variety of smaller, medium and larger gigs, a bit of install work and some recording.
The idea that circumstances would dictate almost a whole year with
no gigs never crossed my mind.
My big, six weeks summer music camp says they will happen in person.
Or online, or a mix of the two. We'll see.
I'm tentatively on for a big dance festival this summer, but don't expect it to actually happen.
Maybe some of the fall festivals will be happening.
Not a peep from the local university about May graduation, or any other events.
My crystal ball says we will see more, smaller, lower-paying gigs than
big, high-paying ones.
Small, light, capable digital mixers like the Mackies will be useful.
For online rehearsals, many musicians I know are waiting till latency drops significantly.
In my rural area the best we have seen is about 50milliseconds send/return.
A few folks in cities with fiber have been able to get down close to 10ms.
Thanks and good health, Weogo
