Oct. 15, 2025

Travel DJ Chaos, Smart Buys, and the COGS Formula Every Pro Needs

Travel DJ Chaos, Smart Buys, and the COGS Formula Every Pro Needs

Send us a message Weddings in triple-digit heat, iPads overheating, and handheld fans aimed straight at the DJ’s face: sometimes the smallest tools make the biggest difference. In this episode, Brian B and Joe Bunn share real stories from the road, starting with outdoor summer weddings where even your tech needs shade. You’ll hear practical, field-tested ways to keep your setup cool, your sound consistent, and your head clear during marathon days in the sun. Then the conversation turns to gea...

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Season 5

Send us a message

Weddings in triple-digit heat, iPads overheating, and handheld fans aimed straight at the DJ’s face: sometimes the smallest tools make the biggest difference. In this episode, Brian B and Joe Bunn share real stories from the road, starting with outdoor summer weddings where even your tech needs shade. You’ll hear practical, field-tested ways to keep your setup cool, your sound consistent, and your head clear during marathon days in the sun.

Then the conversation turns to gear buying mistakes every DJ can relate to. From “as-seen-online” gadgets that promised convenience but delivered pain, to travel accessories that flopped under pressure, Brian s reveals what to look for before spending your next dollar — and how to evaluate music gear gadgets beyond slick marketing.

The travel chaos continues when Brian’s compact controller triggers a customs duty at the airport - no gig, no invoice, just a bill. You’ll learn how to prep for international gigs with documentation, how to minimize scrutiny at customs, and what kinds of gear setups travel best. On the flip side, Brian highlights a small but mighty utility DI/adapter box that turned a random train ride into a playable rig:  the kind of smart, portable insurance every working DJ should have in their bag.

Finally, Joe and Brian break down one of the most misunderstood topics in the event DJ business world: COGS (Cost of Goods Sold). Their no-BS framework simplifies it:

  • Include every gig-specific expense except the performer’s fee.
  • Treat wear and tear as depreciation, not micro-expenses.
  • Budget repairs and maintenance annually, not per show.
    This simple structure keeps your P&L accurate and your pricing confident, so you can invest in tools that truly move your business forward.

Whether you’re dealing with airport headaches, battling the summer heat, or trying to make sense of your financials, this episode delivers practical lessons for private event DJs, packed with real DJ stories, gear talk, and event business advice you can use this weekend.

If this helped you avoid a bad buy or rethink your workflow, share it with a DJ friend and drop a review with your favorite piece of utility gear - we might

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01:38 - Heat Hacks: Fans, Rigs, And iPads

04:42 - Gear Stinkers: Scammy Buys Exposed

10:52 - Patreon Launch And Community Perks

12:45 - Immigration Shake‑Down In Mexico

17:23 - Smart Utility Gear: The DI Box Win

19:55 - Money Talk: COGS And Wear‑And‑Tear

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What's up, everybody?

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Welcome back to another episode of Beyond the DJ booth with Joe Bunn and my man Brian B.

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We are the private event DJ podcast for the world.

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Yeah.

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We're huge in Finland, by the way.

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We are.

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Your SEO is really killing it.

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Bro, I learned a lot at that podcast convention.

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We're huge in Finland for some reason.

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What the fuck?

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It is so random, and we jumped like 20 spots in one episode.

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I don't know how that's possible.

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Huge stars.

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We get when we go to Finland and it's like the Jonas brothers over there or something.

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Get mobbed.

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So good, man.

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Anyway.

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What's up?

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Well, I do want to call back to a previous episode for you.

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So I told you about the fan, the little handheld fan.

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Yeah, I love the handheld fan.

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Are you using it?

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Hell yeah.

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I use it.

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And in fact, I gave it like a few days after that.

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This would have been in July or August, I think, when you gave it to me.

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I had it outside.

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We were doing a ceremony and it was stupid hot.

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And I look over and I see a friend of mine, a girlfriend of mine, that we've known each other for 20, 30 years.

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Yeah.

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Dude, I'm not kidding.

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She's she's a guest.

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Sorry.

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And she is sweating.

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Her makeup is running off her face.

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And I literally just went over there and handed it to her because she was doing more.

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And she was like, You're my hero.

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Yeah.

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She was like, What is your Venmo?

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Yeah.

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But I did get it back.

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Don't worry.

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Yes.

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But the yes, the handheld fan now rides inside the van.

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Okay.

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So they make one.

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I don't know if I gave you the one that has premium AC pushing out of it.

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Yeah, that's the one.

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That's the one.

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I gave you two, I think.

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I don't think so.

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No, I think you showed me though the one.

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There's one that has premium AC.

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Yeah, right.

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Not just blowing air.

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Right.

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So I bring that with me.

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Yeah.

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And I put it on my ceremony rig when I'm outside.

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And I sent you this picture, so we'll put it on the screen.

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This is me putting it on the ledge of the speaker.

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So as I'm operating it, it's just hitting me in the face while I'm operating it.

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Oh, I thought you were using it to cool the rig down.

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No, no.

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It's going at my face when I'm standing over there by that iPad.

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Oh my God, dude.

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That is so genius.

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Game changer.

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But it could be the iPad.

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Yeah, it could do that too.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Because I the only thing I ever worry about, and he and I walked outside the other day, and I was like, I'm not setting this up right now.

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The the speaker, I think, would have been fine.

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Right.

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That iPad, we were in the sun, and I'm like, dude, we ain't gonna make it.

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Yeah.

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I could already feel the back of it getting hot.

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Didn't you have like the umbrella?

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Yeah, we've used that, but I mean, still, it's like when it's 90 some degrees, yeah, that iPad's hot.

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Yeah.

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So anyway, that that fan could be good for that too.

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But I love that rig you did.

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Right?

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Uh dude, this and I use that that speaker is great.

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That was before the the evolve, or not the evolve.

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Oh, I remember that thing.

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What what's it?

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It's uh Roland.

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Yeah.

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Roland BA330.

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Yeah, it's solid.

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Until I'm gonna write a diet, like I said, lastly.

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Until it dies, I'm gonna keep it.

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Absolutely, dude.

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So uh, but you know, not all gear purchases are created equal, is what I found in these gear finds.

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So I thought it would be funny to show you a couple of my worst purchases that I haven't returned yet, but that are gonna go back to the bin.

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So the first one is Is this gear corner or no?

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We're gonna call this gear stinkers.

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Yeah, good, yeah.

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You have to make a new one, make a new, make a new clip it up.

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But this is uh, you know, I love a I love a scalp massage.

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Yeah, you do.

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You love any kind of massage, but any massage.

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But scalp was like, oh, it'd be premium.

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So I got targeted with this like robotic thing.

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Jesus Christ.

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Well, you try it out since you got the since you got the dome.

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Not good.

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Not good.

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I just didn't get it.

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I didn't get it.

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Uh this was like, first of all, you look like a clown.

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Second of all, it didn't really work.

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It hurts like shit.

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It hurts so bad.

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I'm like, your forehead is just what is going on?

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I just was like, eh, that's a that's a fail.

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Yeah, it's it's just it's pulsating just like on those little those little beads.

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Oh god, it hurts your forehead bad.

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Fail.

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Fail.

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Complete fail.

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So Amazon?

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Uh Amazon.

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Do not get it.

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Don't get that.

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This is a return.

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This is a return.

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Second one.

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I was going on two international trips.

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Okay.

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And I did an overnight from I did the AZ DJ summit.

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I didn't really talk about that yet, but um, did the AG, the Arizona DJ summit.

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Oh, yeah, we need to talk about that.

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And we need to talk about that uh other wedding conference you went to in Mexico.

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Yeah, both of the Mexico one I was gonna talk about for sure.

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So anyway, uh I did the overnight.

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I I flew in because the AZ DJ summit, which is amazing.

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If you're in Arizona and you're a DJ, you need to go to this.

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It's free.

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Yeah, it's free and it's one night.

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It's not even one day.

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Yeah, it's like half a day.

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Yeah, it's like two to midnight or something.

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Right.

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So uh I since I wasn't going on until like six o'clock at night, I was like, I'm not gonna, I'm gonna save some nuggets and not get a hotel.

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I'm gonna fly in day of.

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Wow.

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So I fly in day off, get in around noon, go get myself some tacos, and then uh head over to the thing, speak at 6:30.

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I'm done by 7:30.

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I'm on the 1159 home.

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Wow.

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Same day on the red eye.

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However, that's a long ways, and uh my butt was starting to hurt on those seats.

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And I'm in premium.

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I'm in first class.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Not lay flat, but I was in there.

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I'm like, man, and I got two international trips coming up.

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I need to do something about this.

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This isn't gonna last if I don't get upgraded.

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Right.

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So I get targeted for this, for this premium seat like cushion.

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Okay.

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Four planes.

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Yeah, four planes comes in this little bag like this.

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I love a sack.

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I love this.

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I was like, oh, this is great.

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Sonder.

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So my thought was, or my because they didn't explain this, they don't show you how it actually works.

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It was just kind of like this is the seat, it it is.

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I thought it just expanded.

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Like you pull it out, it's like a balloon, just kind of comes out.

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But I was also thinking, like, how is it gonna retract?

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But I figured it would be like a button you'd push.

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Yeah, shh, nah.

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Nah.

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This is the cushion that you put on your seat.

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It actually has um an inflate one that you actually have to inflate it so it doesn't with your mouth?

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No, no, no, with your foot.

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Oh so you put so I'm like, I can't see myself getting on the plane, hitting a little little thing like for 30 times, because it took forever for it to get inflated.

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Like a bike bump.

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Then it deflates on the other side, and you can do the same thing on the deflate.

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No, it doesn't just have a release.

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No, so check it out.

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I mean, first of all, sit on it and see if you think it makes any difference.

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I didn't think it was that great.

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I was like, this is uh totally got scammed on this deal.

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I actually called them out.

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You what?

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You could I called them out.

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I called them out on the on the socials, which I rarely do, but I felt like this thing was should have been premium and it was not.

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I think for like a how much was it?

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Do you remember?

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Uh like 30 bucks.

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It wasn't crazy, but that's probably why.

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It's gonna be tough.

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For something like that, it has to have actual right.

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It should just actual what?

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Like something inside of it, not air.

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You know what I mean?

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Oh no, this isn't even better.

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I didn't even think so either.

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I'm like, it actually hurts.

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It didn't feel great.

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You gotta have actual cushion in it.

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It's not good.

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And then the It's not good.

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I couldn't, I was like, okay, so how do I get this thing back in here?

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Oh yeah.

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You gotta you gotta step on it.

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I'm like, what am I gonna do?

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The last 10 minutes of the flight, just be like this with his foot jumping up and down.

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I'm like, how is there not a deflator like tube that you would just like pull out?

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Makes no sense.

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Why would they even have that as an option to deflate that way?

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I'm not doing that either.

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This is crazy, right?

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This is terrible design, horribly designed, horrible.

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And people wonder like, there were people like, why didn't you ever put out that gig desk from last August?

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I'm like, because you have to do so much RD to put out something good.

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Right.

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Like they they they I mean, like I get the concept, I get people would want to buy this, but it's so poorly designed.

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Poor design.

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I would rather blow it up with my mouth.

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I'm being dead serious.

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Like a raft.

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Yeah, and then if you could just hit the release, right then.

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That's the probably the worst part about it, is the deflating.

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Not the inflating, it's the deflating.

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I don't mind sitting there just doing a little foot tap.

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I can't even get it really to the.

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I couldn't either.

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You ain't getting it back in that state.

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No, that's what I'm saying.

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I couldn't, I'm like, I have to send this back.

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That's a people garbage.

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That's garbage.

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Sorry, Saunder.

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Sondering.

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No go.

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That's a no go.

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Gear stinkers, gear stinkers.

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That's awful.

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That's the stinger.

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Love your hat, by the way.

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Oh, thank you.

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Yeah.

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Patreon.com slash the Beyond the DJ booth podcast.

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There we go.

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I think it's Patreon.com slash Beyond the DJ Booth Podcast.

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Oh, is it that of the word?

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Okay.

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All right, booth heads.

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We made a move and it's a bold one.

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We officially launched a Patreon.

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We've got two tiers.

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One for$5.99 and one for$19.99.

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Basically, the cost of a coffee or a cocktail, depending upon how you roll.

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Listen, this isn't some support us or we disappear kind of thing.

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You actually get some things that are useful that we think that you're going to need to run your DJ business.

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Like early access to batched episodes, bonus episode that we couldn't post publicly, maybe, and our weekly top 10 banger lists, songs that absolutely crushed at our events this week.

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You know, the stuff that you really want to steal from us anyway.

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But if you want to go deeper, jump into the booth backroom at$19.99 a month.

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That's where the extra love lives.

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Monthly prize drawings like headphones, merch, coaching calls.

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We've got Serato exports of our history, discounts on exclusive merch, and record pool hookups.

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Backroom members aren't just listening, they're actually shaping what this podcast is going to become and probably making your DJ sets better in the process.

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So stop texting us asking what remix was that and get in the booth for real.

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Patreon.com forward slash beyond the DJ Booth podcast.

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Choose a tier, grab your spot, and let's keep building.

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Boothheads, you know where to go.

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Joey, you wearing a new shirt right now.

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Oh yo.

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Little Grateful Dead inspired merch there.

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Yeah.

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Shout out my guy Raymond for designing that for us.

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I love the the roses in the head.

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Yes, sir.

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Yeah, that's nice.

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He's podcasting.

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Little skeletons in action.

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Booth heads.

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Booth heads instead of deadheads.

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Get it?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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So similar to your story that you shared a couple episodes ago about getting hosed by immigration.

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Uh off the record, let me talk my sugar honey icy.

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They throw a shade while I'm sipping on this ice tea.

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Don't care if you hate on like me.

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You know why?

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Cause that's just how I see.

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I'm gonna say what I want to say.

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Time to rant and ready, get out the way.

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So I'm not scheduled to play at this show, at this conference.

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I'm just going as an attendee.

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I was originally scheduled to play that and then something happened.

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It didn't work out.

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So they said, come and just what's it called again?

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I'm sorry.

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It's called the Entrusted Company Conference.

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You think I should go next year?

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I think you should.

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Really?

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It was that good.

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I thought you know where it is next year.

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Yeah, it's actually in February.

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Okay.

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In Napa at the Solage.

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Would I like that?

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I think you would.

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Bring out a wine guy.

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Bring Ashley.

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She'll she'll enjoy it.

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I might bring Tara.

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Okay.

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So anyway, um I wanted to practice some things, so I'm like, I'm gonna have a lot of downtime.

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They had what they called um rest periods, which was at the end of the day.

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I don't hate it.

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Three hours.

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Do whatever you want.

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Right.

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So I was like, I'm gonna bring this little controller with me.

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Maybe there's a chance for me to play, but this is really for me to uh work on some sets and different things.

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So I bring the little controller.

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This is the one that I take with me.

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Yeah.

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I love it.

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I didn't have I took it to Peru.

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This is what I played on in Peru.

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Right.

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No problems.

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No got never got stopped by immigration, nothing.

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What was it in?

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A backpack?

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It was in no, it was in a carry-on bag.

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Oh carry-on bag.

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The reloop.

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The reloop.

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It's great.

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Uh the one problem with it is that the outputs are, and this is why I think it's a kind of toy.

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No, they're RCA, bro.

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Oh, wow.

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Yeah, they don't even have quarter inch.

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So the problem with this was, uh, and I did get verification from a couple people that this is the case.

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If you wear black like we do a lot, or have black bags, that's usually a sign for you that you might be targeted to uh be pulled into the immigration line for a secondary screening.

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No way.

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Because everybody else is coming there for so I had my my big uh travel bag because it was, you know, uh totally with the clothing, it was like crazy.

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So I had to wear certain things.

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They had like the days worked out.

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Had my travel bag and my backpack.

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They're like, this guy ain't going here for four days.

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There's gotta be something up.

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So they just they just said, hey, you, you, you, you.

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Secondary screening.

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And I'm like, damn it, I got basically just called out for just like random.

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You were in triple black or you weren't in triple black?

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Uh, I was.

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Yeah.

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Okay, go ahead.

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So they bring me over there.

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They they pull this out.

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They're like, Are you doing a gig here?

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I go, no, this is just for me to practice.

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I've been using on the plane.

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Just came back from Peru, was on the plane with it, said, Yeah, this is just for me to practice.

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We don't allow that here.

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That's that's illegal.

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You're gonna have to pay a tax.

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This just happened.

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Just happened.

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19%.

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They're like, How much did that cost you?

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And I'm like, honestly, I'm it's so old.

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I it's a couple years ago.

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Looked it up, they looked it up.

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It was$300 or$400.

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How long did this take?

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They're literally like Googling it.

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I'm Googling it.

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And I go, wait a minute.

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I go, where's the sign that says that this is illegal for me to bring in?

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I don't see any signs.

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Like, you just have to know, sir.

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You have to know.

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I'm like, there was no paperwork, nothing uh said that I uh I had to declare because they said I had to declare that.

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That was the thing.

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They're like, you have to declare that.

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I'm like, I never read anything.

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You're just like, you're supposed to know it, you know?

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And so I said, Well, I'm not paying it.

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And they're and so then that I got pissed off.

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I usually don't get pissed off about it, but I was saying, It doesn't sound like something you would get pissed off about.

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But I was just like random, like there was nothing I missed.

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They are making this up, is what I'm saying.

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Yeah, extortion.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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So the guy comes over, their main guy.

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Oh no, so so, anyways, he goes, Will you sign this paperwork?

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And I go, I'm gonna sign it, but I'm gonna put that I'm being forced to sign.

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So in parentheses, I sign my name, I put in parentheses, forced to sign.

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That brings over supervisor guy.

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And he goes, Hey, listen, I need you to sign the paperwork and I need you to pay the tax, which ended up being like$80.

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It wasn't like crazy, but I was just it was the principle of it that pissed me off, right?

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So I go, yo, like there's nothing on this.

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Where how am I supposed to know this law that's on there?

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There wasn't anything on paperwork, nothing when I got off the plane.

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They're like, well, just like you know, we don't have everything posted about everything, you know.

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You just know he's like, and by the way, it's illegal.

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And if you don't pay the tax, you're gonna pay a fine, which is even more.

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And I said, Well, I'll sign it and I'll pay it, but I'm definitely putting that I'm forced to sign.

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So they brought the paperwork out again.

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I put forced to sign again, sign my name, but this time I'd paid it.

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They're like, sir, one more time.

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If you don't sign that paperwork, you're gonna have a fine.

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And I'm like, Well, I don't really want to go to Mexico jail, so I will sign it and not put forced to sign on it.

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So I paid the 80 bucks, got it through.

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How long did this whole process?

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I was like about 45 minutes because I was so livid that like I was going on very little sleep as it was, and then to have that happen, I'm just like, dude, I'm not even performing, I'm paying$80 for this thing that's literally a practice tool, right?

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You know, like if I'm playing, it's a different story.

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But like this was me just.

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It's crazy.

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They don't they just don't want us down there like taking their jobs, I think.

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It's crazy.

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I've never Mexico's happened to me twice before.

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Not with it.

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I told the story on a previous episode.

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They got me.

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They got your boy.

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So that leads to the gear segment.

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The gear's here.

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The gear is here, is here, is here, is here, is here, is here, is here.

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Which is you don't need this little box here.

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This is a uh kind of a direct box, so to speak.

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Yeah.

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But why I like it is it's got a quarter inch and RCA, perfect for this kind of a controller.

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Right, right.

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And I'll tell you where this came in handy.

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I was in Peru.

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We're on a three-hour train ride, right?

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Okay.

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They're like, listen, um, do you have a quarter inch going into we can plug you into the train?

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You can play on the train.

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Like a Spotify list or that?

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No, play this, because I got RCA.

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Yeah.

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So I go RCA in to this, right?

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They had a quarter inch cable that plugged into the back of that.

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Yeah, the XLR jack, right?

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And then I was in the train system and I played a little bit on the train.

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Stop.

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Yeah.

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That's kind of most direct boxes are just XLR out.

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They don't have the quarter out.

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Say that again now.

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So to go to the actual um, this is all these are all inputs, right?

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Yeah, right.

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But this is the output.

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I got you right, right?

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Quarter inch outputs.

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I see what you're saying.

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Yeah.

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Quarter inch.

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So you got all three.

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All three.

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You got an RCA out.

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Yeah, that's right.

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So no matter whatever.

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You had this in your bag?

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Yeah, that I had it in my bag.

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This was just in case I didn't know what kind of connections I'd be running into.

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And wow, this is nice.

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Wizwind DA.

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So what do you think that that goes for?

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Any any thoughts?

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You can get it on Amazon, by the way.

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I think it's about$75.

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Okay.

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Let me uh give you the exact price here.

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This is going to be$64.

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Okay.

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Anyway, I just think it's a good thing to have, regardless if you're a travel person or not.

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Not a bad idea to have with you just as a backup in your emergency kit.

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I need that in my bag.

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Yeah.

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So it's made by uh WizWindy.

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WizWindy.

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Anyway.

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Dope.

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Nice find, Brian B.

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Good little win.

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Can you imagine like this dude's house?

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Like it's just stocked.

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It's just stacked with boxes where every day he gets hungry.

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Yeah, it's just Amazon boxes.

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The Amazon guy knows him by name.

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What's up, Brian?

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He loves you.

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And your wife's just sitting there shaking her head like another fucking gadget.

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She's like, what'd you get to inspect your gadget?

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Let's hit the question.

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Okay, let's do it.

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Um, how do you accurately calculate your cost of goods sold for an event?

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How do you factor in gear, wear, and tear?

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You love finance questions.

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I was literally getting ready to be like, I just don't even want to.

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I just I just curl up in a ball and die when I see these finance questions.

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Do you go this granular?

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No.

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Not that well, okay.

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For the first part, yes.

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So cost of goods sold, that's an easy one for me to because that's how I read my PLs.

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We designed it together with the lady, but what's included in in cogs?

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Everything but the hard labor.

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And uh the the labor being the headliner, typically.

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Okay.

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So if there's a WT Let's just give me, give me like let's just say a thousand dollar gig.

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Okay, so let's just say it would be every cost except what you're getting paid.

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Okay.

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So in the COGS would be his pay.

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Yeah.

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If you have Saquon, or if you have somebody that you're bringing to run Sparks or anything, it would be travel.

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It would be if you had to buy a meal while you're out at the gig.

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If you your gas, anything associated with that specific event is considered a cog.

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Cogs, right.

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Outside of the main labor.

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That's how we've defined it.

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I'm sure there's other people who define it.

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And then what's the headliners?

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Contract labor?

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It's it's considered uh yeah, contract labor.

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Yeah.

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Right.

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And that's mainly just the headliner.

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Now, the wear and tear, that's the part where I don't get granular wear.

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:04.720
Yeah, right.

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.839
Like me neither.

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That would be hard to the same way you do as well.

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Yeah.

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So the wear and tear for us comes off of like we um it depends.

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My accountant would probably have to tell you, but like if it's like a booth, a bun booth, we'd probably he'd say, like, let's take it over the next couple of years and write it off over years instead of a one-time write-off.

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It's like every year it depreciates.

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Yep.

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I'm not smart enough to tell you how they even figure out what that is.

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Me neither.

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But that's how we do it.

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Um, I don't think I can't remember the last purchase where we wrote the whole thing off in one fell swoop.

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When it comes to gear on wear and tear.

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Yep.

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It's done over a period of time.

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So if you have a vehicle or any of that stuff, for us, it's just annualized uh over a period of years.

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Yeah, I um I'm the same way, man.

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:53.519
We we do the cogs the same way, contract labor the same way.

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We do not get into the the gear wear and tear.

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If if I get questions from my accountant about stuff like that, I can, you know, give them a little bit of an indicator of how long I've had it or how long I think it's gonna last, but uh that's more of an accounting question.

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The one wear and tear section where it would go into cogs for us is we do have like a budget for um equipment repairs.

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It's not much.

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I mean, like I probably spend a thousand dollars in repairs a year on something.

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If if that.

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Same, same.

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So they will say that that would be considered wear and tear.

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So you can build it into your package price and just make sure you were covering your budget or whatever.

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But that would be the only right.

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It could be five dollars a show or ten dollars a show, just make it something arbitrary.

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.359
Yeah, yeah.

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Yeah, if I look back at that line equipment repairs every year, I bet it's five hundred to a thousand dollars.

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Right.

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If that.

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Yeah.

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It's things are so cheap almost to an extent where you can almost like and I don't play that crazy with you know, the speakers, I'm not blowing out.

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.559
No, right.

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I used to blow speakers like crazy back in the day when there were amplifiers and no, well, you know what for me was when our our our when our crew had my gear.

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Oh, right.

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And I my repair budget line item was massive.

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:04.960
Oh, yeah.

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:07.759
I was like five grand every year, and I'm like, this was crazy.

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When I gave them the gear, sold it, magically that number went way down.

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People would take real good care of their own shit.

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:20.480
Microphones back in the day, people were blowing subs on those big 18s that I used to carry out to frat parties.

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:25.519
Yeah, I had those amp racks, you know what I mean, just cooking those things, just locked up.

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They didn't even move in and out anymore.

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And I'm like, bro, you just square waved this thing into hell.

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And I'm like, how is this possible?

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Like or the um the drawers that used to come out on those CD players that you mix on, they you know, somebody would mess it up and bring it back to the warehouse and not tell you.

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And I'm like, dude, this is and then is like you said, as soon as they bought the gear from me, or either I bought them a system and they had to pay it off, yeah, it magically became ran for years to come.

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The only other thing I'd say about this is that I don't think you gotta go so granular with every piece.

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Like, you don't need to do wear and tear on cables.

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No, no, no.

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You know what I mean?

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:07.759
Like, yeah, on RCA cables or like, you know, XLRs, like that's over the top, in my opinion.

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:11.519
By the way, that was from DJ Nathan Kabot?

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Kabot or Cabot from Instagram on Instagram.

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