I took had given up on doing karaoke gigs again when COVID hit. So I wasn't devastated when I got evicted through no fault of my own, we think it had to do with the fact that we complained about the constant breaking down of both of the elevators and our refusal to take out our trash down the stairs, my roommate had bad knees and used a rolator to get around with so it was bad enough that I had to carry the rolator up and down the stairs with both of my shoulders trying to pop out of their sockets. Add to the fact that I had balance problems of my own. But back to the eviction, I was only able to keep my laptop, desktop computers, discs and not much else. So I basically thought that it was over. 30 years in the business had finally run its course. Needless to say a couple of years since the eviction and two apartments since, I started getting requests for private parties and decided rather than continuing telling people that I was retired from the business, I decided that I missed it enough to reinvest in equipment to run shows. I am right now trying to decide upon remaining with a passive speaker system or going active. I have all the equipment now to do the job with a powered mixer and passive speaker system but t like the idea of having an unpowered mixer with other components ioa rack. Finding the perfect power amplifier to fit in the rack is becoming a serious problem for me because I can't find an amplifier that will fit in the rack and not blow my speakers or even be underpowered for my speakers that I can afford. I have found a pair of speakers that actually has the best of both worlds when it comes down to whether to stick with passive speakers or go active and protect my shoulders at the same time that won't break the bank, comes close though. In the meantime I am in talks with a couple of bars, one that I have done business with before, about doing weekly shows for them. With my SSDI check, I really don't need to charge an arm and a leg to run the shows yet I have already lost one to a Karafun user. I don't believe in limiting myself to just the subscription service.
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