Top Ten Answers For The Mutants

As a sound engineer, you are sometimes stuck in situations in which you have to answer some pretty stupid questions. It’s not necessarily the questioner’s fault; most people just don’t know what’s involved in a full scale production. Nevertheless, it is annoying, distracting and frustrating, but sometimes just flat out funny. That being said, before you ask a question, make sure the answer isn’t in the list below.

 

10) No, I can’t turn up your boyfriend.

9) I can hear the vocals just fine.

8) Shit in, shit out.

7) It’s not my first bar-b-que

6) Yes, I know the band.

5) Huh? Did you say something?

4) You have to earn backstage passes…

3) Yes, I know what all the buttons do.

2) That’s a guitar sound? I thought it was a chainsaw…

1) If you think you can do better, have at it!