Posts Tagged ‘cxmagblog’
Industry Training in terminal decline
Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses for the live production industry are winding up, with declining government support and almost no protest from the performing arts community. Led by the Victorian Government, TAFE courses for ‘creative’ industries are rapidly becoming up to 400% more expensive as subsidies are scaled back. This has fueled the cancellation…
Read MoreEmployee or Contractor: Are YOU Sham Contracting?
This from Phill, who runs a crew agency: Over the past couple of years, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has increasingly been investigating instances of sham contracting under the Fair Work Act 2009. In a nut shell, sham contracting is where a worker is engaged as a contractor but is doing the same work, or…
Read MoreFreelance: How much $hould I charge?
How long is a piece of string? The key is how many hours a week and a year you can work. This is a great tool to help you decide: It lives at http://freelanceswitch.com/rates/ and it is currency agnostic. You just enter the unit of currency you want. I did a little example based on…
Read MoreLightbox to Cloud: CX across three decades
Julius with early editions of Channels In 1990 when I started work on Channels, I met Josh Luo at Jands who was the only human in St. Peters who could operate Pagemaker 3 on a Mac IIcx. Our creative director was David Mulholland – these days a driving force behind the Vista project. The Mac…
Read MoreDaughter takes life : Tragedy for Peter Milne
EDITED 12.08PM MAY 8, 2013 Peter Milne is head of Electric Canvas in Sydney, an innovator and a career technician with vision. He is in mourning after the senseless death of his daughter Maddie on Anzac Day. She took her own life, after an episode of bullying at Asquith Girls High School in Sydney’s north.…
Read MoreThe Problem for Women in the Industry
By Jason Allen On International Women’s Day (March 8), I read an article by musician, producer and blogger Madeleine Bloom about her experiences working tech support at DAW company Ableton. Noticing only a very small percentage of people contacting her were women, she dug into the numbers for confirmation – only 7% of Ableton’s registered…
Read MoreVenue TOD charges: legal avenue is open
Venues that collude with ‘in house’ audio visual providers to lock out external audio visual suppliers face legal action, according to Joe De Abreu, Managing Director of Austage. “I have spoken to lawyers and after two meetings I feel that they would cost us more than the venues charge. I have also spoken at length…
Read MoreRolling Stones discover Limit$
(Photo of Michael Cohl courtesy of NYT) 2013 is the year The Rolling Stones discovered there is a limit to what people will pay. In the most embarrassing way – having unsold premium tickets. This is what The Guardian said today: “Glancing at the North American concert dates on the Stones’ website, there is one…
Read MoreMen’s Health
While I continue to attend many funerals, I reserve the right to occasionally comment on how men seem to delay or deny health prognosis. Just the other day I polled a bunch of 50+ guys at Neil Smith’s wake and suspect half of them were not familiar with a doctor. I’m 55, and I have…
Read MoreIan Woodhouse – limited time left. Rejoice the man.
This is what CX reported at Christmas. Woodie is now unhappy, he has broken his collarbone. He doesn’t want a gathering, he just wants to leave. If you know Ian, send him a positive message about your times – nothing maudlin please….. Early Departure for Woody TAG audio specialist says goodbye Audio specialist Ian Woodhouse…
Read MoreLighting Designer Lawsuit
(8 April 2013) Bad vibes on tour in Queensland with support act Jon Stevens, here. Does this signal a problem? Read this month’s lead here: Reputational damage may quickly force nice guy rock star Chris Isaak to settle a messy lawsuit brought by his long term Lighting Designer, Lane Hirsch. Hirsch claims Issac employed…
Read MoreVale Neil Smith
7 April 2014 Sad news today that Neil ‘Smithy’ Smith, stalwart institution of the Australian audio equipment scene, has died of stomach cancer. His Facebook page HERE is swamped with goodwill – befitting someone loved by all. His 60th Birthday Party was late in March, and he played bass with lots of well wishers from…
Read More