Week 3 With Captivate Productions

Wow!! Have 3 weeks passed already?! It feels like I just started but also been working for a month now. I’m loving every minute I get to spend with Phil and what we get to work on together! We have been able to talk about our jobs and I feel like we are very relatable in many aspects which helps us both connect even more. Sometimes you have to take a step back and realize that it’s not all about the money, but about the connections and experiences you gain and learn from. Here at Captivate I have made several connections for it being only the third week into my internship.

This past week we went to a venue near the outskirts of downtown Columbus to help them with a problem they were experiencing. When we got there, they were saying that the right hanging speaker was dead and nothing would come out of it. We got their audio cart and started to plug the cables in when we realized that the right NL4 was completely loose. I took off the NL4 adapter, cut the bad cables out and re connected the wires for a more solid and covered connection. While I was working on the adapter, Phil was working on the rat’s nest of cables in the rack. As we began to test everything when we put it together, we did realize that the right woofer was blown and that they need to order a replacement.

With this opportunity, I was able to meet the person who runs the venue and she also looks for sound engineers for weddings, conferences, etc… Something I learned while helping this venue solve their problem, was to do it with excellence and go above and beyond what was asked of you. Cleaning and organizing the audio rack was going above what they asked us to work on and that makes Captivate look good while gaining trust faster. That also puts you higher up on the list of contacts to help with specific jobs/gigs.

Today, we were able to solidify 2 events in the coming months. The first one was a festival that my buddy DJ and I will be running in August. The second one is a pre recorded worship service for a church. I’m excited to help run a festival up in Marion, because it is the first festival I will be in charge of; and I’m excited to do the pre recorded worship service because I have experience in that atmosphere. I am learning how to create a contract for live events and corporate gigs.

Here at Captivate, I am learning new things every day and gaining more experience then I would have expected. The people I am meeting are super cool and fun to work with and I love gaining relationships in this industry. There have been multiple events to start planning and prepping for so we can give our best product to our customer.