I'm a young pup myself (only 23yrs) and this thread really caught my interest because it describes my situation to a tee. Really.
Great thread so far, and I wanted to say that the following advice from Toolskid is an absolute lifesaver.
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Originally Posted by toolskid  A deep breath before you try and fix something thats going wrong will pay dividends and will not really slow you down at all... |
I was working at a very important gig I was subcontracted out for, assigned to do monitor mixing for a known band. I was worried inside but showed little fear, then the best thing ever happened - someone bumped the recall button on the Yamaha M7CL, while "recall confirm" was turned off in the settings, after the soundcheck. Bye bye band approved monitor mix.
Yes it was my fault for not saving constantly.
What did I do? Didn't flinch. Didn't freak. Just took a deep breath and started calmly but quickly fixing - (I.E> rebuild the mixes from memory as best as possible and then fine tune the mixes really fast during the first song at showtime). I let my boss who was on site know because he is a trusted mentor of mine, and I feel he deserved to know of the situation and that a mistake had been made.
Bottom line of this rambling on story - A calm deep breath really does help.
Good luck @ your Gig Patrick. Happy Holidays All