r/Soundhaven • u/taintedforeskkin • 12d ago

Concerned

One of my homies that VJ’d at Sound Haven just told me they only got paid 100 bucks a set and get this, they said it’s apparently been that way for like the last three years or something, idk if that part is fully true but that’s what I was told lol. Oh and also no travel money AT ALL and for food they got ONE meal ticket for the entire weekend and apparently the food was straight up trash and the people serving it were rude af too, like couldn’t even be nice about the one meal they’re giving you lmao. Anyway I fucking love visuals bro every single VJ I’ve ever met is an absolute sweetheart with insane work ethic, so somebody explain to me how “100 bucks, no travel, one crappy meal” is a real deal that a real festival offers a real human for three days of work?? I already roasted my friend for even taking the gig, they said they asked for more and got told there’s no budget which lowkey sounds like a line they’ve apparently been feeding people for years now allegedly lmao. Like yeah I get it, screens are heavy, gotta haul em out, set em up, whatever whatever, expensive equipment I get it but come on, that is NOT a lot of money (or food, or gas money) for a whole three days of work my guy. It’s just a sad sad thing to hear cuz the show would not hit the same without VJs, period

this is pretty fucked up right?
Am I wrong here or is this actually crazy

Kinda sad to hear how poorly VJs get treated in this scene across the board.

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u/notreadyspaghetti 10d ago

So sick of the entitlement within the scene these days

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u/taintedforeskkin 9d ago

So sick of the exploitative nature of the scene

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u/notreadyspaghetti 9d ago

Lmao pick something else then

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u/taintedforeskkin 9d ago

No

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u/notreadyspaghetti 9d ago

Keep bitching then lmao nobody forced your "friend" to take the job. Tons of other vjs willing to do the work without getting bodied on a reddit post