Every Casamoré sunset runs off the same physical kit: one 2008 Honda Odyssey named Perla, one rolling black Pelican case we call the Crate, and a stack of folding tables that I have dented, broken, repaired, and re-broken at least four times. I thought it would be fun to take a full inventory of what makes a show actually happen, because when I was getting started I would have killed for somebody to write it down.
The headsets are Silent Storm Pro 3s, 200 of them, in two rolling 100-count charging cases. Each headset has a three-channel selector, an LED that blinks the channel color, and a dial for volume. They run on internal batteries and get about 9 hours of playback off a full charge. We charge them the day before the show and again between shows if we're in a run. Total cost of the headset fleet: around $14,000. This is the most expensive single thing we own by a mile.
The transmitters are Silent Storm PRO-T3s, two of them — one for Channel A (Tony) and one for Channel B (Jack). They run off wall power or an 80Wh battery pack and broadcast 2.4GHz to up to 500 headsets in a 200-meter radius. They're the size of a paperback book. They have never failed us. I am going to jinx this by saying so.
The decks are two Pioneer XDJ-RX3s — one for each of us. We used to run CDJs but the RX3 is lighter, boots faster, and does everything we need. Hooked into a small Rane mixer so we can hand off mid-set if we need to. All-in weight of both decks plus the mixer: about 30 pounds. Both fit in the Crate with the headsets on top.
The power is where it gets clever. We don't plug into the beach. We run everything — both decks, the mixer, both transmitters — off a single EcoFlow Delta 2 Max battery, which we charge at home and bring with us. The whole show pulls about 120 watts at peak, so we get about 10 hours of music out of a single charge. It also means the show is silent when there's no music playing. No hum, no buzz. You can hear the waves.
The rest: a folding table (two now — I finally bought a backup), a tarp for when the sand kicks up, a hand truck, a small fan for Tony because he runs hot, a little first-aid kit, a second first-aid kit just for sting ray stings (this is Florida), 200 wet wipes for the headsets between shows, a gallon of water for us, and a Bluetooth speaker we use to scout a location before we set up so we can hear what the wind is doing. That's it. The whole show fits in one minivan. Every time I load it in, I can't believe the thing we've built is this small.