OT: Great jobs if you can get them; what are they?
OT: Great jobs if you can get them; what are they?
Answering telephones all day is very, VERY quickly losing its charm so I'm looking for something new where I can hopefully learn a lot about recording/producing/field recording.engineering etc etc
I know working in a studio would be great - but almost near impossible a gig to get as far as I've heard. Just wondering if anyone has had some other not-so-obvious jobs that really helped them pick up some knowledge.
Anything from post-production audio for film to music production, I'm interested in all of it.
Thanks.
I know working in a studio would be great - but almost near impossible a gig to get as far as I've heard. Just wondering if anyone has had some other not-so-obvious jobs that really helped them pick up some knowledge.
Anything from post-production audio for film to music production, I'm interested in all of it.
Thanks.
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Work is the mortal enemy of the soul!
The French, of course, understand it - if you look at the etymology of their commonest word for work, travail...
travail (n.)
"labor, toil," c.1250, from O.Fr. travail "suffering or painful effort, trouble" (12c.), from travailler "to toil, labor," originally "to trouble, torture," from V.L. *tripaliare "to torture," from *tripalium (in L.L. trepalium) "instrument of torture," probably from L. tripalis "having three stakes" (from tria, tres "three" + palus "stake"), which sounds ominous, but the exact notion is obscure. The verb is recorded from c.1300.
(http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=travail)
Say NO! to work!
The French, of course, understand it - if you look at the etymology of their commonest word for work, travail...
travail (n.)
"labor, toil," c.1250, from O.Fr. travail "suffering or painful effort, trouble" (12c.), from travailler "to toil, labor," originally "to trouble, torture," from V.L. *tripaliare "to torture," from *tripalium (in L.L. trepalium) "instrument of torture," probably from L. tripalis "having three stakes" (from tria, tres "three" + palus "stake"), which sounds ominous, but the exact notion is obscure. The verb is recorded from c.1300.
(http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=travail)
Say NO! to work!
Suit #1: I mean, have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
Recording studios still exist? That's crazy shit. But assuming they do and you can find one, I don't think it's getting a job there that's the issue. It's actually getting paid to do something. Studios are all about slave labor with the difference that you willingly do it for nothing or very little because you are working in a fucking studio.
Unless you are exceptionally talented and driven then you probably aren't going to be able to pay the bills doing something with music. Maybe get a part time job at a music store. At least you can get a discount on gear.
Unless you are exceptionally talented and driven then you probably aren't going to be able to pay the bills doing something with music. Maybe get a part time job at a music store. At least you can get a discount on gear.
today is my last day at work > then it's back to the university full time to finish that 8yr degree! The best job is NO job!!!!
no prevailing genre of music:
http://alonetone.com/glu
http://alonetone.com/glu
undoubtely the one i have, dj-ing, performing, making music, and the best part
co-creating and running this baby:
http://www.soniclab.sk
http://www.myspace.com/soniclabbratislava
the myspace link contains some pics
, the other site is still in further developement, watch out for the future!
co-creating and running this baby:
http://www.soniclab.sk
http://www.myspace.com/soniclabbratislava
the myspace link contains some pics
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Read these:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/control ... otPage.jsp
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/control ... y07.jsp&O=
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/find/news ... Micrphones
Buy this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/4 ... phone.html
Look here:
http://montreal.craigslist.org/tfr/
Also, go to local music clubs and theaters and sniff around for live sound people. Buddy up with them and volunteer your time as their assistant for a while. Only persistant people become audio people.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/control ... otPage.jsp
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/control ... y07.jsp&O=
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/find/news ... Micrphones
Buy this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/4 ... phone.html
Look here:
http://montreal.craigslist.org/tfr/
Also, go to local music clubs and theaters and sniff around for live sound people. Buddy up with them and volunteer your time as their assistant for a while. Only persistant people become audio people.
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Yippee!! I don't think I'm much of a studio person anyway...but any excuse to buy a nice new microphone is great by me. I didn't think there was much in the way of field recording gigs....I guess I'm wrong?Sales Dude McBoob wrote:Recording studios may be dead, but live sound and field work are here to stay.
it may not seem like the ideal type of studio, but maybe consider looking into on-hold / telephone advertising type stuff - or mobile phone voice prompts
I worked for several years in a studio like that and you learn alot and the mobile phone industry was growing massively
sometimes it can be tedious, but it can be sociable sitting on an ISDN codec recording the VO artists who are usually a great laugh
I actually really enjoyed that job - and it did actually lead to getting paid to write music and sound design a few times
I worked for several years in a studio like that and you learn alot and the mobile phone industry was growing massively
sometimes it can be tedious, but it can be sociable sitting on an ISDN codec recording the VO artists who are usually a great laugh
I actually really enjoyed that job - and it did actually lead to getting paid to write music and sound design a few times
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If you can get the capitol you could open a porn shop with video booths <-- that's a cash business
if you have some web design skills you could link up with pornaccess.com and start a site under their name - basically people pay $20 to download unlimited porn - you get like 10% of each sale
I'm considering this - or you could start a pay per minute porn site and get in with a collective that already has a large database of movies
the thing is there are some things people spend money on
such as:
gas
cigarettes
boozes
and
porn
short of opening a gas station you might as well sell x-rated material
just a thought - you can make some serious money off porn addicts who do way to much meth![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
word and peace
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if you have some web design skills you could link up with pornaccess.com and start a site under their name - basically people pay $20 to download unlimited porn - you get like 10% of each sale
I'm considering this - or you could start a pay per minute porn site and get in with a collective that already has a large database of movies
the thing is there are some things people spend money on
such as:
gas
cigarettes
boozes
and
porn
short of opening a gas station you might as well sell x-rated material
just a thought - you can make some serious money off porn addicts who do way to much meth
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
word and peace
a