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Originally Posted by allencollins  I would say engineering skill is what I would want to have more. I mean if you had to select between two brain surgeons one was great at surgery but was an a$$ and the other one was super nice guy but had 'the shake' who would you pick? sure audio is not life or death but you really should be interested in the quality of the result not how cool the engineer was. |
Realistically you have to have EVERYTHING with a cherry on top.
The typical client cannot tell a good engineer from a bad engineer, even with audio samples! I've known engineer's who's "demo reel" is absolutely terrible but that doesn't stop people from working with them (although they complain when their music sounds bad like everyone else's... I guess they figured they were a better band?) But in every case those types were fairly cool, personable guys that just didn't know how to make a record.
Anyway, you'd be surprised how far personality gets you in life, especially this field.
If you do more work, you get more experience, make more contacts, get more recurring clients, get more referrals. Plus with the money you can get more specialized gear so you can work the way you want. And trust me, the more projects you work on the better you get. Eventually even the most daft people seem to manage to become mediocre if they try long enough.