How long did it take you?

complex · 18th November 2011

to get a job in a studio and i dont mean paid i just mean a job?

audiotech · 18th November 2011

I actually got my first radio studio job when I turned fourteen. I first had to pass my "radio telephone" license to get on the air because we had to remotely control the transmitter and had to keep their logs. Not long after that I also started doing their studio maintenance. At sixteen I was doing field recording work for RCA records, such as high school orchestra and bands that were distributed locally on LPs. I remember using a Magnecord 1022 and a couple of Neumann U67s. This was in the mid sixties to early seventies. Opportunities just don't come around like that now a days.

Dennis

Fat Pastor · 18th November 2011

I got incredibly lucky and got hooked up with a local studio owner when I was 20. He'd been in the business forty years at that point and had some really primo "vintage" gear he'd bought new. He hired me on to be a pack animal on remotes he did for symphonies, choirs, chamber orchestras, bar bands, you name it. I really learned alot about mic selection, placement and most of all, how to listen from him.

He's now in his 80's and still in the business, and still mastering discs for vinyl! I got lucky enough to learn under what I consider my recording engineering "Yoda"

andychamp · 18th November 2011

In my late teens, as soon as I knew I really liked this stuff, I grabbed the local phone book and called all the studios in there to introduce myself and ask if I could come & take a look.
One of those I visited kept my number and after a few months occasionally called me in as a tapeop/assistant/coffee boy.
I kept doing my own thing, but being associated with that studio intrduced me to many cool people and opened a lot of doors.
I guess this is the perfect opportunity for me to thank Thomas Strebel and Helmi Edinger for giving me my 1st break!

Slikjmuzik · 18th November 2011

I started off working for a live sound company for a few years while in college. Everything from weddings to large concert venues. I was the guy they stuck on monitors...hated that gig. Kept acquiring gear for my personal studio. Now it's full-fledged. Could literally do any kind of project with the equipment I have, but it's only part-time. Can't seem to justify getting rid of free health insurance at my day job. tutt

ARIEL · 18th November 2011

Well 11 yrs ago took out the loan to buy my first batch of pro gear and started my first real full length production . About 6 of the years I still had to have a day job and spent the nights and weekends recording bands . It got to a point of being so booked I had to quit my good paying day job . Full time ever since . After 6 yrs I had enough of a track record through word of mouth is what helped me in this .

gogar · 18th November 2011

When I got out of college I went to the 3 places I liked the most, and was working the next week. It was a long time ago, though. I worked for free for about 6 months, and then I was the #3 house guy and then I was the #2 house guy and then I was the house guy and then it was 8 years later and I didn't want to work 16 hours a day anymore.

18th November 2011	#1
complex Gear addict Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 474 Thread Starter	How long did it take you? to get a job in a studio and i dont mean paid i just mean a job? __________________ http://soundcloud.com/definity/brazilian-exodus-matrix-mix-work-in-progress

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andychamp Lives for gear Joined: May 2005 Location: Basel, Switzerland Posts: 2,873	In my late teens, as soon as I knew I really liked this stuff, I grabbed the local phone book and called all the studios in there to introduce myself and ask if I could come & take a look. One of those I visited kept my number and after a few months occasionally called me in as a tapeop/assistant/coffee boy. I kept doing my own thing, but being associated with that studio intrduced me to many cool people and opened a lot of doors. I guess this is the perfect opportunity for me to thank Thomas Strebel and Helmi Edinger for giving me my 1st break! __________________ André ___________________________________________ "Recording exactly what a musician hears turns out to be a really big deal." Bob Olhsson "Who cares about efficiency, when we're talking about music?" Rupert Neve "it'll sound different through a microphone, anyway" Keith Carlock "no room, no boom!" Michael Wagener

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Slikjmuzik Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 2,699	I started off working for a live sound company for a few years while in college. Everything from weddings to large concert venues. I was the guy they stuck on monitors...hated that gig. Kept acquiring gear for my personal studio. Now it's full-fledged. Could literally do any kind of project with the equipment I have, but it's only part-time. Can't seem to justify getting rid of free health insurance at my day job. tutt __________________ Julian Ear Candy Studios www.earcandystudios.com It's the indian, not the arrow...

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ARIEL Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Canada, B.C. Posts: 980	Well 11 yrs ago took out the loan to buy my first batch of pro gear and started my first real full length production . About 6 of the years I still had to have a day job and spent the nights and weekends recording bands . It got to a point of being so booked I had to quit my good paying day job . Full time ever since . After 6 yrs I had enough of a track record through word of mouth is what helped me in this . __________________ The Ultimate Metal Sample Replacement Kit in Trigger and Drumagog format www.invictusaudio.com

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18th November 2011	#2
audiotech Gear addict Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 338	I actually got my first radio studio job when I turned fourteen. I first had to pass my "radio telephone" license to get on the air because we had to remotely control the transmitter and had to keep their logs. Not long after that I also started doing their studio maintenance. At sixteen I was doing field recording work for RCA records, such as high school orchestra and bands that were distributed locally on LPs. I remember using a Magnecord 1022 and a couple of Neumann U67s. This was in the mid sixties to early seventies. Opportunities just don't come around like that now a days. Dennis Last edited by audiotech; 18th November 2011 at 02:26 PM.. Reason: incoherent sentence

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Fat Pastor Gear Head Joined: Apr 2011 Location: Centerburg, OH Posts: 44	I got incredibly lucky and got hooked up with a local studio owner when I was 20. He'd been in the business forty years at that point and had some really primo "vintage" gear he'd bought new. He hired me on to be a pack animal on remotes he did for symphonies, choirs, chamber orchestras, bar bands, you name it. I really learned alot about mic selection, placement and most of all, how to listen from him. He's now in his 80's and still in the business, and still mastering discs for vinyl! I got lucky enough to learn under what I consider my recording engineering "Yoda"

18th November 2011	#7
gogar Gear maniac Joined: May 2011 Posts: 291	When I got out of college I went to the 3 places I liked the most, and was working the next week. It was a long time ago, though. I worked for free for about 6 months, and then I was the #3 house guy and then I was the #2 house guy and then I was the house guy and then it was 8 years later and I didn't want to work 16 hours a day anymore.