In previous installments, I talked about the decline of the recording industry, the decline of our music delivery system and the possibility of making a change from mixing music to mixing audio for video, because of the lack of clients due to the wide spread availability of recording software, and bands recording themselves.
One response I received through email let me know that the post world isn’t much different than music. No budgets for audio post, and low cost elements online have also taken a bite out of the post world. Is there no area in our field that has not been cheapened down?
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Now, I am a formerly trained recording engineer. I went to school, interned, have several credits to my name, enough to become a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the Grammy folks). I like the studio, I like the creativity, being able to lock in and create and take as long as the client needs to get it right. I hated live. I hated the noise, the feedback, the crazy people.
As time went on, I had more and more opportunities to work live gigs, attend seminars on live sound and the live environment has grown on me to the point that now it is my preferred method to work. I still like the studio, but now that I have the skills to handle the live world, I like the immediacy of the mix, the energy of the audience, and the creativity of the moment. The biggest plus in the live sound field, is that bands can’t mix themselves, so the gig is safe and in demand……right?
I’ve actually made more money from working live sound than studio, but I still do studio work because I enjoy it. Now I have several skill sets to draw upon and it’s keeping me busy.
To be continued….
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