Most people think that going into careers in music isn’t wise, due to the fact that they think only a few careers are available. They also are under the impression that the jobs either require you to be performing, managing or producing and that they don’t pay well. But what they don’t know is that there is actually a wide variety of Jobs available in the music industry. Jobs that, not only, are suited to all strengths but also pay well and are very capable of supporting you financially if need be.
The music career I have chosen is that of a Recording Engineer.
A Recording Engineer is someone who works with musical artists in a recording studio. They are responsible for recording, editing and mixing the musician’s musical …show more content…
The first job would be to see that all the equipment in the studio is set up, ready to use and functioning without falter for the next recording session. The second job of the Recording Engineer would be, as mentioned earlier, to record the audio performed by the client or music artist. The engineer must be very careful when carrying out all his jobs because if one of them is done wrong – namely the setting up of studio equipment and checking that it’s all working – because if the equipment isn’t set up, it makes the recording of the music slow and unprofessional. Also if the equipment is broken or not working, you will waste the client’s money and time on bad recordings or maybe even no …show more content…
Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, Full Sail University, University of Hartford, Berklee College of Music and many others. Skill wise, all the above universities and many of the others require for you to be technologically wise so as to be able to repair the recording equipment when it falters, have a background and love of music so they are able to come up with original ideas and know what works well together. Another skill recording engineers must practise is listening skills and good interpersonal skills as they will be working as part of a team. Where education is concerned, it would be wise to have done an internship at a music studio or enlisting in a degree program in recording arts or sound engineering.
To achieve your ambition of becoming a Recording Engineer, there are a wide variety of different courses you can invest in to get all the necessary training and prior instructions. Some of these courses include:
• Advanced Structural Dynamics and Acoustics: Which can be taken at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This course helps students understand acoustics of how sound travels. This course is free and is an online course.
• Digital Audio: This course can be taken at the Open University and it’s for those students who wish to create and share their own digital tracks. Digital Audio is useful as it helps advance one’s technological