My career plan can be split into two segments, short term and long term plans. The short term plan is in about 5 years and long term in 10.
By the 5 year mark in my career, I will hope to have a large catalog of music registered to a performing rights organization that makes me a steady income of money, even if that money is not very much at all. I expect to have to work a second job or work long hours to get by, so what I want is a foundation on which I can continue to build myself upwards.
By 10 years, I hope to be either playing steady gigs, receiving royalties from PROs, and maybe even selling some merchandise as a solo act or as a band, or be receiving a steady flow of work as a mixing engineer from many different clients. This is a reasonable goal to me, because I know that I have the talent necessary to perform either of these tasks, and that with hard work, dedication, and maybe a little bit of luck, these goals aren't that far out of my reach.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Weekly Blog 1: Dream Jobs
Top 3 Dream Jobs: Musician, Mixer, Engineer
Musician Interview: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/jack-black-remembers-ronnie-james-dio-he-kicked-major-ass-20150515
This interview is of Jack Black regarding the anniversary of the death of metal singer Ronnie James Dio. Although it isn't all that much about the career of Jack Black, it shows his respect towards Ronnie James Dio and how he was influenced by him to get into the Music Industry as a musician. This article hasn't changed my order of preference of dream jobs, because it shows the respect between fellow musicians at the professional level. I like how musicians have such an enormous amount of passion for their jobs, and that's why this is so high on my list of dream jobs.
Mixer Interview: http://speakhertz.com/7828/interview-producermixer-sie-medway-smith
This interview is of Sie Medway-Smith, a producer/engineer. The interviewer asked questions regarding how he got to where he is, and what he went through to get there. He had to work less important jobs like being a tape-op. This makes me respect the position even more so if I was able to get that job, I would feel like I had earned that job and that it's a desireable position. I think that I would be willing to follow the same path in order to obtain this job.
Engineer Interview: http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_with_elvis_presleys_sound_engineer_bill_porter.shtml
This interview is of Bill Porter, the engineer who worked with artists, notably Elvis Presley. He was known for making his recordings sound better than they should have on the equipment that was used. This job is really interesting to me because you get to be on hand with all sorts of musicians in the studio, and the final sound is all based upon how you worked the recording. This position obviously takes a lot of experience to work at a professional level, but I'm willing to put in the hard work and hours if it means improving my own skills as an engineer.
Musician Interview: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/jack-black-remembers-ronnie-james-dio-he-kicked-major-ass-20150515
This interview is of Jack Black regarding the anniversary of the death of metal singer Ronnie James Dio. Although it isn't all that much about the career of Jack Black, it shows his respect towards Ronnie James Dio and how he was influenced by him to get into the Music Industry as a musician. This article hasn't changed my order of preference of dream jobs, because it shows the respect between fellow musicians at the professional level. I like how musicians have such an enormous amount of passion for their jobs, and that's why this is so high on my list of dream jobs.
Mixer Interview: http://speakhertz.com/7828/interview-producermixer-sie-medway-smith
This interview is of Sie Medway-Smith, a producer/engineer. The interviewer asked questions regarding how he got to where he is, and what he went through to get there. He had to work less important jobs like being a tape-op. This makes me respect the position even more so if I was able to get that job, I would feel like I had earned that job and that it's a desireable position. I think that I would be willing to follow the same path in order to obtain this job.
Engineer Interview: http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_with_elvis_presleys_sound_engineer_bill_porter.shtml
This interview is of Bill Porter, the engineer who worked with artists, notably Elvis Presley. He was known for making his recordings sound better than they should have on the equipment that was used. This job is really interesting to me because you get to be on hand with all sorts of musicians in the studio, and the final sound is all based upon how you worked the recording. This position obviously takes a lot of experience to work at a professional level, but I'm willing to put in the hard work and hours if it means improving my own skills as an engineer.
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