Sound Engineering (1 Viewer)

[scully]

I will give you work if you like, wont be much i hope you like lifting very heavy flight cases and then liftin them again, i do the ballroom and a few other things about dublin always need a hand not much money in it though.
but sure the craic is 90 well mabe 20. email me if you like
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[Divil A Bit]

I will give you work if you like, wont be much i hope you like lifting very heavy flight cases and then liftin them again, i do the ballroom and a few other things about dublin always need a hand not much money in it though.
but sure the craic is 90 well mabe 20. email me if you like
scully.|..|

Hey Scully

Got a handle on a PA for hire??

Cheers

 

[scully]

Hey Scully

Got a handle on a PA for hire??

Cheers

i do indeed depends on what you want how big engineer included etc what ya need ? and there are handles on the pa it makes it easier to carry
scully

 

[eoinbox]

I was wondering if anyone here might have some advice for someone who wants to get a foot in the door in sound engineering. I ask on behalf of a friend, who has just completed a 2 year course in the Sound Training Centre, Temple Bar and now has City & Guilds qualification in Sound Engineering. I dunno if that qualification is worth dick, or if sound engineering is one of those fields where hands-on work experience is considered more important than qulaifications.

So does anyone have any experience in this area and any advice they could offer a newbie? Where should he be looking for work and is it a bit optimistic to expect to get paid work straight off the bat?

he could pop into litton lane, avcom, those kinds of places and see whats going on. more than likely he will lifting boxes etc in the beginning, but in fairness he's gonna need to know how to lift boxes and learn how to the rudiments properly. working with a pa/av company can be a good alternative to hanging around the village asking for a gig, gets you used to all different rooms and lots of different gear. the money ranges from shit to good for people with good ears/sensible head and amazing for those guys with science degrees. some guys i know started working on a work exp basis and once they proved themselves a bit get a good wage. shit, i know, but that piece of paper isnt gonna help him out all that much unfortunately. he could also try and specialise a bit, get into doing monitors after a while, something like that. and it is really tough work, but it beats the bollock out of working in a kitchen.so there

 

[MeMyselfI]

I was wondering if anyone here might have some advice for someone who wants to get a foot in the door in sound engineering.

I was wondering if anyone here might have some advice for someone who wants to get a foot in the door in sound engineering.

There are many courses offering Sound Engineering training (in Ireland, Europe, the USA, everywhere), and all suggesting that there are many jobs available in the industry. This is true, except, the jobs are in packing DVDs, printing CDs, carrying tonnes of sound gear around backstage, making coffee for gobshites, doing accounts for record companies, cleaning up the puke, the cigarette butts, the drink cans and the (used) condoms after a major outdoor festival...but sound engineering? Most recording studios are in people's attics, bedrooms, garden sheds or garages and are owner-operated; the big studios in Ireland - Windmill Lane, Westland, and...and...have a house engineer. Most producers either twiddle the knobs themselves or have a favourite engineer, same with bands.

Sorry to be such a damp squib; I got in early, recorded some good bands and some awful bands, then moved into management where I get loads of CVs every week "I'm a Sound Engineer, gis a job".

 

[kings lead hat]

best job in the world.

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Also true.

 

[sparse]

This is something I've been thinking about doing when I get home but I guy I know works for one of the agencies and is forced to do the likes of Brenden Grace's UK tour. I think he's close to suicide now.