Anyone here in the music industry? This covers everything - from working at a label to helping out at a local venue to interning at a radio station to working as a local record store.
No musicians though, just us who make our livings off of them! You can start your own thread! Heh…
Yer pal,
Satan
TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING:
Three months, three weeks, 9 minutes and 25 seconds.
4480 cigarettes not smoked, saving $560.03.
Life saved: 2 weeks, 1 day, 13 hours, 20 minutes.
TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING:
Three months, three weeks, 6 hours, 8 minutes and 8 seconds.
4490 cigarettes not smoked, saving $561.28.
Life saved: 2 weeks, 1 day, 14 hours, 10 minutes.
Jesus Harold Christ… Am I the ONLY music bix guy here?
Great… Now I know who will be called upon when the “Ask The Music Biz Guy” thread gets started…
Yer pal,
Satan
I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR:
Three months, three weeks, one day, 14 hours, 9 minutes and 53 seconds.
4543 cigarettes not smoked, saving $567.95.
Life saved: 2 weeks, 1 day, 18 hours, 35 minutes.
Closest I can get is that I spent 3.5 years repairing musical electronic stuff like effects units, tuners, amps, mics, tape decks, mixers and other assorted stuff.
The company used to import Jackson and Charvel guitars as well as the cheap stuff like Hondo and Encore.
Worked for a trifecta of radio stations as a receptionist/admin assistant/fall girl for 6 months. We had a Classic Rock (the jocks who refused to wash themselves), an AM talk station (the wierd, hip guys who you KNOW were on AV in high school), and a modern/alt rock station. Prior to working that crappy job, I also interned at the alt rock station, which is 100,000 watts, so it reaches 60% of Montreal, and gained the illustrious title of Assistant Promotions Director, produced the calendar of events, was responsible for our sponsor banners/set up at venues, attended bar events, basically went to as many shows as I could. All in all, I worked at alt station for a year and half, dated a DJ, was on the air whenever I happened to be in the booth when the jock went on the air, and actually had someone tell me my voice sounded familiar. All in all, it convinced me I didn’t want to go into radio, for no other reason than the old “If you buy a house, you will lose your job” superstition. But the perks rocked. I miss free CDs and concerts.
Nothingman is the PD of whatever station he works for, so I know you’re not the only one, Satan. Is working for a label more stable? I considered doing PR stuff for labels, but then realised that the whole music industry is probably as cut-throat as I experianced.
I’m a campus radio DJ. And when I say campus radio, I mean campus radio – you can’t pick up the station from anywhere else! We may be cybercast this coming year though.
She was taking Radio Broadcasting (I wasn’t…just a hobby) and she heard a song I was playing that she liked, bounced in and gave me a thumbs-up.
She is no longer in radio, although we both enjoyed doing (although we never did a show together). The stupid record industry is too sweaty to get involved with. She had the “Record Weasels” come into class to tell them about the industry, and that opened her eyes.
When we go to concerts or promotions, we always play the “Spot the Record Weasel” game. It’s usually a pretty close score. Perhaps we’ll change the name to the “Spot Satan” game (that has a nice ring to it too).
You can start your own thread! Heh…
