Don’t look for a job in audio if you don’t understand this. Okay, a little bit clickbaity for a Beat Kitchen post, but hear me out, ’cause I’m right. It’s not really that hard to teach you how to operate a compressor, or how to wrap a cable, how to evaluate a microphone, or whatever the stupid pet mixing trick of the day happens to be.
I know this because I teach people this stuff all day long, but what neither I nor your employer wants to teach you is how to conduct yourself responsibly and professionally, and how to be trustworthy, how to show enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity and good taste in such a way that you’re actually going to get brought into a session to get taught the skills that we need from you. And so I know this sounds like clickbait, but I think some of you, and particularly some of the youngest amongst you, need to understand this. So before you go out and try and land that job or collaboration, you should know that the best stuff in your toolbox isn’t stuff that really goes on a resume, but those are gonna be the assets that get your foot in the door.
They’re the ones you should lead with and you can share that with someone who belongs in a Beat Kitchen class.
