Inters and getting past an interveiw

[nacesonic_temple]

Everyone always says tell them what you can offer the studio. What do
studio managers or owners want to hear? "I think i would fit in great
hear and help to make things run smooth." Whats does someone with
little experience and lots of ambition have to offer?

[Michael R. Kesti]

nacesonic_temple wrote:

>Everyone always says tell them what you can offer the studio. What do
>studio managers or owners want to hear? "I think i would fit in great
>hear and help to make things run smooth." Whats does someone with
>little experience and lots of ambition have to offer?

o Acknowledged ability to brew coffee.

o True talent with vacuum cleaner, broom, mop, and toilet brush.

o Proven potential to keep your mouth shut.

o Demonstrated desire for no life ouside of the studio.

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Michael Kesti | "And like, one and one don't make
| two, one and one make one."
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[Jay - atldigi]

In article >,
(nacesonic_temple) wrote:

> Everyone always says tell them what you can offer the studio. What do
> studio managers or owners want to hear? "I think i would fit in great
> hear and help to make things run smooth." Whats does someone with
> little experience and lots of ambition have to offer?

Studios want to know that an intern will be reliable (show up and be on
time - I know, it sounds simple, but you'd be surprised), trustworthy,
eager to learn, can listen well and follow instructions (follow through
on any projects you're given), will treat customers like gold (this is a
service industry after all), have a good attitude and pleasant demeanor,
and won't step out of bounds. This is your time to follow, not to lead.
Don't try to get ahead of yourself. Let your work speak for itself.
Don't just tell them you deserve more; show them you deserve more.

I think it boils down to the fact that you will value and care for the
clients and facility as if they were your own, striving to make the
experience of both clients and other staff members more productive and
enjoyable. If you have some unique technical skill that the studio
lacks, then consider yourself lucky and highlight it, but usually the
technical side is less important than your ability to provide excellent
service with a smile at this point.

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Jay Frigoletto
Mastersuite
Los Angeles
promastering.com

[Romeo Rondeau]

"nacesonic_temple" > wrote in message
om...
> Everyone always says tell them what you can offer the studio. What do
> studio managers or owners want to hear? "I think i would fit in great
> hear and help to make things run smooth." Whats does someone with
> little experience and lots of ambition have to offer?

Slave labor! :-) Just kidding...

[EganMedia]

>Everyone always says tell them what you can offer the studio. What do
>studio managers or owners want to hear?

I hate it when applicants tell me what they can offer the studio. That
presumes they know what I want or need. Usually it's the same trite **** about
being Pro Tools Certified or some other BS from recording school. The best
intern I ever had (who now freelances for me regularly and has his own keys to
the place) came from the Conservatory of Recrording yadda yadda in Phoenix AZ.
He said he needed to do do an internship to complete his degree and that he
would be willing to do anything I asked him for the duration of the six week
internship. He came in with a downloaded photocopied manual for the console
and had some good, relevant questions about the routing. Obviously he had done
his homework. He didn't ask for anything, but rather offered to help whenever
he saw what he thought was a deficiency. He went to the local eateries and
assembled a file of take-out menus. Twice while he was interning he grabbed a
paintbrush and went around touching up the walls that had been scuffed by
speaker cabinets. He was consumately polite and interested in projects the
studio was working on, and he would go to clubs at night and talk to the band
about how great the studio was. He knows his technical ****, but it was the
other stuff that impressed me. He was a self starter who found work when it
was slow and didn't get in the way when it was busy. He also has a great sense
of humor.

I'd suggest you tell the studio owner that you posses those qualities. If that
gets you in the door, use your technical chops to prove you can do work worth
paying for.


Joe Egan
EMP
Colchester, VT
www.eganmedia.com

[Les Cargill]

nacesonic_temple wrote:
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> Everyone always says tell them what you can offer the studio. What do
> studio managers or owners want to hear? "I think i would fit in great
> hear and help to make things run smooth." Whats does someone with
> little experience and lots of ambition have to offer?

Good squeegee technique and light bulb replacmeent finesse.

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Les Cargill

[WillStG]

<< nacesonic_temple wrote:
> Everyone always says tell them what you can offer the studio. What do
> studio managers or owners want to hear? >>

Well if you're just thinking of telling people what you think they want
to hear, you'll probably end up working for a boss who likes suckups. But
maybe you can impress them that you know the secret "nacesonic" handshake. <g>


( It's who you are that is important. )

Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Off the Morning Show! & sleepin' In... / Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits

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On 2004-03-06 said:
>be on time - I know, it sounds simple, but you'd be surprised),
>trustworthy, eager to learn, can listen well and follow
>instructions (follow through on any projects you're given), will
>treat customers like gold (this is a service industry after all),
>have a good attitude and pleasant demeanor, and won't step out of
>bounds. This is your time to follow, not to lead.
<other good comments deleted for brevity>
be ready to take notes and for such things as container labels and
track sheets write neatly and legibly, but be ready to take notes.
If you're tracking guitars note the settings on the amp, stomp boxes
used etc. Chances are good that's what I'm going to want you doing
when we're in session.
ASk questions when it's needful to make good notes, but make good
notes. AS an intern you're a runner and a scribe and an anything
needed. IF you show some hustle and a wilingness to learn you'll be a
welcome addition anywhere <g>.






Richard Webb
Electric Spider Productions
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