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<blockquote data-quote="John O&#039;Brien" data-source="post: 39228" data-attributes="member: 390"><p>Re: Another one of those...</p><p></p><p>Hey Kevin! </p><p></p><p>Great to have you around. Welcome to the community, and yes you are right. It is one of the tightest knit communities you'll find around. Many of the fine folks on here are actual real life friends and work together on a regular basis. I, don't know anyone personally on here, yet. Hope that will change soon. </p><p></p><p>I'm a bit confused as to what you're asking here. Are you asking how to join the community? Well, you already have. You work, you enjoy it, and you're on here. Are you asking how to make a few bucks? Then you already are, just not maybe what you're looking at making. Starting a company these days seems to be REALLY hard, ask anyone on here. Are you asking where to learn how to mix FOH? Well, I can safely say that all of us on here are still learning that art! :lol: There is no school in the world that can teach you the know-how to work through the common issues of mixing FOH. It's the school of hard knocks that apply here. Sure, schools can teach you some different aspects of how to EQ something, or place something in a mix. But what do you when the guitarists tone isn't ideal and what you're used to? What do you do when you can't mix above a certain dB without your client(promoter) getting fined? What do you do when the vocalist all of a sudden cups there hands around the mic and you can't see it from a couple hundred feet away at FOH, only that you can hear something drastically different? These things are learned on the field, being around the pros that have done this since before you were born. How do I know this? Because this is what I've learned in my ventures as a sound guy in the field</p><p></p><p>If there is one other thing that I can tag on to the end of that, is that by all means, do whatever is necessary to hone your fundamentals. I started by jumping right to mixing, and jumped past ALL of the crucial fundamental principles. So the last year or so of my career have been doing nothing but going back to the basics. </p><p></p><p>You're in Detroit, which isn't a small town by any means. Have you looked at any regional companies out there that might take on an intern or shop worker? I spent my summer doing that, and let me tell, you it opens your eyes. You learn how to rewire cabinets and make cables and clean cables. But it's doing those things, that get you around people doing exactly what you want to do. It allows you to listen, and ask questions when you can. </p><p></p><p>This is all just my 2 cents, and it might differ from others on here, but I think that you'll find that most will tell you the same thing. I know because many people told me the same thing when I was starting out. </p><p></p><p>Keep yourself around here mate, and happy learning!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John O'Brien, post: 39228, member: 390"] Re: Another one of those... Hey Kevin! Great to have you around. Welcome to the community, and yes you are right. It is one of the tightest knit communities you'll find around. Many of the fine folks on here are actual real life friends and work together on a regular basis. I, don't know anyone personally on here, yet. Hope that will change soon. I'm a bit confused as to what you're asking here. Are you asking how to join the community? Well, you already have. You work, you enjoy it, and you're on here. Are you asking how to make a few bucks? Then you already are, just not maybe what you're looking at making. Starting a company these days seems to be REALLY hard, ask anyone on here. Are you asking where to learn how to mix FOH? Well, I can safely say that all of us on here are still learning that art! :lol: There is no school in the world that can teach you the know-how to work through the common issues of mixing FOH. It's the school of hard knocks that apply here. Sure, schools can teach you some different aspects of how to EQ something, or place something in a mix. But what do you when the guitarists tone isn't ideal and what you're used to? What do you do when you can't mix above a certain dB without your client(promoter) getting fined? What do you do when the vocalist all of a sudden cups there hands around the mic and you can't see it from a couple hundred feet away at FOH, only that you can hear something drastically different? These things are learned on the field, being around the pros that have done this since before you were born. How do I know this? Because this is what I've learned in my ventures as a sound guy in the field If there is one other thing that I can tag on to the end of that, is that by all means, do whatever is necessary to hone your fundamentals. I started by jumping right to mixing, and jumped past ALL of the crucial fundamental principles. So the last year or so of my career have been doing nothing but going back to the basics. You're in Detroit, which isn't a small town by any means. Have you looked at any regional companies out there that might take on an intern or shop worker? I spent my summer doing that, and let me tell, you it opens your eyes. You learn how to rewire cabinets and make cables and clean cables. But it's doing those things, that get you around people doing exactly what you want to do. It allows you to listen, and ask questions when you can. This is all just my 2 cents, and it might differ from others on here, but I think that you'll find that most will tell you the same thing. I know because many people told me the same thing when I was starting out. Keep yourself around here mate, and happy learning! [/QUOTE]
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