Coming into this link was fairly easy for me overall, I already knew most of the iAM staff and it was really cool being able to work in a comfortable environment like that. What was especially helpful for the work that my mentor had me do was knowing the town, since multiple times over the three weeks I was running about Durango putting up posters in local businesses. Otherwise, since I’ve been working with iAM on-and-off for a few years I had a very general knowledge of how the organization worked before going in. It was fun and interesting being able to see how it really worked rather than just having a vague idea.
Most of the skills I learned were quite practical, like how to do live sound and how to do poster runs. That second one seems like it’ll help out quite a lot, though. If I’m to keep going with my band and if we start setting up shows independently, then we need to have some marketing done. Posters are an incredibly valuable part of getting your music out there, and it’s an important skill to know where to place them to get the most eyes on them.
There weren’t a whole lot of shortcomings during my LINK, other than my songwriting project. Songwriting is something that I would consider myself to be unskilled at alone, but in a group setting like with my band we can write songs together well. Starting on the project, I was trying to do it as independently as I could, and that went okay for a little bit. I managed to get a bit done, but for some reason or another, I couldn’t come up with more. Then, little by little, I started getting help from some of the instructors at iAM, and they helped me come up with more for the song. Moral of the story, teamwork is a wonderful thing.
I think having an internship like this as an option for any aspiring highschool musician is wonderful. It really does give a great perspective on how life in the industry can work, and can help build crucial skills. It’s not solely music writing and performance, either, knowing live sound can help with being a sound tech, and poster running can be a job in itself. Letting a student experience these things before even getting out of school lets someone like me have an idea of what they want to do with their life.
Like I sad before, these are crucial skills. Learning more about these has helped me realize that I really like doing sound, and I don’t particularly enjoy writing songs. I love performing, and I like making posters. I’m still in the middle about how much I enjoy placing those posters, though.
I’ve thought about doing music professionally in one format or another for years, now. This has just really reinforced that feeling for having that sort of work.
Most of the skills I learned were quite practical, like how to do live sound and how to do poster runs. That second one seems like it’ll help out quite a lot, though. If I’m to keep going with my band and if we start setting up shows independently, then we need to have some marketing done. Posters are an incredibly valuable part of getting your music out there, and it’s an important skill to know where to place them to get the most eyes on them.
There weren’t a whole lot of shortcomings during my LINK, other than my songwriting project. Songwriting is something that I would consider myself to be unskilled at alone, but in a group setting like with my band we can write songs together well. Starting on the project, I was trying to do it as independently as I could, and that went okay for a little bit. I managed to get a bit done, but for some reason or another, I couldn’t come up with more. Then, little by little, I started getting help from some of the instructors at iAM, and they helped me come up with more for the song. Moral of the story, teamwork is a wonderful thing.
I think having an internship like this as an option for any aspiring highschool musician is wonderful. It really does give a great perspective on how life in the industry can work, and can help build crucial skills. It’s not solely music writing and performance, either, knowing live sound can help with being a sound tech, and poster running can be a job in itself. Letting a student experience these things before even getting out of school lets someone like me have an idea of what they want to do with their life.
Like I sad before, these are crucial skills. Learning more about these has helped me realize that I really like doing sound, and I don’t particularly enjoy writing songs. I love performing, and I like making posters. I’m still in the middle about how much I enjoy placing those posters, though.
I’ve thought about doing music professionally in one format or another for years, now. This has just really reinforced that feeling for having that sort of work.