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Kenna Hansen
This week was an eye opener. For almost 2hrs we talked about the differences in politics of the music and film industries. We talked about big changes that were occuring, NRG Studios lowering their prices as well as a few huge studios in NY closing. We talked about how the music industry and even media culture itself is changing. I was very appreciative of this converation because he was very transparent about things that are wrong with the industry and instead of spoon feeding me and filling my head with fluff, he said "here's how it is." Based on this information, I am going to structure every move in the music industry differently BECAUSE of this conversation. It was just nice to be given the courtesy of honesty regarding the business-end of the things when it comes to an industry where my dreams lie... rather than finding out all of these things the hard way and having to restructure everything I know.
That being said... we worked with mics today. We worked with a Sennheiser MD 421, Shure SM7B, Shure SM57, and a Lawson L251. It was nice because he had me record my voice on all the different mics and rather than being taught from a book only to go off of, I had a simple overview of different mics from the curriculum and when I got in the studio, was able to handle them and hear the difference of each of them. He had me record my own voice singing. I was kind of nervous, don't usually sing in front of anyone, but I decided to on-the-fly sing the first line of a song I was writing and it was cool to hear it come to life. After we looked at the difference of each mic, he showed me how to EQ my own voice and it was so cool and so hands-on! I was able to really understand the concepts of each mic type and brand then develop my own opinions about each mic as well, which was different than other avenues of training where they may teach you their own opinions of certain things pertaining to that field.
We also looked at dialog editing for a short film that I brought in, because I had expressed that as an interest when I first met with him. We went over "audio movie-magic" and I was baffled again at how much work it was! It was kind of hard though, he can hear things that I just don't... where when they are fixed, it just sounds professional and amazing. Excited to learn some of that :)
All in all, working with mics was cool. Working with film audio was mind-boggling. And discussing the music industry was enlightening. I feel that my eyes are opening up to just how much work is required in my end goal, which is in-turn helping me gain far more respect for good audio engineering, and at the same time becoming invigorated at the possibilities that lie ahead with the knowledge I am gaining. I find myselt wanting to prove myself more and more each week goes by and am so excited for next week!
