TURN YOUR PASSION INTO A CAREER: LEARN THE TECHNIQUES YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE SOUND MASTERY

Becoming a sound engineer takes time and dedication. «10 years in the business are not enough to call yourself a sound engineer», one of my teachers told me once. Obviously that sentence disheartened me somewhat, but over time I understood its meaning: one’s own skills and knowledge should never be taken for granted. Many sound engineers, in fact, keep making the same mistakes for years because they are unable to bring themselves into question. I started to play around with microphones in 2001, and since then I've (fortunately) always put my abilities into question; as a consequence, driven by passion, I kept studying, reading books, attending seminars and reading websites on the subject. Of course, some skills require time to develop (one has to train his/her listening skills, for example), but I am convinced that with the right guidance, the learning process can be sped up significantly.