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Right Now Is the Best Time to Build

By Nathan Lively

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Get More Work as a Live Sound Engineer by Doing What No One Else Will

By Nathan Lively

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There is a simple way you can get more work as a live sound engineer, which is by doing what no one else is willing to do. Two words: cat circus! (Just kidding...mostly.) Key Takeaways Be the go-to guy by continuing to build relationships with clients and referral sources outside of work. You can do this through systematic followup in 1 hour/week. Challenge yourself to build a list of 150 business contacts over the next 6 months. Get the Valuable Contacts Spreadsheet I don't need an … [Read more...]

Where do clients come from?

By Nathan Lively

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I love being a live sound engineer and I love my clients. I just need to find more of them. Great. How are you going to do that? I don't know. Ok. How did you find your last client? I don't know. I knew a guy who knew a guy. If you tell me that you need to find more clients, the first thing I will do is ask you how you found your current clients. If you already have a strategy that works, you just need to do more of that. Let's try that right now. Think about your last gig. Who hired … [Read more...]

How to Be a Self-Starter in the Audio Industry

By Nathan Lively

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Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live I speak with filmmaker and host of Roadie Free Radio, Larry Milburn. We discuss how to be a self-starter in the audio industry and the many career paths of a sound engineer. No one's going to hand you a job in this industry. There is a large amount of self starting. Notes Roadie Free Radio: Check out these episodes Sean Quackenbush Chas Sandford … [Read more...]

The Graveyard Shift: How Mike Rauchfleisch Built a Thriving Audio Business by Working All-night Parties That No One Else Wanted

By Nathan Lively

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Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I talk with Mike Rauchfleisch, the owner of Audio Studio Nord in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, about how he built a thriving audio business by working all-night techno parties that no one else wanted. We also discuss: How to survive long events How to differentiate yourself as an audio provider How to offer complete event packages including staging, lighting, and video … [Read more...]

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