This is your textbook on how to get into touring. –Darryn De La Soul 🗣12 Authors 💪🏼272 Years of combined experience 🚨Free until Sep23 at midnight In this ebook you will discover: The many paths available to getting on tour. Best and worst parts of the job. How much touring engineers make. And you can download it for free until Sep23 at midnight! The most common career-related question I get is how to get on tour. There … [Read more...]
Do you want a job as a touring FOH sound engineer? You need to hear this.
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of the Sound Design Live podcast, I talk to Dave Swallow, Merlijn van Veen, Bob McCarthy, Darryn de la Soul, and Michelle Pettinato about their best tips to find a touring FOH sound engineer job. With whom should I build relationships to get international touring gigs? Should I work for free to get my foot in the door? Who are the best people to cold call to find … [Read more...]
Growth Hack 2016: 13-Day Career Building Challenge
Are you ready to blast into 2016 with new energy and ideas? Start the year off right with this 13-day career building challenge. Commit to professional growth this year as a sound engineer and as an entrepreneur. You'll receive a short lesson and action step each day from such industry leaders as Bob McCarthy, Darryn de la Soul, Dave Swallow, Merlijn Van Veen, Moldover, Larry Crane, Josh Srago, Ken "Pooch" Van Druten, Björgvin Benediktsson, Harry Mack, and Steve Knots. … [Read more...]
11 Professional Networking Improvements You Can Make Today to Find Work in a New Niche
"I just fell into it." That's the most common answer people give me when I ask them how they got into audio. It's certainly not a bad way to get started in the business, but what about when you want to make a change? What if you want to break out of your current cycles and create a career on purpose? What then? You'll need professional networking skills because pro audio is based on personal referral, and if you want to transition within the industry you will need new referrals. At first, … [Read more...]
Live Sound Survival: Big Sound Out Of Small Systems
Live Sound Survival is an eBook that Björgvin Benediktsson sells on his excellent blog, Audio Issues. He is definitely passionate about helping sound engineers like you and me master our craft, but he also scares the shit out of me. This seems to be a common theme in pro audio media--more on that later. Is the book for me? Maybe. If you are a beginner or hobbyist working on open mikes or birthday parties, then yes. If you already work regularly in professional audio, then no. The book doesn't … [Read more...]