EOC WK 3: Where Are You At And Where Are You Going To Be

I’m currently attending the Art Institute of Las Vegas and I’m scheduled to graduate this September 2011 with a bachelors of science in audio production. The sole reason of attending this school is for the simple fact of being a musician for many years and having the inspiration of producing music. Living in Seattle for a decade gave me the opportunity to work with very talented musicians and going on the road and performing in interesting places. Economic strife after 9/11 made me decide to move to Las Vegas, and I applied at the Local 720 I.A.T.S.E and became a member of this union. I currently hold cards in these departments: high rigger, AV Tech, A1 and A2 in the audio department. There are very talented people who are hired on as freelancers for this local, and it’s a great network if you want to get into the stage craft industry. Working for this local is great because no two gigs are the same, and neither are the locations. This is true if you don’t have a steady house gig in any of the casinos. The experience has expanded my skills, but I believe that there are other opportunities out there that I would like to experience in this lifetime. Working for this local for the past 6 years I’ve been able to develop contacts to branch out and do other things in the audio industry. I can see myself traveling on tours as front house or monitor engineer for various acts. I also have a chance to go to California in the near future to check out a studio being developed, and if everything goes well I’ll have a chance to be a recording engineer at Santoshia Studios based out of San Clemente.