So you want to be a Grammy-winning audio engineer? Ok. For a moment let's brush aside the obvious challenges
(hundreds of kids graduating from audio engineering schools each month to a mere handful of jobs, an industry that is currently in one of the roughest patches it has ever seen, depressingly high divorce rates, no health insurance or benefits to be seen for miles around, 80-100 hour work weeks...you get the idea) and focus on one of the only things that is proven to help you: an internship.
It's hard to avoid. If you are pursuing a career as an audio engineer, sooner or later you will probably be required by your school to complete an internship. If you are not required to do this, then your school is doing you no favors. Go get an internship anyway.
Part One: Getting an internship
I receive dozens of emails and phone calls each week from people inquiring about internships at OmniSound Studios. And in every email and phone call I say the same things:
