GuitarBilly wrote:The money in audio engineering today is in broadcasting, tv and movies. I have a friend who makes serious money as an audio engineer to MSNBC. He handles audio for the news shows and sports events. He also has been involved in audio production for tv shows like Forensic Files and others.
The movie industry is also a huge field and It's growing a lot now with streaming services like Netflix buying smaller productions and making their own content. It's a mistake to think that audio is limited to music/bands etc. Where there's video, there's audio and that's growing a lot. It's a huge field with a lot of possibilities. That said, it's a very competitive field and it's helpful to have insider help.
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True with this, but I think the last line is the most truthful. I also have a guy who’s been trying to get his feet into this and while I think there is other reasons that will hold him back, the company he works for has, perhaps literally; a million people in their clientele. I don’t know how it exactly works but it’s a big publishing company and it includes the likes of Trent Resnor and all other types of BIG name guys . He was just an example but obviously when the pool goes THAT high, and while he is talented and is at least a part of “it”, I dont think he gets much of anything, at least not survivable income based on his audio engineering skills and songwriting. I remember he once posted the list of people with a “contract”( or whatver it is called) and it seemed like a neverending list. So he really was a spec of dust in the cosmic sea. So yeah, having connections for TV/movies etc is very much a part of the deal. Maybe the biggest part truthfully.
That’s why I mentioned being just a small time studio guy. Again, you should have connections in the scene but I watched my friend build up his studio fairy quick and he had more work than he could actually do which kinda began his downfall. But at least for a few years it was a functioning profitable business for him. But he was In there 7 days a week, all hours of the day. So it definitely wasn’t easy work even if you love being a part of it
