So you want to be a working professional, but how do you bridge the gap between being an aspiring pro and a working pro? Remember this: the prime goal of networking is to establish a connection with someone and showcase your abilities as an individual at the same time. Below are networking tips from RRFC […]
[Film Connection student Jacob Sizemore directs his short film “Song of Silence”] The film industry definitely isn’t the easiest industry to work in. Getting work and staying gainfully employed requires constant hustling and staying one or two steps ahead of the competition. Stay proactive and get those gigs with our tips on getting working in […]
We recently spoke with Ashley Calhoun (Los Angeles, CA), author of the
Oftentimes, being a successful artist has a lot to do with how well you play the game. It’s about how well you can network and showcase your work. It’s about how adept you are at creating something out of nothing. Being a working professional in a creative field means you have a social media following, […]
None of us like it when we fail at keeping our New Year’s resolutions. Sure, such failure is rife, so much so that it’s something many of us joke about come February when we’ve already broken one or more of those promises we made ourselves. While we can chalk it up to human nature and […]
The thing that holds most writers back is fear of failure. Such a fear can imprison people, keeping them creatively paralyzed so that ultimately they don’t make anything at all—good or bad. On this front, being a person who aspires to do quality work can actually work against you: you don’t want to produce anything […]
From no studio experience to hip-hop engineer in a few months? How does something like that happen? Ask Recording Connection student Darryl Thiessen, who got hired at YSMG, one of the top up-and-coming hip-hop labels in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Darryl came to the Recording Connection with nothing more than a desire to work in the industry. […]
Coke Youngblood knew from an early age that he wanted to move to Los Angeles and pursue a career as a songwriter/producer. “I remember coming out here [to L.A.] when I was 16 to go to Universal Studios with my brother and my stepmom and my dad,” he says, “and I just remember being here […]
“I’ve always loved music,” says Recording Connection student Heather Crawford. “It’s something that’s always been a part of my soul. It was this early love of music that first steered Heather toward the club scene. “I had some friends that are into Djing, and so I just started messing around on the equipment, fell in […]
When Orlando Gomez enrolled in the Recording Connection, he had one primary goal in mind: to launch a career as a music producer and audio engineer. So when he was placed as an apprentice at the up-and-coming Beacon Hill Recording Studios in El Paso, TX, he approached it with a simple mindset that literally enabled […]
