recording studios in St. Louis

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"Mike" <MikeN83@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I was wondering if anyone knew of some recording studios in St. Louis.
> I have found a couple searching the internet, but I was hoping you guys
> may know of some more. The reason I am asking is because I am hoping
> to try to get an iternship.
>
You know, the ability to use both a phone book and the local alternative
music paper (or whatever serves in that capacity in St. Louis) would likely
yield not only a larger list of St. Louis area studios, but just might make
some local studio owner think that you have enough intelligence to someday
be allowed into a control room. The fact that you chose this (international)
newsgroup when looking for local studios does not really make me want to
recommend you to those engineers I know who work in the area...

--
Dave Martin
DMA, Inc
Nashville, TN

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"Mike" <MikeN83@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Wow, you are just a dick. Sorry, I just assumed a group such as this
> would be a good place to ask about a topic like this. Who knows, there
> may be some engineers in the St. Louis area who would be willing to
> help out someone trying to get into the business, with out curt remarks.
>
Who know, indeed? The fact that you can't (or won't) do a little legwork to
find out where your possible internship could take place doesn't really bode
well for a long and fruitful career where being self-motivated is essential.
Ah, well.

On your present course (and with your present attitude), I'd suggest that
you practice the one phrase that may someday make you a living. Ready?
Repeat after me - "Would you like fries with that?"

--
Dave Martin
DMA, Inc
Nashville, TN

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In most careers it is considered a positive thing to ask for
advice/information from others who are working in the given career. I
didnt realize that in audio engineering it leads a poor attitude and a
fast-food job. I shan't trouble you for any for advice/information.

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In most careers it is considered a positive thing to ask for
advice/information from others who are working in the given career. I
didnt realize that in audio engineering it leads a poor attitude and a
fast-food job. I shan't trouble you for anymore advice/information.

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In article <1116891439.458151.19600@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> MikeN83@gmail.com writes:

> In most careers it is considered a positive thing to ask for
> advice/information from others who are working in the given career.

It is, in general. However, working in a studio isn't a career for
most of the participants here. We're mostly all independents who
realize that there really aren't any jobs to be had in studios. It
hasn't quite got to the point of "pay to play" yet, but intern
positions are pretty rare, and alnost always in large studios in major
cities where there's full time business in several rooms, and a lot of
utility work to do.

If you really want to intern in a studio, you should be looking in New
York or Los Angels, not St. Louis. And, yes, you should be prepared to
move, and starve for a while until you get your break or it breaks
you.


As far as finding work in a local studio in a smaller market (I assume
you were asking about St. Louis because that's where you live) there's
no substitute for direct contact. You should be well tied in to the
local music scene (if there isn't one, forget about finding a studio
where you can be an intern), and the active musicians in town can tell
you about the studios there, who's good, who's busy, and who's a jerk.
Once you have a few studios scoped out, call them and ask to come in
for a visit.

> didnt realize that in audio engineering it leads a poor attitude and a
> fast-food job. I shan't trouble you for any for advice/information.

It often does, sadly. That's why there are so many independent
engineers who can't afford to pay interns, and can't afford to have
one hanging around even for no pay. They're scrambling for their own
income.

--
I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo