Live Sound Work

Furious-Red

Hi i just finished a course in the Sound Training Centre in Temple Bar doing live sound and lighting. It was a good course but since it has finished i have been trying to find work doing anything to do with the industry but have been sending my CV's off to loads of venues and theater's around dublin but have heard nothing back. So i was wondering does anyone have any tips for possibly getting work or share any experiences they had.

Cheers

PaulBrewer

Furious-Red wrote: »

Hi i just finished a course in the Sound Training Centre in Temple Bar doing live sound and lighting. It was a good course but since it has finished i have been trying to find work doing anything to do with the industry but have been sending my CV's off to loads of venues and theater's around dublin but have heard nothing back. So i was wondering does anyone have any tips for possibly getting work or share any experiences they had.

Cheers

I'm thinking about building a new Airport from all the CVs I get sent .... and maybe an IFSC and a Port Tunnel if I've enough left over.

I'd guess your CV won't be worth the spit it took to lick the stamp you put on the envelope.

What might be of more use is getting to know people at the gigs/theaters around.

Pop around to all the gigs, talk to production guys.

Have a chat with the sound men, buy em a pint!

Find a band who want a soundman or lighting guy, then when you're at the gig, you've a 'professional' relationship with the house guys and your face begins to get known around.


Ultimately, use your loaf!

The single most important thing when starting at the bottom is - DON'T BE A PRICK!

No one cares what you do or don't know when you're at the bottom, only if you're a pain in the whole or not ...

artvandulet

I'd say if would be far easier if you get in touch with any of the main AV hire companies. There's always jobs going around.

dav nagle

Vicar St opens at 3pm, well thats when they sound check, knock in the side door and ask can you speak to the production manager, ED. Ask him can you sit in on some live work. Either way don't expect much, the guys who have the jobs don't want you to take their jobs. Dog eat dog. Keep knocking on venue doors and asking can you make coffee and sit on on live work, you might get lucky if you show that you are handy to have around. You have to have a neck of leather though, as Paul said it takes time and effort, no pay, you have to be able to accept rejection and it does hurt from my own experience. You think you are making an impression when in reality know-body cares about you. Luck is a key factor in all of this. But you have to make your own luck and keep knocking, as soul destroying as it is. Best of luck fire soldier.

studiorat

Door step them. You should call the AV companies too, CAV's etc. You get so many CV's it's hard to answer them all, email is better I think.