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Music Tech jobs on the up or down?

  • 01-07-2011 9:37pm
    #1
    omen80
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    Hi,

    Just wondering what your thoughts are on the future of music technology jobs here in Ireland. Do you think they will increase or decline?
    It looks like colleges are increasing their courses in this area but with more graduates it only adds to the problem of trying to get a job. I think the future for sound engineers may not be great, in terms of making decent money that is. But what about teachers, dsp programmers and software support staff? Do you see an increase in these areas?


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  • #2
    Anima
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    For the software side of things, you get a lot of people who are in universities doing research or else working for commerical companies. Either way you look at it, there isn't a lot of positions and you'll have to be very good and better than most to get them. Lots of very good freelance people as well making their own plugins/apps and selling online.

    You're right though, we do seem to have a lot of courses and graduates but probably not that many jobs. Best to look abroad I'd imagine.


  • #3
    drumdrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 354 ✭✭drumdrum


    Anima wrote: »
    You're right though, we do seem to have a lot of courses and graduates but probably not that many jobs. Best to look abroad I'd imagine.

    +1.

    What most people forget to realise are that colleges are businesses too....so to speak. They need numbers to get funding which keeps them running. Music Technology is popular at the moment, so many colleges are putting on courses for them to get the numbers in. Having an interest, and having an industry to support this interest are two very different things. There are feck all jobs as there is and with more colleges offering courses, its just furthter-over-saturating an already over-saturated market place.
    Plus, alot of these courses are new, and IME it takes a couple of years for colleges to knock the kinks out of new courses...

    Most people I know that do the Pulse, Ballyfermot or Temple Bar music tech courses when they finished tried to establish themselves afterwards as sound engineers, failed after a while and ended up getting jobs in offices or wherever. Nothing to knock them....how could they compete with the studios that have the better gear and experience who are competing at near-same rates nowadays... as a band its a much bigger risk to trust Johnny-few mics and a soundcard and laptop with your musical babies than it is to trust Johnny big studio with a proven track record and who has proven they can get the sound you want.

    Its pity really, as I've known some amazing engineers who simply couldn't get a break.

    dont get me wrong, Music Tech is a great hobby, one which I love myself, but IMHO its not really a job prospect anymore save for a few VERY lucky people. On this note, home recording is another booming market, so you're also competing with this area too....and trying to convince a band to pay you to record them when they have it in their head to do it themselves (where they have their sound mapped out already!) is no easy task....


    EDIT: Dont get me wrong, there are some amazing studios and engineers in Ireland who are just magicians at what they do... But ask any of them on the state of the market place and you will hear the words "competitive" "over saturated" and "aggressive" come out.


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