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kleinbl00  ·  2085 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 'supply-and-demand model of labour markets is fundamentally broken' ...

I got a Gannt chart with five years and 200 credits on it that indicates it's a bit more than DIY.

Nobody is ever going to pay for podcast editing. Music? They used to pay producers. Not so much anymore. My boss mixed bloody Blood Sugar Sex Magik and he's making $50 more a day than me.

The Hollywood sound industry is teeming with music guys who decided they wanted to be able to afford to live. Most of them had done just fine in the '80s and early '90s but it's fair to say that Napster and iTunes effectively killed the music industry.





cW  ·  2084 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That stands to reason. Tiny machinery doesn't just assemble itself.

I am currently being paid for podcast editing. Of course, compensation is sub-sensational ... and that's a rather deep understatement. The work is good though, when it's there.

Yeah, I've long wondered whether I shouldn't try and get in that game, sound editing for film. I assume you have to know the secret password and have good ins to get a seat at the table, on top of skills/experience.

kleinbl00  ·  2084 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You need to know someone and you need to be packin' heat. I switched to 5.1 back in 2002 and started getting work just because I had 5.1 (and knew how to use it). Because surround delivery is a requirement for any distribution you might find, the lions' share of at-home indie dudes are assing themselves out automatically because they think stereo is adequate. It's not.

I'm 4 1029s away from going Atmos. I might have to. It's going to be the delivery format of the future and nobody knows how to author it.