Becoming A Sound Technici The Highs And Lows

By the time i was finished Jonathan came barging through the stage and telling me “good luck” as he sat down then Dikari came barging through and tells me the same thing. All of a sudden the Principal Mr. Nava tells Dikari if he could be in charge of the microphone and make sure everything was working so Dikari

The wind tousled my hair around as I closed my eyes and took deep, shaky breaths. The faint sound of the crowd cheering upstage didn't help with my nerves, so, instead, I turned my ears to the delicate waves rolling up the beach. I opened my eyes and gazed out at the lake; now an open canvas for the golden sun which had began setting. Quietly, I plucked each string of my guitar- though I’d already tuned them several times. On the outside, I may have seemed ready, content, and excited; however, on the inside, no matter how tranquilizing the back stage scenery was, I was terrified to the core.

That morning, the recording studio seemed to be filled with more noise and frustration than usual. I sat cooped up in a metal fold out chair, watching all four of

I looked around the fancy stage, my dark dress twirling with me at my ankles, and looked at my friends. Echo was tuning her viola for the thousandth time. Eric placed a hand on her shoulder while holding his already tuned Violin in the other. Tori was quiet as always, sitting at the piano in the corner of the stage flipping through her music. Last but not least May was sweating on the other side

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"Hello I'm home, " I yelled as I opened up the front door. I hadn't been in the house for more than 15 seconds yet,the sounds of their voices screeching pierced my ears. Yelling and screaming echoed throughout the house, regardless of the fact that they tried to dull the sound by closing their door. It never worked. The increasing amount of this exact situation was, at first, surprising

When the bus first got there I was feeling a whirlwind of emotions fright , anxiety, nervousness. At the front gate there were metal detectors making a the regular sounds, no sounds and the annoying beeping which signified the guilt of the rule breakers. There also was this one voice message on loop saying have a good time and it was more than a bit annoying. When the endless line finally came to an end I had a new thing to worry about, would my metal fillers set off the alarm? When I went threw I was sweating bullets, then I went threw nothing went off thankfully. I didn't go wondering around on my own, in my group was my cousin Tyler Hargarten, Chris Grunwald, Kora Grover, and a girl named Carly. Chris had the idea that we should all go to the east side of the

Though a heavy depression weighed down on all of us, we still had to load up the semi. The work was difficult and tedious, but it was necessary. As we began to slowly push the vibraphone up the teetering ramp, I felt a light tap on my shoulder. The others continued up the steep incline once I halted to turn towards whoever had jabbed me. My day had been disastrous. Everyone seemed to be irritated both before and after the performance, barely anyone had actually aided in loading up the instruments into the truck, and we didn’t make it to semi-state. How could anything make that better? I turned to face three smiling girls, all of which were from a different marching band. They held out a pair of glittery sapphire fairy wings.

”Catherine, you got this. Do not be nervous,” I whisper to myself. I am on the sidelines waiting for my band to be called. My head is filled with fear, an emotion that had made itself home before every performance. Looking ahead, I see the 50 yard line where I will start the show.

My anxiety curled into my stomach, as I broke into a sweat and my hands began to feel clammy. When it was my turn to audition, I sat on the hard wooden stool and began to play my piece. The mesmerizing tune rang through the room and my swift fingers glided smoothly along the the keys. I could feel my apprehension of the competition disappearing, and but was still concentrated in performing the piece to the best of my abilities. As the end of the song neared, my heart nearly skipped a beat as I accidentally played a noted for longer duration than intended. The entirety of my audition had been ruined. This mistake had probably cost the entire

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Music production has many roles such as, collecting ideas for a project, picking songs and/or session musicians, suggesting changes to a song arrangement, instructing artists and musicians in the studio, and overseeing the entire process. I’ve been interested in this career for a couple years now. I discovered my passion for music and decided to look into careers in the music industry. I found out about music production while I was searching and realized it was exactly what I wanted. A reward from this field is that you get to have a very musical lifestyle. You get to experience many music performances, create music and sounds, and get a chance to work and hang out with the performers.

The air was buzzing with soft whispers and laughter. My stomach was in all sorts of knots. I could feel my heart thumping vigorously inside my chest. It was a hot night and the giant sun-like lights that shined down on us from the McCallum theatre didn’t help at all. I held my bass guitar with a tight grip, repeating the notes I had practiced over and over in my head.

We all stood up. Mikey 's expression was unreadable and Ray looked upset. I felt terrible. "Wh-what do you mean?" My voice came out like if I was sick, but at that moment I felt like throwing up. "This band needs to.." I found the words and rushed them out.