So today was my first day really trying to care about my internship and applying 100% of myself. Its hard when my Big Boss is out on medical leave and her assistant (we'll call him Vin* from now on), Vin shows up about an hour late for work. But, the day did go by pretty fast because I stayed focus on the menial tasks I was doing, instead of complaining to myself about how much I hate doing it.
Today, one of our producers came in to meet with the A&R I wrote about earlier. In music though, just because you have a meeting scheduled, it doesn't mean the person will really show up. So the producer played some tracks for Vin and talked to him for about 2 1/2 hours, and I got to eavesdrop. It was pretty cool because I've never met a producer before, and he was only signed about 2-3 months ago so he is still really passionate about what he's doing and isn't jaded yet. He also used to engineer so he really knows his equipment and his beats come out sounding crisp and clear. The beats he played were his newest stuff and he had a really wide variety of sounds. Even though I never was really into production before, it is interesting to hear a producer talk about the process of the beat being made and what his vision for the song is. As much as I enjoyed my first meeting with the A&R, I'm kind of glad he wasn't in today because I have a feeling he is going to take over and work my ass into shape. I'll appreciate it after the fact, but its never fun when you're getting yelled at for irrelevant things.
I should also mention that I made a decision this morning to make it more of a priority to get this other, part time, A&R internship. No one is going to do it for me, and the more people I can meet this year, the better chance I have of getting a job when I graduate in May. So tonight I hit up a couple of people artfully begging for a chance to work with them...hopefully I'll hear something back and if not, I'll be doing the same thing tomorrow night and the night after that until something pops off. In addition to that, I'm also working for my boss from my internship last year doing internet marketing. I've mentioned before that I hate internet marketing, but she pays me a small amount every week, and the work is acting like an introduction to being an assistant, something that I will more than likely be doing next year at this time. So aside from doing the internet marketing for an R&B singer who's album comes out next month, I set up meetings and make phone calls for my old boss.
The real question is, can I throw another job into my juggling act here and keep everything perfectly balanced? Stay tuned folks :)
Labels: intern, internship, job search
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