0617 – How To Make A Sound Engineer Your Friend

2022.09.09 - 0617 – How To Make A Sound Engineer Your Friend

How To Make A Sound Engineer Your Friend

·        Turning up on time and being ready microphone-ready

·        Be confident and competent in sight-reading. OK the odd slip or trip, but be able to see it and say it pretty quickly.

·        Be able to interpret what the message is and who it’s for

·        Be comfortable not only in reading to time, but being able to shave off or add a few seconds to the duration of the read

·        The ability to polish a fast-turnaround dull piece of copy into a diamond – just don’t say it’s dull! Make it work, whatever.

·        Being able to listen to, understand and follow direction

·        Offering help “I can stay on for a few more minutes to nail this”, and “let me know if you want any more quick turn-around retakes, no problem”… 

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