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THE
RECORDING SCENE |
May
1, 2001 ISSUE |
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It's
A Wonderfully Arduous
Life |
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Chapter
1 |
BY
BOB DENNIS |
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| Most of us in the
business are in it because we love music and recording and we are
committed to making our mark in the industry - finding a way to
have a reasonably stable life in this crazy field. We are
really spoiled brats that refuse to surrender a third of our life
(maybe half of our waking life) to mindless labor for money.
We call it a necessity to have a career based on fun and playing
around - paid to play, just like the professional ball
player. We want a career where we are as successful and well
paid as we are good, not paid according to our political
correctness or the shape of our body. |
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column I'm going to feature certain industry professionals and how
they managed to "settle-in" to a life in this
business. |
| Eric Kilgore
trained at Recording Institute of Detroit and was later hiried by
the school as an assistant instructor, promoted to training co-coordinator
and then to an instructor. But when Eric's wife passed, he
was forced to get a better-paying gig as he was now a single
dad. |
| Eric found
better money at a small studio that did commercial recording
(jingles) and multi-media. Recently he quit and now holds a
full-time position as an IT professional - outside of the music
and recording field. But as he explains it, he's more into
the field than ever: |
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ERIC
KILGORE |
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Recently
I’ve changed full-time careers from an engineer
for a local Detroit area production company, to an
IT professional for a prosperous hospital chain.
Here’s what I’ve learned…
- My own
multimedia company, Theoretical Reality,
cannot only survive but THRIVE in the absence
of job-related stress. My clients can take
full advantage of my creative abilities
because the over-bearing pressure of
"political correctness" or fear that
a ludicrous overhead cost can’t be covered
no longer compromises them.
- I can also
focus on creativity and quality of my
independent multimedia productions because I
know that my current employer is actually
paying the retirement moneys that they collect
from me into my retirement fund. They are not
collecting the money s from me and then
re-appropriating it to their own
"company" cars or some other item
they think in more important than my
retirement.
- By being in a
professional environment at my day job (one
where people don’t curse me out or throw
things at me), I’m able to finish my day
more relaxed and able to concentrate on my
independent productions.
The bottom line: I’m
able to offer better, higher quality audio, video,
CDROM, and web productions for less than half the
cost of my former employer. My clients are happier
and more impressed than ever. If you are a
multimedia professional that is suppressed by
tyrannical studio owners that constantly take credit
for your work and refuse to pay you adequately for
your expertise…GIVE ‘EM THE FINGER and work
independently. YOU WILL BE GLAD THAT YOU DID! |
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THE
ABOVE VIEWS WERE EXPRESSED IN AN ARTICLE "ANGER
IS AN ENERGY" 2001, Eric Kilgore (all
rights reserved) AND USED WITH PERMISSION.
VISIT ERIC'S CORNER BY CLICKING ON THE THEORITIOCAL
REALITY LOGO, |
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Copyright ©
2001, by Robert Dennis, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
Published in Recording
Engineer's Quarterly and Alexander magazines with permission |
USE OF THIS ARTICLE SUBJECT TO
USER AGREEMENT |
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