working for recording studios

does anyone here work for a legit recording studio or know how to go about doing it? i mean anything, even to clean the mixing boards at first. but ofcourse ideally i'd want to do something that could elevate me into engineering or producing. how do people do this without going to bs musicians institute?

i do have lots of experience doing my own amatuer recording and at a better quality than i see anyone else my age doing so on their own, so what do i need to do to graduate from that?

any thoughts?

I have a hard time recommending this. The recording studio business has been decimated by the prevalence of recording studios and affordable recording equipment.

I graduated with a recording degree, did outstanding work, was a manager of my schools recording studio, and recorded more albums than several of my professors. And I got passed over for internship after internship, and assistant engineer position after assistant engineer position.

I am currently interning at a post-production house, where I make coffee. Really.

Not to denigrate your skills, but your competition isn't people your age and experience. Your competition is the people who are making records (working in studios) now.

Furthurmore, with the abundance of new studios, and people looking to get into the field, the amount of money has dwindled. Hell, there are engineers trying to make a name by working for free (tasks that someone, somewhere, would otherwise be getting paid for).

I love it. And wouldn't change what I studied and love to do for anything, but it is not easy. It is hard. And it should be something that you have to do. Not something you want to do - anything else and it will be like trying to push a car uphill (and it'll probably be like that anyways).

back in the day, you would go try to get a job sweeping the floors, running errands(getting coffe, for instance), etc, and basically work your way up, find amentor, nd so on. Now it is unpaid internships, and as Mosby mentioned, extremely competitive. Plus, the days of big 'staffed' studios is fading fast. Most medium level studios are very lean as far as staff. Most engineers I know are freelance, and most have their own small studios.

well at least its nice to know that its not just me haha. well thanks for the insight. i think ill just stick to playing as its hard enough to get recognized just for that and put whatever knowledge i have in recording to use whenever becomes necessary.