Is It Worth Acquiring A Certificate And Accreditation For Arts?
There is always a misconception that certification or graduation in the field of music and sound would boost their career. No client or a music director or TV channels would be interested in looking at the printed certificates. They always look at the real-time project exposures and experience, behavior, communication skills, interpersonal skills, and technical skills of the musicians or technicians. They measure their ability to understand the work needs, work speed, and deliver the commitments on or before time with exceptional results.
Part-Time Learning And Earning
The often asked question is if I can learn when I am going to school, college or work. Some even go to work and still want to pursue a career in music in the near future. It is total speculation. It is like trying to learn to swim either by holding support or learning by theory. This will not allow immersive learning, thereby wasting a long time with zero outcomes. Yet, this could be possible only for a few people who have self-discipline in managing time, allocating assignments to themselves, working without pressure, coupled up with the right investments. The one who does not allocate time to practice every day would make all his investments into ashes.
Can I Benefit From A Short-Term Course?
Short-term courses are meant to be only for people who have a specific interest and who are uninterested in other integrated learning.
Secondly, it is also meant for already seasoned musicians who want to upskill themselves in other specific areas.
Thirdly, it is chosen by students who cannot invest in higher-level education due to cost factors.
Unsecured Income
Many people around the world consider working in the field of sound and music as an unsecured income plan. It is due to the fact, they are either unaware of the developments in the field, or have witnessed many undeveloped musicians and technicians in the field who had not taken proper measures as their foundation.
There are many layers of artists & artisans in the field of music and sound with different degrees of earnings and accomplishment. The degree of success is dependent on one’s hard work, commitment, perseverance, and consistency over a period of time. The initial craving of certain students fades away due to pressures and distractions created by their surroundings or unwillingness to work hard.
Every individual has a different level of understanding and perception in applying their thoughts. The time factors differ due to the preconditions of the student and one has to live with the same level of craving until they accomplish what they have looked upon.
Luck As A Matter Of Success
It is a popular word used by many people who fail due to inconsistency in their work, inadequate planning, procrastination, negative mindset, and so on. As a matter of fact, one who strongly believes in luck does not believe in themselves and plays a blame game. They also do not admit to other’s hard work and call it luck!!
Little Effort And Large Outcomes.
Little effort and large outcomes are cravings for greediness or leading a life through laziness. There are no substitutes and shortcuts to hard work. In Music Magix, we motivate the students to consistently work hard, so they are favoured by industry professionals as and when required.
The Film Is The Only Source Of Income
Many people believe that working only for the movie industry would be a comfortable living. Many jobs and career opportunities are listed for pupils to choose from in our “JOB PROSPECTS” menu.
In fact, the film industry is just one of the industries that most people are aware of. There are many avenues open other than the film industry in which one can live self-sufficiently.
The Film Is The Only Source Of Income
Many people believe that working only for the movie industry would be a comfortable living. Many jobs and career opportunities are listed for pupils to choose from in our “JOB PROSPECTS” menu.
In fact, the film industry is just one of the industries that most people are aware of. There are many avenues open other than the film industry in which one can live self-sufficiently.
I Need Lots Of Money To Own A Studio Or To Make My Career Big
It is indeed the wrong idea!! Just with a simple computer setup, one could also build lots of business. The world has shrunk because of internet and getting connected to bussiness is far more easer than before. Owning a studio is a symbol of accomplishment and luxury. With lots of studios available on the market, one could probably get the specific job done in a studio and the remaining post-production could be done at their respective homes.
Learning Through An Internship Or Assisting A Music Director
We can vouch for one thing that all are not lucky enough to have an established music director or a studio owner to sit next to us and teach us for hours together until we understand the concepts, tricks, techniques, and all kinds of approaches.
Most of the studio internships are based on making the students work as unpaid employees without a single benefit. This consumes lots of time before one realizes that one has lost their precious life and time. We at Music Magix have cultivated a process in which the students learn every aspect in a practical way.
The music directors do not have time to teach or train someone, and they prefer “ready to hire” professionals who could speed up their workloads with an accelerated workflow.
Music Direction Vs Musician
The role of a film music director as of today is to organize and communicate with musicians like singers and instrumentalists, technicians, engineers and assimilate the job as per the request of the Director, producer, and any clients. The outstanding music director has effective communication with the crew members, has a great power of association with fellow members, incredible leadership qualities in extracting the task, clear understanding and communication skills, with a meagre or exceptional amount of musical knowledge, with or without singing or instrumental playing knowledge. The most important characteristic of a successful music director is one who could resonate with people’s mindsets and deliver their needs. That said, a music director need not be a prodigious or professional musician.
On the other hand, a musician is someone with inborn talents or with acquired talents, may work for a music director or aim to become one with the above-mentioned qualities. To become a prowess musician, one has to give up their entire life.
That said, any musician could become a successful music director with little effort and any music director should possess the patience to become an exceptional musician.
Common Problems Associated With Self-Learning
We have listed a few of the associated risks and hazards to self-learning for a professional career. Need to be directed towards firefight with computer problems, DAW issues, plugin issues, hardware issues, error pop-ups leading to an extreme time loss in understanding and solving the issues which do not carry one anywhere in the field of music and sound business. Long-time exploration, experimentation, and annoyance are associated with obstacles & disappointment.
Directions & destinations are not road-mapped.
Confusions are not answered or confusion created by fellow members.
Unable to make your own decision.
Wrong choicest investments.
Fear of committing to a project at a higher price with low-level knowledge & experience.
It takes a long time to choose an instrument or synthesize an instrument.
Lack of knowledge to optimize the speed of the computer and workflows.
Confusions in using the plugins in the right order.
Breaking the head with all the investment made, but no results.
Having a bunch of audio plugins and instrument plugins but nothing conceives magic in your song.
Going mad after mixing for several hours.
Not optimizing the loading times of instruments.
Too much time is taken to create modest content.
Losing creativity on the fly because of technical hindrance.
The repetitive workflow creates the same monotonous content again.
Unfamiliar and uninformed with modern technology and workflow.
Lack of screen optimization, navigation, and wrong storage methodology end up in large chunks of hard disk space.
This is a generation where a musician cannot escape from learning Operating systems, Software, hardware, computer optimization, connections, Hi-tech information, updating to modern hardware, digital marketing, etc.
Declining to do so would push back the musicians outside the field. We have already witnessed many musicians who were out of the field barely because they blundered to adhere and comply with technological progressions.
Hence, we suggest the younger generation make their foundations stronger from the root and not endure any suffering halfway through their lives.