#390936 - 02/27/00 07:01 PM
Getting work in new location
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utopia
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Registered: 01/30/00
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Loc: North Hollywood
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Hello. I moved from Vancouver Canada to LA and I am finding it a bit hard to get re-established in this new town. In vancouver, I was considered on of the top guys, with my work winning major awards (Juno's + Canadian Grammys), as well as working with some of Canada's best artists. Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to get working here. I've met and talked to many people, but I keep getting "I only work with so and so". How the heck does on get these people to take a chance on a new, potentially better guy. Any info would be appreciated.
George
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#390937 - 02/28/00 03:18 PM
Re: Getting work in new location
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Beanstudio Mastering
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Registered: 01/20/00
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Loc: Wayne, NJ USA
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A good idea would be to join some US societies. SPARS, NARAS, The Producers Guild. And obviously, these newsgroups are great.
Put an ad stating your specialty in the local rags, I think "Bam", is a paper you might try out there. Make up new business cards, and drop them off wherever you can. Stress your specialty so you stand out among the throngs of studio guys. Check all the local ads and see what other people aren't mentioning that you are good at.
It is hard to get word of mouth going, but I have some good ways. It is important to make sure that you get your name in the credits on projects you work on. That wasn't obvious to me at first. Getting copies of cds you do for clients seems even harder, but you can. I ask the client to give as much info about me on the cd credits as they will. If you are the primary engineer, you may get your name, webpage address, and even phone number listed. Then people hopefully like what they hear, and call you.
Put business cards in every media box you deliver. Put up a simple webpage answering questions about your services, and the rates. If someone has an interest in my services, and they contact me via e-mail, I direct them to my webpage for prices they actually will get rather that something I quote off the top of my head. Whatever rate you use, try to keep it consistent or you can confuse yourself when quoting. Obviously big labels pay full rate and indy record co's and producers may get a break.
I have clients that I have rarely, if ever actually spoken to. All of the correspondence has been done thru e-mail in some cases. Keep in contact with your old clients, and do work thru the mail.
Good Luck, we all need it!
Jim
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Beanstudio Mastering
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#390938 - 03/01/00 05:11 AM
Re: Getting work in new location
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jfinevog
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Registered: 02/16/00
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Loc: vancouver bc canada
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Hi didn't you do some mastering for Mat Good isn't he knowen in the us. Try and do some work for bigger local bands and do it for free so when there friends hear it they wil whan to use you for there projects worked for me at the start.all the best
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