Week 5 EOC: Progress towards my Four Professional Contacts and Progress on Networking.

I have not made any progress on having the four professional contacts for class. I have had an attorney in the past, but cannot find his card. Otherwise my schedule has prevented me from being to go out and get the other business cards needed for this part of our final project. I do know that there is an insurance agent's office not too far from my house. In the next week I will go to that office, go to the bank, and get in touch with a lawyer to get the business cards for class.

Overall my net working is going well. I have started working at a local bar/live venue as the sound technician. I have made a professional connection with the former sound tech. It turns out that he has been a studio engineer for many country artists and has over 25 years of experience in the music industry. His knowledge is priceless and I look forward to learning and working with him in the future.   

BOC Week 4 Resume Project

https://artinstitutes.optimalresume.com/modules/resume/edit.php?docid=1470583

Week 3 EOC: Where are you now and where are you going?

My career is just barely beginning. As of today I have freelance experience in video editing, live audio engineering, and music mixing and mastering. I have held an internship at KTNV Channel 13 as a production assistant for The Morning Blend. I am a senior at the Art Institute of Las Vegas and expect to graduate in December. 

I am going to work in the film and music industries. My short-term goal is to advance my experience in live sound. I have worked at E-Strings bar and grill as the sound engineer for a three-month battle of the bands. Recently I started working as an on-call sound engineer at The Cheyenne Saloon. The Cheyenne Saloon attracts nearly every local band, and also many nationally touring bands. I plan to use my growing experience in live sound as a means to get a job that will sustain a lifestyle.

Simultaneously I plan to intern at as many studios as possible in order to get to my ultimate goal of being a music composer for visual media. Ultimately I want to become a film composer or work in music branding and advertising.  

EOC Week 2: Get Some Copyright Law Under Your Belt

3 sources of copy right law, about 100 words each, include links
http://copyright.gov/: This is the official US government site for anything that has to do with copyright law. It includes the exact text of U.S. copyright law which is title 17 in the United States Code. If I was to judge copyright law on the look of it's text then I would say that it is very serious. The exact text is very hard to understand. It contains short Latin phrases as well as legal language that is not meant to be understood by the average person. I do believe that the U.S. gov't did a good job at helping to secure the livelihood of artists by allowing their accomplishments to be protected in a legitimate manner. They state their stance on the purpose of copyright law in this statement found in the preface:
 "The Congress shall have Power…To promote the Progress of Science
and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors 
the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

http://www.benedict.com/: Benedict.com is a website that is a more useful source for broad legal understanding of copyright law. It is split up into four sections: movies, music, web, and info. I think they did a good job of making this knowledge accessible for all people to understand. It calls itself the "Copyright Website" and goes on to say "Welcome to the Copyright Website, the ultimate copyright portal for real world, practical copyright information. Launched on May Day 1995, the Copyright Website strives to lubricate the machinations of information delivery. As spice is to Dune, information is to the Web; the spice must flow."
My biggest issue is that I have no idea what Dune is, or why spice must flow. 


http://www.findlaw.com/: is the middle ground between average person and legal professional. They even have a tab at the top that asks is you are a legal professional. It is complete with a totally different site of legal professionals. It has a news bar so that you can keep up to date on all of the newest legal news. The whole site has a one-stop-shop feel. I especially liked the search engine especially for finding a lawyer in your area. I can see myself visiting this website for legal research again. 

Festival Film: The Worst Superhero Ever

This is a short that I decided to make based on an idea I had to see the opposite side of superheroes. Just like we have people who excel at their careers, we have people who don't. We meet our character in mid-rant about how much he does not want to be a superhero. His goal in life is to walk, but his powers only allow him to run and be super fast all the time. Luckily enough for us he is able to stand still, for without the ability to stand still he would not be able to give us this hilarious inside look at what superheroes might really be like when not being made into comic books and movies.

Week 1 EOC: What sacrifices are you willing to make for your Career?

In the past three yeas of school I have learned how to approach the field of audio. It is an immense field with an abundance of opportunities, and I accept the challenge of being open to as many of those opportunities as possible. I have also learned about the work ethic that is involved in becoming successful in this field. I believe that this field must be a hobby and passion as well as a job choice. The individuals that I look up to in this industry are life long fans of their field. They love what they do. And I have learned how to love what I do.

So when thinking about the sacrifices that I would make for my career it becomes clear to me that I have already made many of those sacrifices. I have not been to many family gatherings in my three years. I have missed Christmas’, Halloweens, and, many birthdays along the way. I’ve changed as an individual because of this.

I am willing to sacrifice new friendships, but not old ones.

I am willing to sacrifice sleep, but not health.

I am willing to sacrifice the finer aspects of life for gear and software.

I am willing to trade old ways of having fun for new ways of having fun.

I am willing to live in solitude.

I am willing to work tirelessly.

I am not willing to sacrifice my personality.

I am not willing to sacrifice quality for good enough.

I am willing to sacrifice old bad habits for new good ones.

I am willing to sacrifice workflow for the sake of a good job.

I am willing to sacrifice a secure day job for a well-paid gig.

I am willing to sacrifice the better part of my personal life while I am young so I can enjoy my success when I am older.