I left chilly Minnesota and drove 3 days, 35 hours across IA, KS, MO, TX, NM, AR and CA, making stops in Wichita and Albuquerque. Once I hit TX, everything got sunny and beautiful and I honestly haven't seen a cloud since. Like Bill Hicks said: "Hot and sunny everyday, aint it great?"
I arrived at The Meadows (McNally housing in LA) late last Friday. The place is incredible. It's a hotel resort, basically. Pools, sauna, gym, tennis courts, movie theatre and many more great accommodations. McNally students and alumni have been using the Meadows as a stepping stone in LA for a while now, and it's obvious why.
As great as this all sounds, the move to LA and interning is no vacation.
I started at Warner Group Music Licensing Monday morning. After a tour of the division, and meeting all the employees (minus remembering half their names), I spent time organizing and cataloguing new releases in what I like to call "the vault." It's a room that holds multiple copies of every cd/album/box set/compilation/soundtrack ever released by Warner Music, or it's subsidiary labels (Rhino, Atlantic, Maverick, Electra, Nonesuch etc.) If we're out of something, I order it. I quickly learned to take advantage of the vault, checking out music and discovering new stuff.I also ship packages from WMG to their clientele and prospective clientele, usually including albums and a pitch of some sort, whether it's simple bullet points or a one sheet. WMG asked me to make a one sheet for a 2009 Grammy compilation that I sent out, and it allowed me to share my creativity with the department. I have quickly became friends with peeps in the graphics and art department and hope to work with them more in the future.
Another creative output that I get to exercise happened Tuesday morning. A client sends us a "pitch" simply stating, "I have this movie trailer ready, here's how it's layed out, here's the type of music that could be cool, what songs would work?" and my mentor and I can give our opinions on the music selection. Among my numerous intern duties in music licensing is researching upcoming film productions and releases, so we know who to directly pitch to, databasing it and keeping it updated. Weekly, I compose a review that goes out to the division. The "Rhino Review" is a compilation of industry news, and world news, that relates to the licensing and business in general.
I like it here, even though I miss my friends and family more than I can explain. I highly recommend this experience to everyone.
-P
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