Tanya Heltemes - Urban Network - Week 10

Another week that flew right by. I guess that happens when you're busy huh? I finally got all the bios organized and filed away, which took longer than I thought would, though considering all my other duties, it wasn't that bad. As time has gone by, and my work has spoken for itself, it's given them an opportunity to give me more responsibilities around the office. I no longer submit news in to someone else (and I also get news articles sent to me to revise), I just post it directly to the server which then goes to the website. It cuts out the middleman and saves them a lot of time. On Friday I was given the task of finding places to do cold calling/sales to get promotional items for bags and/or exhibitor booths at the upcoming conference in June in Memphis. That's scary for me since I've never done anything like that before, though I have worked retail in the past, but I'm definitely up to the challenge. I'm excited to see what I can come up with to bring to the conference and help them out as best I can.

Jeremy Horvath-SPCO-Week 10

I can't believe it is the tenth week of my internship with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.  It have gone by extremely fast.  I feel that I have learned and gained many skills here.  

This week I started working on a big project.  Camp SPCO is a weekend retreat for adult musicians around the twin cities.  This is their fourth year doing the camp and they have big expectations.  I spent this week researching the documents of past camps to find what I liked and didn't like about them.  The SPCO is giving me a lot of responsibility with this project.  I started on the camp enrollment documents and contracts for instructors and adults attending the camp.  This is where I'll be picking up this week.  Hopefully everything will go smoothly.  

Until next week,

Jeremy Horvath

Music Business

John Lauritsen - Caroline Distribution - Week 5 & 6

So ends two more weeks here at Caroline. The days have been flying by recently. Everybody has been keeping me busy with SoundScan reports, making sure labels get their one sheets in on time, and updating different marketing options for different stores on our B2B.

I just started working at American Eagle on Broadway in Soho. It's great to have something to do at night and on weekends.

Over the last few weeks, the office has seen some big names come in for meetings. Last week Ice T came in with his wife. He's a very nice guy, even though he plays a hard ass on Law & Order. Now today, I had the privilege of meeting Damon Dash.

That's all for now. See you next week.

3/30/09

The grind does'nt stop!

Things are getting bigger and better for me and the team(The Vill)

We have a definite show coming up at the end of the month in Ithica, NY.

The streets are responding well to the projects we've released. So that's opening up more doors. We're starting to work with different artists, producers, and engineers this summer.

Def Jam... I'm still excited being here, you never know what could happen.
An artists by the name of Utada had a listening party last week. She's a very tallanted artist. She's called 'the Maraiah Carey of Japan'.

Enough talk about the fun stuff...

The work I'm doing has been consistant. Iv'e been doing the same things like answering phones, making reservations, mailing out packages, inventory, and dealing with some of the designs.

It's a great learning experience. I ask a lot of questions and do a lot of networking...

Jesse Volk - Pangaea Entertainment Group - Week 11

Hi!

I have much to share this week. Long hours is the theme of my internship so far and with that comes great new experiences...

I've had a chance to learn about producing as well as sit in on the taping of our radio show, Passport Approved, and even had my name mentioned on air for my playlist pick of Florence and The Machine. Thanks Sat!

One of the coolest things about my time here is all of the great new music I've been exposed to which has even reignited my passion for discovering new stuff. And to top it off, we are working with a lot of cool artists right now that you might be hearing from in the not so distant future.

I've also got a chance to help set up and promote a few shows for some of our clients including a pretty sweet showcase of all New Zealand bands at the famous Viper Room. I have to say that going to shows to see new bands and meet new people has definitely been some of my most enjoyable experiences here so far.

Ahh...MUSEXPO! Four weeks to go so it's for sure crunch time. I have to say that it is really unbelievable how our small humble staff puts on huge reputable events like MUSEXPO. It really should'nt be possible!

good and well,

Jesse

MIKE SWOOP-AEMG-WEEK 10

Greetings,

Things have been pretty mild for me at AEMG for the past week or so.  With patience and continuous effort, I've had more opportunities to make my experience what I want it to be.  Still plenty of data entry to be done, but there is still room for learning other areas of the business, especially in terms of all the different licenses the music library, Opus One has authority to issue. In addition to time spent on data entry and CD reproduction for the library and shipments to various sub-publishers, I've had a couple chances to sit in on a few recording sessions with one of the lead composers of Music Group-a very informative experience.  

Sorry for the lack of updates, I'll be more in touch this week. 

.PEACE.

Ashley Stafford - Swinghouse - Week 10

This week it was catch up time from Phil and Melanie previously being away for the SXSW Festival. We did a lot of restocking of studio and office supplies and as well as other things to get back in the Swing (forgive the pun) of normal business. Sadly though Phil and Melanie brought us sickness from Texas and by the end of the week I had it. I'm finally getting back to my usual self just in time for this next week. Can't wait.

Ted Smith - Lorie Line Music - Week 7/8

Well all apologies for forgetting to post last week!

I currently have a couple weeks off before we head off to the West Coast. I have been spending this time working on my final project and school work. As far as Lorie Line goes, lately all I've done was submit the board mix for their review and talk about preparations for the next leg. Well, until next time folks!

~Ted

Paul Marshall- Warner Music Group- Week 11

After a brief spring break, I've gone back to work at Warner Music Group.

This week, Warner is rolling out a new program called Play MPE. It's allowing us to send our music to our licensing clients without a physical product, and the shipping costs attached. That's right: Digital. I thought that our clients would be more hesitant to such a huge change. It doesn't feed into Itunes or Windows Media Player, it functions as it's own stand alone player. And! It only plays less than 2 minutes of a song.

I keep on trucking every week that goes by. I'm recieving new releases, distributing them to clients, ordering cds for clients, and giving my input on pitches to clients. That is the most enjoyable part. We're currently working on the new Clint Eastwood film; Mandela. A story set in Southern Africa, the music needs to reflect the Southern Africa sound, both present and past. I discovered a lot of great music from South Africa working on this project. Amadou & Mariam is amazing. I also found field recordings that a guy did all over the world in the 1960s with a tape recorder. Seriously amazing sounding material. He recorded remote villages on all continents, from Amazon drum circles to Zimbabwe vocal chants in the wind to Bali bird hunting songs.

California is a great place. With less than a month left, there's a lot to be done. I'm in the constant struggle to make it to anywhere before the sun goes down. But, more important than getting a tan is networking.

See you soon.

Trevor Weitzel - Universal MPLS

Wow! This week absolutely flew by. Just one week closer to graduation. I honestly cannot wait. Nothing too exciting happened here this week. It was pretty much the usual routine. Next week should be cool though. I get to go to Best Buy Corporate again because Asher Roth is in town and will be promoting his upcoming album. He seems like a pretty funny dude so I can't wait to me him. Gotta love white rappers!!!

Oh and for whoever reads this, mark you calendars for April 13th. I'm going to be holding a Listening Party in the cafe at 5 PM. I'll basically be letting people listen to new music that will be coming out on the Universal Label and also showing videos and whatnot. Plus, as incentive, I'll be giving away free CD's to those who show up.

Darren Vermaas - Dark Horse Studios - Week 6/7

Well it seems my blog is behind once again, but I am here to update all of the eager readers.  The reason for the delay I'll blame on Spring break, since there was nothing happening clearly there was nothing to post about.  Pre-break was worth mentioning though, so here we go.

I was asked by the staff engineer at Dark Horse to assist once again, which I accepted without hesitation.  Once again the project was produced by Dave Bechtel and the artist was named Leroy who spends his life in Afghanistan working.  The project went on for 4 days, each of which was at least 14 hours.  This was another good experience getting to watch the flow of things and working with some of Nashville's best session players.  It's a bit odd walking through the Nashville airport and seeing the McPherson signature guitar and then realizing you were working with the actual McPherson the four days before.  The highlights were probably watching the session players make something out of nothing, and watching how vocals stacked up into something big and impressive.  Also, Tympani mic techniques.  

Aside from this project I had been sitting in with a band from CT called Bronze Radio Return.  I did a lot of the set up for this project as well as a bit of patching for them here and there.  When they arrived I offered up my 53 Fender Deluxe amp which they ended up using on quite a few of their songs.  Their myspace has a few videos from their two weeks in studio that are worth looking at.  There album will definitely be worth picking up when it's done.  

www.myspace.com/bronzeradioreturn

This week we put in a new Argosy desk for the new C24 console that was purchased and we are all getting our hands on the new Pro Tools 8. Reliant K was in the studio for three days as well.  Good times.  Time to get back to work.

Darren

Tyler Jones (Rhino) Week 10 (Part 1)

Hello all,

I trust that everyone that is reading my blogs has been enjoying themselves. I know I am still getting used to the blogging side of life.

Well, first off this week has been great. I just started working on the Grassroots outreach for the new Grateful Dead- To Terrapin '77 and the Winterland : The Complete Recordings ' 73. The Winterland box was an exclusive dead.net release but this is the first time available to retail stores.

I will try and break down what my job is with this release. I receive an email containing the title, the artist, press release, artwork, artists website links, release date, and the "listening party" links.

These links like this one, http://www.dead.net/to-terrapin-listening-party are a link to streaming audio, a limited run preview promotional item. A sneak preview of the album, in the case of the Grateful Dead a 3 discs (To Terrapin) or 9 discs (Winterland).

I take this material, compile it to make sense, then write my pitch and initial "hello" email. This I send to each individual site contact that is part of our 'Grassroots Database'.

The Grassroots is ground floor member of the Marketing Dept. We don't go for the rollingstone.com or billboard.coms', we target the more independently run websites.

I have a lot of fun with this, I find new sites to outreach to as well as find articles and hear about new albums from new artists.

Among my days doing this, I also, as I have mentioned in other blogs, continue to manage content for Rhinos Twitter accounts. www.twitter.com/Rhino_Ent which now has over 600 followers and www.twitter.com/damnfineday . Check them out and become followers, learn interesting musical and historical facts, birthdays, Trivia, and any breaking Rhino News.

Hope you received a better incite into my world at Rhino, and I am sorry if it has taken this long. Sometimes I do a lot that it is hard to explain lol. Enjoy and see you later this week for PART 2 dundunduunnnn...

Till next time America...


Oh yeah check out the new single from Heaven And Hell ( aka Dio Black Sabbath) www.myspace.com/heavenandhellmusic

Jeremy Horvath-SPCO-Week 9

This week was pretty low key. A good number of the SPCO staff was on break, so it was very quiet at the office. My main duty was to hunt down a bunch of props for a kid concert coming up. It was fun and very relaxing since it didn't involve a ton of spread sheets or anything. Other than that, my time was spent on a long term research project.

Next week I'm meeting with the artistic director to learn more about the organization. I have a lot of questions for him about his job and how it relates to the overall operations. He is the go to guy for many departments. It seems like everyone from operations to development gets his word on most things. I hope it will be a valuable learining experiene.

Kristen Oelke/Society of Singer/3-23-09

Well we have certainly started to get busier around the office. Phone is starting to ring off the hook! Just like they said it would.
We came across a rather difficult problem on Friday. We have a machine that will do our postage for us when we mail items, well our scale must have been off, because all 7,000 invitations had the wrong amount on them. So we had to make an arrangement with the post office to make sure not all invites would be sent back to our office. We ended up figuring it out, but boy was that a long day of phone calls.
I did complete a task I was asked to do that is going to benefit the organization. I was asked to make phone calls to various restaurants around the area to request a donation for our raffle. And one of the newest restaurants in the area I got to donate a dinner for two! I had been talking to the manager for quite some time, and she finally called back today to deliver the good news.

This was one of my goals that I wanted to reach and I felt wonderful telling the CEO and other staff members. I look forward to accomplishing more of these goals during my time here.

Tanya Heltemes - Urban Network - Weeks 8 & 9

So as I was reflecting on what to write after the conference last week, the week flew by and I forgot to post. Oh well, now you get two weeks combined in one.

Conference week was crazy. On the days leading up to it, I did some things to help get ready, like create the placards/signs for all the panels/events to be placed outside the rooms so people knew what was going on at a specific time. As for the conference itself (Wed 3/11 - Sat 3/14), I was busy nonstop from the time I woke up til the time I went to bed. My daily duty was working registration which sometimes got interesting and also gave me a chance to interact with just about everyone that came to the conference. The nights were filled with showcases of performances of gospel, WEA (Warner/Elektra/Atlantic) /EMI, and of course the Berry Gordy event. Saturday I think, by far, was the craziest day. I did registration in the morning til noon, then went to the independent showcase to help out however I could. I was off to the side of the stage and in charge of getting the next act backstage, collecting mics and making sure the following act and MC got the correct mics. Halfway through the showcase I wanted to collapse and I knew I still had a long way to go, plus the event later on that night. Which leads me to the Berry Gordy tribute. I have to say that it was definitely my favorite part of the whole week. I had a moment with Smokey Robinson (which I won't go into details here, but if you're interested in the story, let me know), heard some amazing performances, especially one from my youth, Shanice, enjoyed hearing all about the incredible history of Motown, and loved the fact that during Mr. Gordy's speech, he turned it all around on Miller London. I thought that was really special.

The following week was rather short due to getting a bit of a break after the conference, but when I got back in I was given a task to sort through and organize all the press releases and artist bios/photos to be filed away for possible future use. There's a lot... it's quite a task.

I guess that's it for now. Til next time.

Tyler Jones (Rhino) Week 9

Hello again all,

Spring break was great even with a cold was good to get away and see my family.
Now I have been back to work at Rhino for a week and things are moving fast but slow on the release side of things. Not to many new releases compared to usual from what I am told.

Well I must say that the end of March is going to be fun we have two big releases.. Filter The Very Best Things, greatest hits package, and Queensryche 'American Soldier', an album compiled and written about soldiers stories ranging from WWII to now. I am doing the grassroots outreach again for Filter and this time I am deciding who will receive review copies and respond to all the interested websites. Most time in the past I would just forward the emails on and that would be it. This go around it is a lot of fun to get to work and do it on my own, a lot more hands on.

I also have been doing follow up on past release outreach, for Phish and Rod Stewart, I went to all the sites that we contacted and sent materials to. Follow up and see if they posted reviews or contests fro cd or what exactly. It was very rewarding to see what was posted....

Now that a new week is here, there will be continued work with Filter as well as a new album from The Dead - To Terrapin from May, 28 1977.

That takes care of this past week.. Tune in for more to come from Filter, Queensryche, and The Dead next week.

Take care and keep it snappy.

Trevor Weitzel - Universal MPLS

My internet crashed yesterday so I wasn't able to get this blog in quite on time... sorry. It actually was a fairly quiet week at the office. Just a few people moving from cubes to actual offices, man were they excited haha. Someone else got promoted, so I'm really hoping that means that there will be a spot open for me to apply!!! We'll just have to see what happens.

My mentor went to New York last minute so I was actually on my own all week. It was cool though because I was able to catch up on things that I missed while I was out sick the week before. I've really got this stuff down though, almost to the point where I'm becoming too efficient. It's kind of scary.

No celebrity sightings this week. Bummer. Maybe this week...

3/22/09

This week I learned that before anything, every intern has to learn the basics to get to the next level. Ounce you learn the basics as an assistant, you can then be qualified to become an assistant. After working as an assistant you can advance to another department/position. 

I was working on an ETA for one of the head people in the creative department. She has to go to Westwood, CA for a photo shoot/ video shoot, so I booked her flight and made hotel/car reservations.

Electric Red(a group signed to The Dreams label) came by, Rick Ross and Chrisette Michele both had listenin parties.

So far working at Def Jam has been a great experience and I'm learning new things everyday.

Ashley Stafford - Swinghouse - Week 9

This week Jen and I were able to do some catch up work at the studio. With everyone, including every band, in Texas for South by Southwest there was time to do some organizing, filing, and cleaning of the studio. It was a much needed restful week. It was nice to take it a little slow for once but now we're rested and ready for things to pick back up this coming week. Lets see what happens next.

Ashley Stafford - Swinghouse - Week 8

So this week ended up being very busy in the world of Swing House. Most of the staff was getting ready to leave for the South By Southwest festival in Texas. My job was to help get everything ready for their trip. It was a lot of running around to many different places to buy everything and anything that they need. I just hope there hasn't been anything we didn't think of.

Now as far as the really fun stuff for me. Saturday I was able to meet two artist that I have been a fan of for about 14 years. Twiggy Ramirez and Ginger Fish from Marilyn Manson. They came into the studio to have auditions for a new guitar player. Marilyn Manson himself didn't show, at least while I was there, but I have always wanted to meet these two just as much as Manson. It was great to meet them on a professional basis rather then just being a fan. However I did get to take a picture with them. That made my weekend. :)

Jeremy Horvath-SPCO-Week 8

This week was nice and relaxing.  Since it was mid semester break, I didn't have classes and I wasn't in the office.  It was strange having some extra time.  I was able to fix up my resume and work on some good career leads.  Next week I will be back in the office and working on press releases for the upcoming SPCO season.   

Since this is most likely my last semester, I have been spending a lot of time getting ready to transition from student into full time career.  I look forward to being able to utilize the lessons I've learned from my internship.  It's great to see the light at the end of the tunnel!  

Jeremy Horvath

Music Business

  

Joshua Stoll -Conway Recording Studios- Week 9

I thought I couldn't get any busier at Conway last week, but I was wrong. I was even busier this week. I got to spend all week in the 3 studios setting up for sessions. On Monday, the runner I was working with was pulled in flooring a session and they needed a vocal booth set up so I set one up even though I had only seen this done twice before. But I pulled it off and everything went really well. On Tuesday I found out that the session that was using the vocal booth I set up was being moved over to a different studio so I got to transfer everything from one studio to the next and then help set up for another band coming in on Wednesday. On Wednesday I got to hook up a 192 and help the head tech calibrate it which was a great experience because I have used a lot of 192s and have never been able to get under the hood and set one up like that. Thursday was spent cleaning up after a session that just left and was set back up for another band coming back in on Monday and we were just getting a head start on the set up. On Friday I was filling a mid shift for a runner who need a day off and Friday was pretty slow starting out it was spent mostly taking care of things I wasn't able to complete the rest of the week because of the hectic schedule. When I thought Friday was going to be a breeze at 4:30 someone called in and needed a studio set up ready for a session at 5:00 so me and the other runner set up a studio for a session in a half hour (now I know why they call them runners) and we completed it just in time.

Trevor Weitzel - Universal MPLS

Hey everyone. Sorry it's been a couple weeks since I've blogged, but I have had a busy schedule and sometimes it just slips my mind. I was actually out of this office all last week for spring break, even though I was actually sick all week, so I didn't do anything anyways.

The week before was awesome though. That Friday I got to spend pretty much my entire day with Ron Browz and Busta Rhymes. They are both on tour together and both have albums coming out very soon, so they were in town to promote themselves at Target and Best Buy Corporate offices. It was so cool because I wasn't just there as a spectator. I actually got to talk to them and interact with and ask them questions and whatnot. They were both just really cool guys. And of course I bonded with Busta cuz we're both named Trevor. He loved that. I think what I learned most is to just not be scared to talk to them just because of who they are. I know once I spoke up they respected me treated me like I was one of them. Couldn't have asked for a better day.

I just wish I could do stuff like that every day!!! Life would be great.

Mike Swoop-AEMG-Week 8

Mike Swoop AEMG-Week 8

Yo Ya'll,

This week has been full of new and very exciting conversation.  I'm finding that when you personalize your experience and participate in dialogue as if it's "your" business, it's much more invigorating as an intern.  The ooh and ahh of being in L.A. has dissolved, however, it's opportunities are clearer.  As an intern for AEMG and the companies involved, I've found that creating meaningful relationships is my sole responsibility, and not a day should go by without my attention to the world of new people, new connections, and new business all at my fingertips.  

It should be said,  that in no way should you expect a company to hold your hand through this process.  Do not think of an internship as really anything more than what it is.  An internship is an opportunity to gain WORK experience, which may mean that you spend an entire week (or more) doing not much more than data entry.  But, even as an intern, the value of such work is, as our homegirl Charley would say, "indispensable."  So, if you've been doing some mundane work for awhile, it's time to get creative and show 'em what you're made of, because that's what's is going to make you memorable.

Peace.

Kristen Oelke/Society of Singer/ 3-14-09

Following up with my personal goals that I set for myself last week here is the update:

For my first goal of wanting to stay an extra hour at work, well until Friday I was not able to stay at work any longer then usual. Due to the fact that there was no work for me to complete. Not that I did not have things to do all day, I was just not able to put any further work in. However Friday some tasks I was waiting on to be completed were finished allowing me to work longer.

For my second goal for wanting to bring something great to the Society of Singers, this goal is being accomplished with the help of my fearless leader. Debbie, is going to work with me to get the school (McNally Smith) to purchase a table at the event. Also possibly bringing in some larger names to get more attention to the ELLA.

And for my third goal about wanting to make myself needed to my employers. I have been told almost everyday in one way or another that I am vital to their company. I aid them with things everyday, but lately I have been realizing just how much I actually help. If its a large project or a simple favor, my idea's and work is valued.

I will continue working with my goals as my internship continues and will keep giving updates as they advance.

3/11/09

Things are still flowing at the same pace. Sometimes the workday is fast and sometimes slow. Today I was working on the inventory for a group called Brutha. They just shot a video, so I had to make sure we recieved all of the 35mm film.

We have something called the 'Focous Group'. What the focous Group does is come up with different maketing strategies and promotion and publicity plans for different artists on the label. Also, it's an oppertunity for everyone in the group to network and let evryone know what they are involved in. Last week (3/6/09) was the second meeting i have been to. It's opening a lot of doors for me and giving me skills in a crouded business environment.

Other then life at Def Jam I have a group project coming out soon called The Rennaisance and performances lined up for my band The Village Kamp.

Jesse Volk - Pangaea Entertainment Group - Weeks 7 & 8

Hello All,

The past two weeks have been fast paced with many different things going on all seemingly at once. Last week we moved offices due to construction at our old building and the whole staff chipped in to help move and pack and un-pack boxes all through the weekend so we could be set up and ready for business Monday morning. I must say we did an amazing job! The important lesson learned here is that this is the music business; it's not always just about the music, the little things must get done and you can't be afraid or unwilling to get your hands dirty.

The most exciting thing for me lately has been getting the opportunity to sit in on meetings and conference calls and learn from music business masters such as Sat, Joe, and Monte. These guys are the real deal! I feel like I get so much out of just sitting in and listening and observing in these meetings and calls it makes me want to take part more and more. That's another lesson though, all in itself... This internship is just a taste..

Sunday we had a McNally get together/un-birthday party for Charley Brooks which was great because it gave everyone an opportunity to network a little and talk about everyone's internships. Debbie Sandridge was there too so you know it was great fun!

good,

Jesse

Tanya Heltemes - Urban Network - Week 7

So another crazy, busy week. It's so close to conference time, and with that, comes much more tasks that need to be done. It seems like finally all the pieces are starting to fit together here at the office, with me finding a place and feeling like part of the group. I like being able to make myself useful, and lately, I've been able to do just that. I was given some things to do that they normally wouldn't give to interns: transcribing three interviews, which was tedious and frustrating because I kept rewinding the interviews all the way back to the beginning instead of just a few seconds back; and I edited/revised bios for the independent artists performing at the conference this week. Apparently, this was the first year he (David Mitchell) didn't have to do it, and I was told I did a really great job with it and it took a lot of pressure off him. I also went in on Saturday to help stuff bags for the conference.

It's an amazing thing to know that because of all the effort I'm putting in, I can see the payoff. I'm gaining more responsibilities and they come to me when they need something done because they know I'll get it done. That's the type of person I am, and that's what I hoped I'd be able to show them.

The conference is just 2 days away and... I don't even know what all I'm going to have to talk about next week. But until then.... I'm out.

Ted Smith - Lorie Line Music - Week 6

Well Howdy Y'all!

Sorry, I'm stuck in this Texan-speak for some reason... Oh wait, I have been in Texas for the past several days! We flew in on Thursday and after traffic, driving, and a difficult load-in we got in late and had to haul in order to get set up on time. However, the show went well and was followed by three more shows that got progressively better! Now, I sit on the bus in Las Cruces Nm with another day of riding on the tour bus ahead of us before our show in La Jolla Ca on Wednesday. So, if you're in the La Jolla area on Wednesday you should definitely swing by and see the show! Or, if you hapen to be in Tucson on Friday or Chandler on Saturday you could make those as well! Well, as far as touring life goes, it's rough; long days, sleep for a couple hours, always on your feet, running around... But, tis the life and I am enjoying myself!

Joshua Stoll -Conway Studios- Week 8

This week at Conway was another crazy week and I have been given various tasks that most interns are not held responsible for. As I have mentioned before, I have taken media to other studios, which is a great responsibility because it's not a job that should be taken lightly. This job requires a lot of trust and efficiency. Recently I was pulled into a session setup by an assistant to do a line check and test headphones. The same assistant pulled me in on Tuesday to set up the session quickly and efficiently because scheduling had been changed by a client, therefore, there was little time to get everything set up. I was immediately available to help in this situation, I dropped the less important task I was doing to fulfill a much needed task. On Thursday another assistant asked me to zero the SSL in Studio B during a tear down. Next week I will be filling in a runner's shift which is a real shift and not just an intern shift. Realizing that I have been getting noticed for the effort I have put in these last eight weeks has given me a boost of enthusiasm in my daily life as an intern. Knowing that the assistants and Serene know they can depend on me when they need something done is truly a privilege and I hope to continue to build this rapport with them.

John Lauritsen - Caroline Distribution - Week 3 & 4

Sorry about last week everyone, I've been extremely busy and wasn't able to post. I'll make up for it by re-capping the last two weeks. I've finally started doing more around the office. For a while it was pretty slow.

My week started off with emailing record labels that hadn't gotten their bands one sheets into us yet. The usual response is, "oh yeah, I'll get that to you right away", LIARS!! Their constantly missing their deadlines which makes our job much more difficult.

Every Thursday, I'm given the task of sending sales sheets to Soundscan so the bands know how many albums their selling throughout the country. We get sheets from every show the bands play telling us the name and address of the venue, how many albums were sold, and for how much.

Last Friday I put together ten promo packages to send to record stores. Meaning, I get ten copies of each album we need to send out, put them in an envelope, put on the shipping address, and mail them off.

Something else that happened on Friday didn't have anything to do with work but it was cool enough to share. Every once and a while, bands that are working with Caroline, Astralwerks, and Mute will come in and meet with a few people. Usually I never recognize any of them. That was until Friday. I was working as usual when a short bald guy wearing glasses walked in front of my desk. I glanced up, smiled at him and went about my business. About ten seconds after that I started to think that he looked very familiar. I kept trying to figure out why I recognized him but couldn't figure it out. Then it finally hit me. So I typed in the name of who I thought it was into google, and sure enough it was him, Moby. After he came out of his meeting and walked back past my desk I stood up and shook his hand, trying to be as polite and unabtrusive as possible. We exchanged hello's, talked for a few minutes, then he went off to another meeting and I went back to work. It may not sound that exciting but it made my day.

I'm very excited for this coming week because two bands that are managed by me will be joining me in lovely New York for a day. Their on their spring tour and have a show in Harlem on Thursday. I'll be sure to write about it next week.

Well, I think that's about it. Have a great week everybody.

Kristen Oelke/Society of Singer/3-8-09

Today myself along with the other interns, all gathered to celebrate our Charley's birthday. At the party I was able to, for the first time, chat with alumni and students about whats really going on. I was able to get their feed back and advice on questions I had been having.

I was able to find out new ways to approach my job that I never even though about. Starting to get more active in the community for example I will be attending a LAWIM(Los Angeles Women In Music) seminar on Wednesday. And I was able to get re-focused on my goals I have for myself out here. Not that I ever lost sight of that, however everyone can always use a refresher. These students have the same goals and dreams as me, and the same drive.
I am one of the hardest working people I know. And being around other people my age that have that same determination is wonderful and all the more encouraging.

This week at my internship I have a list of three things I want to accomplish.
First, I want to put in at least one extra hour of work each day. I believe I should be there the same hours that my boss is.
Second, I want to bring something to the company, whether that be a donation for the event, or a name for one of their committees.
And third, I want to make myself needed. Now this goal can also stretch though out my time there, but I'm going to make sure 100% that my employers KNOW that they NEED me. I believe I have been doing that, at least I believe I have been. But now its time to make sure they know this.

I will write again next Sunday to give a update of my week and how my goals are progressing.

Ashley Stafford - Swinghouse - Week 7

This week was a very long week at Swing House. I needed to work 6 days this week so we could get caught up on some paper but we finally did it. So now it's up to us to stay on top of things which shouldn't be very hard to do.

On Wednesday, it was a hectic day. There was a production company that came in to shoot a music video for David Cook (American Idol). It was really neat to see the way that a video shoot works from behind the scenes. Plus I was able to sneak out to the craft service table to get a little food. You have to love that.

Phil (the President / owner of Swing House) wants me to start trying to bring in some bands to rehearse at the studios so I started to email some over myspace that have shows coming up in the next month or so. Plus, I'm going to begin going to even more shows then I have been to try to recruit some people. I know, I know it's a rough life! :)

Jeremy Horvath-SPCO-Week 7

This week was a busy one.  From midterms to SPCO deadlines, I couldn't find a spare minute.  This is my last semester and midterms went well.  I'm looking forward to the second half of this semester.  There are many plans that will start to come to fruition for me in the following weeks.  

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has been busy.  We are signing up patrons and season ticket holders for the new season; the phones have been off the hook.  It's interesting to see that even with tough economic times, many of the SPCO supporters are still willing to give donations and renew their tickets.  

Other than that, my time was spent on a long term research project.  Next week I will most likely be out of the office and working on brushing up my resume.  Soon there will be a few new things to add to it.  

Jeremy Horvath

Music Business 

Tyler Jones (Rhino) Week 8

Hello to all,
As you loyal followers know, I have been having great fun at Rhino the last few weeks.. Well i must say the Grassroots outreach is always growing and if you want to see what I have been working on check out this http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2009/03/03/651872.aspx this is the general idea of what my outreach produces. I provide the info and they will review and post or just post the information.
It has been really exciting to work on these releases... Now that the street date has come and gone for the Phish Clifford Ball release that is wrapping up. Rod Stewart continues to keep going and two new projects added to use my expertise so to speak. A new member or the Grassroots Marketing Team has been asking me for help on how to do the outrach for the ne collectors edition BoDeans and Earuse albums.. Very cool and am excited I was asked for help to do outreach..
This next week I will be away for Spring Break, so to Minnesota and then Montana to see my family. I will keep in touch and make sure you check the upcoming release from Rhino. Check it out http://www.rhino.com/. Don't forget to see my other side, the music info producing the www.twitter.com/Rhino_Ent page see if you can answer the Trivia questions.. It will be fun.


Till next time Keep it snappy America..

Ted Smith-Lorie Line Music-Week 5

Greetings again,

Thus brings me to the 5th week of my job with Lorie Line Music. This week is the week that I will be leaving for Texas bright and early on Thursday morning. And, yes, it is midterms week and I thanks all of my teachers for being so incredibly understanding and working with me! Well, this week does not bring too much that's incredibly exciting... I picked up a new KT Square One graphic equalizer for the tour and had to install that earlier today as well as repair the drawer on the audio work box. After I did that and helped load the truck for Texas this week, Tim and I went to their studio to check it out and I am pleased to say that nothing there looked new to me at all. I have no doubts that I would be able to step right up and record a session there. And, for now, off to do something like studying for all these midterms I have to take before I leave.

Until next week,
Ted

Darren Vermaas - Dark Horse Studios - Week 4/5

Well, apparently I forgot to post a blog last week so this will encompass two weeks of intern goodness.  Last week was actually quite busy for me.  I was given my first opportunity as assistant engineer on a project with producer Dave Becthel.  It was a pretty sweet experience, he brought in top notch session players from the area, and I got to watch as an idea went from bare bones to finished product in about an hour.  Both engineering/production students as well as performance students should definitely be up on their charting skills.  I was handed charts and expected to follow along making note of any changes made along the way for the head engineer.  Also, get used to reading bad penmanship.  But aside from charting I was everything from patchbay guy to coffee chef.  The assistant position lasted for 3 days, two for tracking and one for background vocals.  The bgv session was very tedious, but very interesting.  It was really helpful to see how the workflow was done to keep things streamlined and comprehensible.  There were easily 32 extra bgv tracks for each song after stacking and harmonies and more stacking.  Did I mention I was in session for around 15 hours every day?

This week a band from Connecticut called "The Bronze Radio Return" arrived and will be tracking for the next two weeks.  They seem cool, and so far their stuff is sounding awesome.  Trick of the week: Using a plate verb as a room mic.  Awesome.

Joshua Stoll -Conway Studios- Week 7

Well week 7 has already gone by, and I had the opportunity to help set up for a session for a vocal overdub for a television show, and spent a lot of time in the tech shop. Also, other interns at Conway's two months were up, so now I am "senior" intern if you will so it is kind of fun to think about that, haha. On Thursday night I got to sit in with an engineer at the studio and one of the runners who was producing a record and listen to their mixes and just chat for a while. It was a lot of fun to hear some pro-end mixes in the making. Other than that, just a standard week in the 'hood.

Tanya Heltemes - Urban Network - Week 6

What a crazy week it was! It just flew by. I guess that happens when it's busy. I did a few things for some others in the office to help out with the upcoming conference, which is getting ohsoclose now. But the big thing we did this week was... MOVE. That's right, we moved offices. Thankfully we're still on the same floor and just down the hall a bit so all the stuff didn't have to go very far. It's a much smaller office, well it's sorta big, it's just laid out a lot different than the old office. Things will be much cozier now haha.

As days go by and the conference is quickly approaching, I can sense a level of increasing stress and tension to get everything done. I just hope I can help out as best I can to make it a success.

The end. Til next time.

Paul Marshall- Warner Music Group- Week 7

What a week it was.

I was also involved in several pitches for TV & Film. I'm limited to what I can tell you, but I'm waiting for the scene in Transformers II when Bumblebee plays songs on his radio. I also have been reorganizing the music vault. With downtime comes a lot of reading. I'm constantly searching industry magazines looking for opportunities for WMG licensing. It feels good to approach your boss with a lead on something solid. It's great motivation to keep up with industry publications.

I found that it's very helpful to communicate with the creatives and deal-makers in the office, several of our clients WILL NOT license anything. Ever. Regardless. It's frustrating knowing that you have the perfect song for a project, and your artist won't even consider it. Such is business. Deal-makers and creatives are great people to keep in the loop of my pitches, because they have worked with many artists in the past.

I am fortunate enough to be involved in several graphics projects, including Frank Sinatra and Erasure. I enjoy being known as creative.

It's been sultry in the valley the last few days. I'm going home for a few days next week & looking forward to seeing snow, more-so friends and family, but snow too.


Here are my five tracks that I was into this week:
1. Clint Mansell/Kronos Quartet/Mogwai- Tree Of Life!
2. Static X- Sweat Of The Bud
3. Muse- Muscle Museum
4. Amon Tobin- Like Regular Chickens
5. The Chemical Brothers- Do It Again

-P