ISU Music Practicum Students

A lot of what I have been doing this summer has been expanding on things that I learned in Sound Design 1 this past semester. The experience so far has been a more in depth and hands on look at the live production aspect of the industry. More specifically the sound. Dave Leach has been doing sound for bands for over 20 years at this point and owns his own rig. Some of the shows that we brought his system to so far have been for a show at Chet's Melody Lounge in Summit IL, a Hi Infidelity show at Arlington Race Track, and another Hi Infidelity show at the Elgin Country Club. Today we will be using his friends rig at a show in Clarendon Hills with a band called ARRA. The days when we bring his system I usually meet him at his truck halfway between where I live and the venue and we ride together from there. We usually get there well before the show actually starts to set up the PA system and make sure everything works properly. We unload the system from the truck and set it up on or b...

I found out about the option for my internship in my Introduction to Music Industry class in Fall 09. Jared Alcorn the owner of Waiting Room came into our class and spoke about what it was like to own a small business in the Music Industry. Jared explained how he runs his store and how he got into the music business, previously working for distributing companies. He explained that at times it was hard to run a small business because funds were short at times. I got the internship by approaching Jared at his store (before seeing the listing for it on this blog!). I told him because it was an internship I needed for credit towards my degree I did not need to be a paid. The trade off for my work would be the knowledge I gained from working for him. I'll admit I was nervous at first because the area of music business I want to go into is more classical. I primarily want to work for a concert hall but from feedback I've heard from multiple friends in many majors I realized that its ...