Music Business Internship

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 Hello! My name is Matt Fagerland, and I interned with a couple different places. My first internship was with Castle Theater in Normal back in 2018, and my second was with Joyce Meyer Ministries in St. Louis, MO. Both internships gave me great and vastly different experiences.

At the Castle Theater, my duties consisted of helping move and set up the bands' equipment. But in between shows, Jay Lowers taught the interns about all different aspects of the music industry, such as different kinds of venues and contracts. On occasion I would also go shopping for the bands rider and set it up for them in the green room. Then you get to watch a free show! It was so great because I got to experience a lot of different kinds of music that I normally wouldn't listen to, and even found some bands that I still listen to to this day! It was a fantastic place to work and I would absolutely recommend interning here!

My next internship was a few years later. I had some personal stuff happen in my life and I ended up moving to St. Louis, and that's where I finished my degree. I worked for a company called Joyce Meyer Ministries as an Assistant Video Editor. During my time there, I learned a lot about video and TV production, as well as live streaming events during the pandemic. I was a large part of the post-production for a daily TV show that the ministry airs on multiple channels in multiple countries. Along with video editing and audio mixing, I had a small part in the file management as well. It gave me a fantastic understanding of how the video production world works and where I want to go with my future!

You don't need to know what you want to do when you're thinking about internships. Any company you intern with will give you great experience, and all of it will help you in some way with whatever you want to do! I am very happy with the experiences I've had, and I have grown so much because of them.

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