Luke Pickering

This weeks talk was with Luke Pickering an assistant engineer at The Church Studios, London. A lot of what he said was about being in the right place at the right time but you have to put yourself in that situation for that to happen and not just hope to get lucky. He applied for work experience placements through a company called Miloco, they work with studios around the world to fill job positions and provide work experience. Luke said was to stop thinking of any audio industry as anything other than a service industry. Almost always a job in audio will be working for a client and catering to their needs and making sure they’re happy. They are trusting you with their money and so they expect a certain level of professional service. Luke said to always keep busy, whether that’s just cleaning up or making someone a cup of tea when they need it make sure you’re always doing something to help as employers will notice your attention to detail and how well you work with other people. Finally Luke really pushed that if you’re given am opportunity do everything you can to make it happen. Whether that means sleeping on someones floor or making a sacrifice in your personal life because you don’t know if you’ll ever be given another opportunity as good as the one that you’re given.