DownSide To Being A Session Musician.

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Getting a call from your agent "Hey, new gig for ya,  justin bieber". 

Some session musicans must go from working some amazing artists to some shite because the bills need to get paid.

Could you do it?

[bungo the mungo]

[Charlie O.]

Aug 17, 2020 17:44:17 GMT Markus said:

Getting a call from your agent "Hey, new gig for ya,  justin bieber". 

Some session musicans must go from working some amazing artists to some shite because the bills need to get paid.

Could you do it?

You can understand how a lot of them become a bit cynical after a while.

I've often wondered the same about recording engineers. That'd be even worse, I reckon.

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I always thought sound engineers are more likely to be specific to a genre or two of music. I know there's probably examples of people crossing many genres, but in general they'd stick to their lane. Like a sound engineer for Metallica and slayer would be unlikely to get a job with taylor swift.

[Charlie O.]

Aug 17, 2020 19:44:39 GMT Markus said:

I always thought sound engineers are more likely to be specific to a genre or two of music. I know there's probably examples of people crossing many genres, but in general they'd stick to their lane. Like a sound engineer for Metallica and slayer would be unlikely to get a job with taylor swift.

More often it's exactly the opposite of that - at least, that used to be the case. I think it still is. Obviously if an engineer becomes successful enough they might be able to afford to be choosy, or they might be more likely to be chosen for a particular kind of thing.

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Huh, you learn something new everyday.

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