LIAM WEILAND BERKLEECOLLEGEOF MUSIC

It?shardtobelieveafull year hasalready passedsincemy last MVYouth update.I?mstill workingfull timeat LarrabeeStudiosinNorthHollywood as aGeneral Assistant.Asthepast year hasgoneonI?vebeenoffered increasingly moreopportunitiesto beanAssistant Engineer for sessionsat thestudio I?venow workedand becomefamiliar withmany prominent artiststhat I wouldn? t havebelieved I?dhavethechancetowork withthis timelast year.My experienceandskill level asanengineer hasincreased exponentially.I couldnot behappier withmy current positionand day to day work life

AsanAssistant Engineer I amresponsiblefor thetechnical set-upfor any sessionsI?massignedto I amincontact withtheRecordingEngineer prior tosessions,discussingwiththemtheir ideal set-upandany specificgear they areplanningtouse I amsettinguptheroomtotheartist'slikingand responsiblefor maintainingtheoverall workflow so theartist(s)and RecordingEngineer canwork asquickly and comfortably asthey would like. Thehoursareintensiveand unpredictable,but I wouldn? t haveit any other way My ideal lifestyleisbusy andunpredictable,andthisjob hasplayed intothat perfectly I never know what challengesor successeseachday will bring,whichmakesthejobincredibly rewarding

I couldnot bemoregrateful for theopportunity of ahigher educationthat MVYouthawardedme,whichhasultimately ledmetomy current joband lifestyle I can? t imaginedoinganythingelse Asthisnext year progresses,I hopetotakeonincreasingly moresessionsasanAssistant Engineer at the studioand begintomakethetransitionintoworkingasaRecording Engineer there I would not havebeenpreparedfor my current work if it werenot for my educationat Berklee