Since my last blog I have managed to bag an interview with an eighties metal band on Tuesday 23rd in Bournemouth. I can't tell you how happy I am with this, it means my Major Project will actually have some sort of substance and not just be a load of rubbish. I have to take the night off work and travel to Bournemouth 02 Academy but a friend has told me where to go and it sounds so simple, I'm sure I'll be fine. I have to meet a member of the band by the merchandise stall after the show so I better memorise what he looks like...
I'm also going to kill two birds with one stone and write up a review of the show - eighties band's reforming! Hallelujah!
My lecturer also looked over my current 'Most Inspirational Artists of the 70s & 80s' piece and said that she really liked it, I even caught her laughing to herself about it so I must have done something right. Apparently I've relaxed and got over the awkwardness of the first 3000 words I wrote. I don't know what went on there..it must have been some sort of blip because what I wrote belongs in a rubbish dump.
I've also bagged a telephone interview with another eighties band, but in order to do a telephone interview I have to use some massive contraption called a marantz which records the telephone conversation and I cannot for the life of me remember how to use one. I also don't know where my little orange book is that allows me to rent one from Uni. :\
The Life as a Freelance unit is scaring the hell out of me at the moment. Apparently the pay for freelancers has gone right down and my lecturer advises us not to get into freelancing straight away..she has also in the past advised us that we will not get into the magazine industry straight away either..so what have I been working towards for the past three years? A bar job? I'm not confident enough that I will get features done, I'm not confident with ideas and I have a mini portfolio of pitches and feature ideas due in one month. I should probably get on with it..
I'm sure it will all work out for you! I'm struggling myself lately with the career motivation.
ReplyDeleteDon't you find that when it doesn't all immediatley land in your lap you can't be bothered? It's a struggle every day to remain committed to the dream!
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Your lecturer sounds rather negative! Has she never heard of positive thinking? Building your career involves getting out there and learning what's working and what isn't - don't let her put you off!
ReplyDeleteAww don't worry, things will work out, just try and motivate yourself and keep your chin up :) xxx
ReplyDeleteIt all sounds really exciting. Good Luck with the interviews.
ReplyDeleteYes your lecturer does sound a bit negative. Why not start up your own website about music, it is quite possible to make good money by doing that.You can sell advertising.
wow, congrats!!! that's amazing! & a big good luck with the interviews, though I don't think you'll need it :)
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Ive been out of that course since may last year and I still don't have a job, she's right it is difficult. And the best girl on our course finally got a writing job, but it's ok because everyone's branching out to PR and design as well and finding it great. But I'm still positive something will come up, you just have to fight harder!
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