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Job description is a boring subject! I work as a sound engineer which is quite fun sometimes. I'm not one of those guys sitting in a luxurious recording studio but my field is live concerts. Still sounds fun? Yeah, sometimes as I said before... I'll tell you what an average live sound engineer's job really is in Russia. (well, it may be so not only in my country but around the world). I wake up at 6 a.m because it takes about an hour to commute to the warehouse but I also need time for shower, food etc... So to get to the warehouse I need to take the subway. I'm glad I live near the station. The whole trip in the subway takes around 30 min. But it's not the end! 15-20 minutes on a bus that passes with the interval of 15 minutes so when coming out of the subway there is nothing worse than seeing my bus drive off the bus stop. It's pretty annoying. Alright, if you've ever been to a live show you might have seen all those massive loud speakers, subwoofers, light projectors and other stuff. Guess who delivers them to the venue and sets them up? Correct. When the sun rises from the horizon a team of brave stage technicians are loading a van so you can enjoy your favorite band's performance later. After everything is installed and plugged in it's time for soundcheck which is the most important part of any show. And this is the time when I start doing what I'm supposed to. You may also have seen that guy behind you back standing in the middle of the house at the big desk with numerous knobs, faders and lights. That nervous guy always looking down at the desk and having no interest for the show is me. Well... I wish I could tell you more about those knobs, faders and what they are for. But I'm afraid I'd be the only person not finding this boring. ) After the show is finished there is a few hours of demounting all the equipment and bringing it back to the warehouse. So my day at work lasts for at least 20 hours. It doesn't seem that fun anymore? Well, I apparently don't have the best job ever but I used to work at one of the biggest concert venues in Russia where I happened to work with many famous foreign bands from the UK and the US, see them and even talk to them in person. Which also was the first time I had a chance to practice english in real life. Unfortunately the venue closed. Now the bands I work for are mostly local. But what I love about my current job is the opportunity to work at different venues every time and meet so many different people. Each experience is absolutely unique.

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Job description is a boring subject!

I work as a sound engineer, which is quite fun sometimes. I'm not one of those guys sitting in a luxurious recording studio but my field are the live concerts. Still sounds fun? Yeah, sometimes as I said before... I'll tell you what an average live sound engineer's job really is in Russia. (well, it may be so not only in my country but around the world). I wake up at 6 a.m because it takes about an hour to commute to the warehouse, but I also need time for shower, food etc... So to get to the warehouse, I need to take the subway. I'm glad I live near the station. The whole trip in the subway takes around 30 min. But that's not the end! In fact, 15-20 minutes on a bus that passes with the interval of 15 minutes. So, when coming out of the subway there is nothing worse than seeing my bus drive off the bus stop. It's pretty annoying. Alright, if you've ever been to a live show you might have seen all those massive loud speakers, subwoofers, light projectors and other stuff. Guess who delivers them to the venue and sets them up? Correct. When the sun rises from the horizon a team of brave stage technicians are loading a van so you can enjoy your favorite band's performance later. After everything is installed and plugged in, it's time for soundcheck which is the most important part of any show. And this is the time when I start doing what I'm supposed to. You may also have seen that guy behind you back standing in the middle of the house at the big desk with numerous knobs, faders, and lights. That nervous guy that always looking down at the desk and having no interest for the show is me. Well... I wish I could tell you more about those knobs, faders and what they are for, but I'm afraid that I'd be the only person not finding this boring. )
After the show is finished, there is a few hours of dismantling all the equipment and bringing it back to the warehouse. So in total, my day at work lasts for at least 20 hours. It doesn't seem that fun anymore is it? Well, I apparently don't have the best job ever, but I used to work at one of the biggest concert venues in Russia, where I happened to work with many famous foreign bands from the UK and the US, even seeing and talking to them in person, which also was the first time I had a chance to practice English in real life. Unfortunately, the venue closed. Now, the bands I work for are mostly local. But what I love about my current job is the opportunity to work at different venues every time, where I meet so many types of people. Each experience is absolutely unique!

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