Although I received a few job offers that looked and sounded great, most eventually fell through. This is probably what I have found the most difficult, I spent a lot of time emailing out to audio companies and keeping an eye on social media groups offering to do patch/stage crew and detailing my experience and getting little responses. This job is where I really started to develop my skills as a sound engineer and meet a lot of brilliant touring engineers.Īt the O2 Academy, we have quieter seasons in the summertime, so it gave me the opportunity to go out and try and start getting some freelance work. Again quite a lot of it was learning on the job and I did have the help and support from the team at the O2 Academy and all the Freelancers we hire in to help with shows. This job entailed me taking the lead on all things sound in the venue, advancing, health and safety, maintenance and operating shows. I finished my degree and was lucky enough to apply for and get the position as the Assistant Technical Manager at the O2 Academy Oxford in 2016. After a lot of shadow shifts and learning on the job I started to focus more of my time on live sound and lights. ![]() From the bar job I then applied to work as part of their tech team, which was student staff that mainly handled the club nights, conferences and crewing but the Technical manager and Assistant (Luke Maxwell + Katherine Campbell) allowed a lot of opportunities to shadow and then later work the bigger shows. My career itself though, definitely started off when I got a bar job at ‘The Engine Shed’ in Lincoln which is a 1500 capacity live music venue. I went to the University of Lincoln and studied ‘Audio Production’, a course focused on studio sound and sound for film, which is where I learnt about the fundamentals of sound. “I have been working as a live sound engineer for the past 6 years. Tell us a little about you, how did you get to where you are today? Although early in her career, Alice has already worked with some of the best artists on the circuit and gives us some insight into how she broke into the industry, what it’s like to be a female working in a predominantly male industry and how a little kindness can go a very long way. ![]() We have a chat with Alice Asbury who is a 24-year-old live sound engineer based in Oxford. Alice sheds some light on how she broke into the industry, what it’s like to be a female working in a predominantly male industry and how a little kindness can go a very long way. Shure chat with Alice Asbury who is a 24-year-old live sound engineer based in Oxford. Share this Moving On Up With Sound Engineer, Alice Asbury
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