it wasn't far from my home town. I figured if I
got down there and couldn't make any
money, it wasn't too far of a crawl back
home."
Altheide found work at a tee-shirt printing
company that supplied merchandise
for country artists Hank Williams, Jr., Randy
Travis, and Brooks & Dunn. He decided
that a greater knowledge of electronics might
help his chances of landing a studio job,
and he enrolled in courses at ITT. "I was ten
years out of high school, so I was a little
more serious about college." Altheide graduated
with honors, earning a 3.9 grade
point average, and was offered a job at the
school. "I had real long hair at the time
and I didn't want to cut it. The school didn't
want to hire an instructor that had hair
down to his waist, so I went out and bought a
wig. Every morning I would get up and
ball my hair up, tie it up, and put this wig on
over the top." A year later, Altheide was
ready for a change. One of his students worked
at Dreamhire as a tech repairing gear,
something Altheide yearned to do. He telephoned
the general manager of Dreamhire
USA and landed a job, negotiating a pay raise
from his teaching job. When the
manager position became available, Altheide
initially turned it down. "I was playing
in bands and wasn't interested." He later
became assistant manager and a couple of
years later, when the manager position opened
up again, he accepted. In 2003, parent
company Zomba closed the Nashville office of
Dreamhire, but the company was
reopened later that year as Dreamhire LLC and
continues to thrive in its New York
City location. www.dreamhire.com
OFFICE MANAGER · STUDIO
MANAGER
JOB OVERVIEW
These managers are responsible for scheduling
sessions, booking sessions for staff
engineers, overseeing the production schedule,
accounting, payroll, and other admin-
istrative duties.
PREREQUISITES
Marketing skills, an understanding
of the recording process, and a
college
education are assets, but not
required.
"You need to be a people person,
friendly and outgoing. I'm
organized
and able to multi-task. My experience
as
an administrative assistant
helped."
A DAY IN THE LIFE
"The first thing I do in the
morning
is check to see that everything on
the
"Do your job to the best of your
ability and other doors will
open up for you." Once you are
working in the industry, most
advancement opportunities
come by referral from someone
you previously worked with.
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