This weeks lecture was with Lincoln university alumni Luke Pickering, who’s gone on to work under the tutelage of world renown producer Paul Epworth. This lecture had a massive focus on how to best position yourself post graduation and how to get on the first step on the producer ladder.

The lecture heavily focused around how you can get best position yourself to get chances in industry, including doing as much work experience as possible as when a place does open up, often the employers will discuss people they had in for work experience. This also means travelling as much as you can to do so, staying on friends floors and such. Th lecture also had a lot of vital information on studio etiquette that was critical to him making a good impression. This included not focusing on yourself as a producer when you’re first in the studio as the vast majority of employers aren’t looking for producers, they looking for people who willing to the mundane tasks such as tea making and cleaning. Luke also depicted the importance of maintaining a positive attitude within the studio environment, including not complaining about long hours or asking for time off on short notice as you can easily be replaced, you must be committed to the studio and producer you are shadowing/working for.

Overall, this lecture included vital information from Luke who was in a similar situation to me three years ago, these pointers were in conclusion, very vital to how I will depict myself when it comes to taking the next steps on the producer ladder.