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We just recently shut down our large studio, because simply technology has taken over, and thank God we did. Because of COVID. The large studios that have been really successful are just not getting much traffic now so they are having to let people go. You can do so much with just your iPhone now for crying out loud…
Nobody signs these major record deals anymore. Because of YouTube you can be your own artist, get your own social media platform out there and you do your own distribution. Labels don’t do that anymore, and if they do, they want you to have your own following. Then they are going to give you a check to release your album, and for what? You don’t need that money…
What you have to be prepared for is the word, NO. And the phrase “not right now,” and “maybe later,” and “you’re not what we’re looking for.” I tell my students don’t get discouraged, keep trying. Don’t delete, don’t get rid of tracks. Keep that because there’s going to be a bass line or a drum sound that you can tweak five years from now and it’s going to be a hit!
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“We literally started from a big block of wood. The only thing that we purchased that was pre-made for the guitar was the neck. I would give this advice to anyone that was thinking about this project. Decide what you can and you can’t do up front. If the guitar neck isn’t right, the rest of the instrument is just never going to be good. So, we bought the neck, but everything else was just a block of wood, the electrical components and the blueprints… We actually learned how to do some CAD work and the students built a CAD design of the guitar in the computer and then moved that over to the CNC router and drew the path for the router to move along the wood. I think it took about 90 minutes for the router to work and cut the entire body out.
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Data scientist, curriculum developer, and consultant with Galvanize, a leading technology education innovator, David Yakobovitch is our guest for episode 7 of MuTechTeacherTalk.
How do schools and businesses get more females interested in technology courses and careers? What is artificial intelligence and machine learning? Can technology augment human creativity? How has technology impacted the way music producers and consumers create and listen to music? David and I will discuss these questions and more in this episode.
David Yakobovitch is on the leading edge of edge of global data science, app and web development through coding, and technology education. In addition to his work with www.galvanize.com, he publishes the weekly HumAIn podcast (www.humainpodcast.com).
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