By Neal Margolis on Friday, July 31, 1998 6:00 PM

Here I am trying to explain Rip Rowan's survey of the Prorec readership.

And he's asking about my profession, that is, my area of expertise, and whether I'm an amateur or expert. And I'm thinking, "Profession? What can this mean today, where digital audio tools are ever-more-accessible, where more people can have more control over the entire process of musical design- performance- engineering- production- distribution."

It's All Me, Now!

So, I'm wondering, does this profession concept make any sense at all any longer? I consider myself:

- an amateur musician
- an amateur audio engineer/producer
- an amateur computer engineer / system integrator
- an amateur graphic designer
- a professional multimedia designer (I get paid)

My excitement about digitized audio design / recording / production tools starts with the fact that I don't need to relate to other "professions" to get the job done. I don't have to turn over a project to a recordin ... Read More »