Tucker Martine

In the music industry, it is always good and inspiring to have a lot of passion. Tucker Martine, a well-known producer and audio engineer, has been in music for most of his life.

Like a lot of young and aspiring engineers of today, Martine started as a musician. As the article and interview in Mix magazine says, he started playing the drums at a young age. From there he progressed to both the music side and the sound side. He started recording the bands that he played in as well as other bands. This is very similar to how young aspiring engineers (high school and college-aged, mostly) begin their climb through the industry.

Of course it was a lot of work to get to the point he is at now. It took him fifteen years to become well known in the industry. As the interview goes through, Martine worked very hard just to start his own studio. He started saving everything he could, just working as a bartender. From his savings, Martine would buy small pieces: a microphone here, one there, and another small piece of equipment.

At the same time, he was making connections. Of course connections are always important in any part of the entertainment business. As he says in the interview, Martine was basically working for free. He was gaining experience and learning techniques.

His first studios were only basement studios. At the start of his studios, he only asked for $5 to $7. Of course, this is nowhere near the amounts that big studios and big name producers ask for.

The way he started was very smart. He knew who is target audience was and how to reach them. He knew how to price his service and make his service absolutely necessary to the bands.

Overall, I find Tucker Martine’s rise in the industry rather inspiring. He worked very hard to get to where he is now. It takes a lot of passion and dedication to work as he did. Your average person would not work for free to learn and get connections in the industry. They also wouldn’t dedicate all their savings to starting up a studio.

Reference:

Jackson, B. (2012, June 01). Producer's desk: Tucker martine. Retrieved from http://mixonline.com/recording/tracking/producers_desk_tucker_martine//index.html