Wednesday, November 28, 2012
10 Recording Bloopers that Made the Album
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Soooo True
- The Ten Commandments of Engineering
- 1: Thou shalt not be social
- 2: Thou shalt remember the slide rule, and keep it holy.
- 3: Thou shalt not speak to women, unless they are one of the Discipline.
- 4: Thou shalt not know literature.
- 5: Thou shalt do horribly in English class.
- 6: I am the Lord thy Major, and thou shalt have no other Majors before me.
- 7: Thou shalt not wear matching colors.
- 8: Thou shalt watch Doctor Who.
- 9: Thou shalt remember that Grammar is thine enemy
- 10: When thou are not working, thou shalt play video games in order to avoid "real life."
(Found this on a tumbler page and thought it appropriate. Title links to the page.)
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The Engineering Part
Since this is about my training for Imagineering, I should mention what I have been up to besides just the Disney stuff...
I have been recording my friends' band Worst Case Ontario.
I have done a session with a different set of friends' band Tomato Face. Also got to help with their sound check one night at a show.
(check them both out on Facebook!!)
I am in a club called StudioLife, learning tons of audio stuff, giving me access to a multimillion dollar set of recording and mixing studios. Through it I also work the shows hosted in the building. I've done one- live recording- and this week I will record a show live, and the next night work as a stage hand.
I have put in a few hours at the school's theatre scene shop (these were required for a class), but it's still a step in the right direction.
TO DO LIST:
It's not much compared to many of the peers I work with here, but it's more then I ever had before. My audio background before college was the one show I ran for a summer production at my high school and helping put in the new sound system at my parents' church. Baby steps!
I have been recording my friends' band Worst Case Ontario.
I have done a session with a different set of friends' band Tomato Face. Also got to help with their sound check one night at a show.
(check them both out on Facebook!!)
I am in a club called StudioLife, learning tons of audio stuff, giving me access to a multimillion dollar set of recording and mixing studios. Through it I also work the shows hosted in the building. I've done one- live recording- and this week I will record a show live, and the next night work as a stage hand.
I have put in a few hours at the school's theatre scene shop (these were required for a class), but it's still a step in the right direction.
TO DO LIST:
- Get in touch with the community theatre on volunteering
- Get in touch with the guy running sound at the school's theatre
It's not much compared to many of the peers I work with here, but it's more then I ever had before. My audio background before college was the one show I ran for a summer production at my high school and helping put in the new sound system at my parents' church. Baby steps!
Congratulations!!
I GOT IN!!!!
The day came about a month ago. I got the email and my jaw dropped, I then preceded to fall out of bed, burst out the door to run downstairs to tell my best friend the news. I cried for like an hour because of the overwhelming joy I had from finally getting a job at the Happiest Place on Earth. I'll spend the spring and summer working Quick Service Food and Beverage in Orlando. Eight months of hard work, and bliss.
Still working on my Disney College Program Bucket List, but will post and update as I complete it.
My countdown says 75 days until I check in. Registration for classes has already opened. That, in and of itself is nerve racking. Yes there are tons of classes to choose from, but of course I have to be difficult and place my name for the waiting list for one of the professional studies classes. From what I have read, they go through and check everyone's major before you can officially enroll because they are major specific. They are also extremely difficult to get into in general so I'm pretty worried about that.
TimeKeeper game thingy finally opened tonight and I played, and finished it in a couple hours and was pretty disappointed that all it was was disney trivia and heritage. Personally, I knew pretty much everything, then again I've read the largest Disney biography out there and have the toughest disney trivia book.
The day came about a month ago. I got the email and my jaw dropped, I then preceded to fall out of bed, burst out the door to run downstairs to tell my best friend the news. I cried for like an hour because of the overwhelming joy I had from finally getting a job at the Happiest Place on Earth. I'll spend the spring and summer working Quick Service Food and Beverage in Orlando. Eight months of hard work, and bliss.
Still working on my Disney College Program Bucket List, but will post and update as I complete it.
My countdown says 75 days until I check in. Registration for classes has already opened. That, in and of itself is nerve racking. Yes there are tons of classes to choose from, but of course I have to be difficult and place my name for the waiting list for one of the professional studies classes. From what I have read, they go through and check everyone's major before you can officially enroll because they are major specific. They are also extremely difficult to get into in general so I'm pretty worried about that.
TimeKeeper game thingy finally opened tonight and I played, and finished it in a couple hours and was pretty disappointed that all it was was disney trivia and heritage. Personally, I knew pretty much everything, then again I've read the largest Disney biography out there and have the toughest disney trivia book.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Disney College Program 2012
I have yet again made it through the application and the web interview portions for the Disney College Program. I am awaiting my phone interview date and preparing, good thing I made a list of things I needed to improve on from my last interview! Soooo excited. Wish me luck!
Disney Vacation 2012
One of my favorite parts of every Disney trip is talking to the cast members. This trip I got to talk to a cast member that is an old friend of my family's that works at The Land and also got to judge the sidewalk drawings two cast members did of Donald Duck (the seven year olds standing around had no idea what they were talking about). Then we chatted for a bit. Talking with these people makes me feel so at home because they understand me. Every trip reinforces my dream to become an Imagineer.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Disney College Program
On my list of things-to-do to get hired by Disney is the Disney College Program or DCP. What better way to get hired by your company of choice than to have it beaming there on your resume? It's my secret weapon, my lighthouse beacon, my jumping up and down waving my arms in the air shouting "Pick me! Pick me!" Any job at Disney is REALLY competitive and DCP is no different. I applied for the fall of 2012 and was wait listed and then months later, rejected. The plan now is to apply again for the spring but I wanted a compilation of tips and tricks that may help me, or you, get into the program.
DCP is all over the social networking sites; like it, follow it, friend it, subscribe to it, bookmark the website. This is part of your research that you would do for any job. Learn what is going on, what you like and dislike about it. Watch videos on Youtube posted by it and by previous participants. You will learn TONS from the former cast members about everything: the interview, the job, the preparations they took, what they like and dislike about it, and in the end what they left with after the program.
Make yourself aware of Disney policies for their cast members. DCP has its main focus on the working aspect on the program and less on the education. (You can take a class through it and get college credit IF your college excepts the credit so check with them.) Disney has something called the "Disney Look," and if your dream has always been to work there you already know this. The Disney Look is something that every Disney employee has and they won't hire you if you don't follow it.
Research the interview on Youtube from previous participants. Make a list of the kinds of questions asked and feel free to make a cheat sheet for yourself for the PHONE interview. Sucks that it's over the phone but it does have this perk at least, and that the interviewer can't see in your eyes how nervous you are (unfortunately for me, this was the first thing I blurted out to her.)
After all of this research you are ready to apply. If you have done your research right, DCP has e-mailed you the moment they began to take applications. Apply at this moment. On the application you come to a page that asks you to put down all of the positions you are applying for. TIP: They will not hire you for it if you don't apply for it, so apply for EVERYTHING you can. Apply like you are desperate for a job and your seven kids will starve if you don't get it.
If it goes well then you will be invited for a web interview and then the phone interview. When you apply early, all of this happens in a matter of days (waiting for each step is excruciating!!). When you are waiting after you apply, go ahead and attach your formal resume to your dashboard. For your phone interview, tips I've read and will try for my next application:
1. Dress for the occasion
2. Have your cheat sheet and any questions you might have prepared
3. Make sure you are alone and in a place with good cell reception
4. Make sure you thank your interviewer!!!!!
DCP is all over the social networking sites; like it, follow it, friend it, subscribe to it, bookmark the website. This is part of your research that you would do for any job. Learn what is going on, what you like and dislike about it. Watch videos on Youtube posted by it and by previous participants. You will learn TONS from the former cast members about everything: the interview, the job, the preparations they took, what they like and dislike about it, and in the end what they left with after the program.
Make yourself aware of Disney policies for their cast members. DCP has its main focus on the working aspect on the program and less on the education. (You can take a class through it and get college credit IF your college excepts the credit so check with them.) Disney has something called the "Disney Look," and if your dream has always been to work there you already know this. The Disney Look is something that every Disney employee has and they won't hire you if you don't follow it.
Research the interview on Youtube from previous participants. Make a list of the kinds of questions asked and feel free to make a cheat sheet for yourself for the PHONE interview. Sucks that it's over the phone but it does have this perk at least, and that the interviewer can't see in your eyes how nervous you are (unfortunately for me, this was the first thing I blurted out to her.)
After all of this research you are ready to apply. If you have done your research right, DCP has e-mailed you the moment they began to take applications. Apply at this moment. On the application you come to a page that asks you to put down all of the positions you are applying for. TIP: They will not hire you for it if you don't apply for it, so apply for EVERYTHING you can. Apply like you are desperate for a job and your seven kids will starve if you don't get it.
If it goes well then you will be invited for a web interview and then the phone interview. When you apply early, all of this happens in a matter of days (waiting for each step is excruciating!!). When you are waiting after you apply, go ahead and attach your formal resume to your dashboard. For your phone interview, tips I've read and will try for my next application:
1. Dress for the occasion
2. Have your cheat sheet and any questions you might have prepared
3. Make sure you are alone and in a place with good cell reception
4. Make sure you thank your interviewer!!!!!
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