It Doesn't Mean A Thing

Last Tuesday I was scheduled to meet with my academic advisor. It was a requirement for my University 1010 class. We had take the focus test in class earlier in the year and we had to go to our advisor so they could help us interpret it. The test was suppose to state our skills and interests based on a series of questions and then list careers which best suited those skills and interests. I didn’t completely understand why this was a requirement because I already knew what I wanted to do which is work in the recording industry. I came to this school for the reason of studying the recording industry and that is what I intend to do. Nonetheless I didn’t argue and did what was required of me. When I got to the advisor I sat down and we began going over the focus test. I scored highest in Artistic. The next highest was Realistic and the third highest was Investigative. Artistic was very fitting for me because music is an art and I want a job involved in that art. Realistic also fit because I like to work with my hands which is why I’m interested in audio production. You use your hands a lot to create and/or edit the music on the computer along with running the sound board and other things. Investigative only kind of fit. The only way it applied to me was that I wanted to learn more about music all the time along with how to record. Other than for those two topics I’m not a very investigative person. We then look up jobs that fit my focus test. Nothing came up that went with the recording industry. The closest one we could find was choreographer, but we had to change the meaning from choreographer of dance to one of music. I didn’t really think this was the same thing, but I went along with it. I was thinking more of a producer would be a better fit. My advisor then started to tell me how the recording industry was a very hard industry to get a job in and made me look for other things I would be interested in doing. I did what she asked and thought of majoring  in computer science or aviation as an alternative. However, when we looked at the focus test, a job in either of these fields did not come up either. This didn’t discourage since I wasn’t really interested in those fields anyway, but my advisor seemed a little offset by it. She said she wasn’t trying to discourage me from pursuing a career in the recording industry, but her attitude seemed like she didn’t think it would be the best idea for me. I thought she was terribly wrong. I am very passionate about music so I believe with the passion I will have the drive to work hard and to succeed. I have heard from almost everyone that the industry is hard, but I’ve know that ever since I was first interested in career in it. I’m not going to stop chasing a career just because someone says it’s hard, even if its true. I’d rather try and fail than to not try and not have the chance to fail. What other people say about how hard the industry is, it doesn’t mean a thing.