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Sound engineering technicians work on the sound of a movie, song, or even can mixed sounds to make music.

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You get to be on concert free

You get to be with famous people

Helps Develop Problem Solving Skills

You get to listen to music almost all the day

Every day is different you don't know what you going to do the next day

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Who are some famous people with this career?

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Who are some famous people with this career?

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Tony Bongiovi

Carlos Álvarez

Fernando Camara

Todd Rundgren

Owsley Stanley

Keren Ann

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1. controls the sound and the quality to make great events, movie, and song.

2. They make the movies fun

3. They Creative Environment on concert

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1. Hourly Rate$10 - $28

2. Bonus$0 - $509

3. Total Pay$20,203 - $65,070

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The average hourly pay for a Sound Engineering Technician is $19.00.

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What Do Sound Engineering Technicians Do?

A sound engineering technician mixes, creates, and plays music and other sounds, usually at live events. Some jobs will require the sound engineering technician to work on a team of other technicians or with live performers, such as bands, dancers, and singers. The technician may also have to coordinate with visual effects. Some sound engineering technicians will work in movie and television production, and they will help improve the sound aspect of these types of entertainment.

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Sound Engineering Technician Tasks

Create, update, maintain, and add to sample and sound libraries.

Assist in postproduction with improving sound quality or adding sound over video.

Record, layer, and produce sounds and sound effects for desired impact.

Spot, arrange, and edit audio into video or other delivery mechanism.

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What Are Popular Skills for Sound Engineering Technicians?

Skills in Systems Computer/Console Operations and Audio Visual Equipment Use are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Pro/Engineer.

What is the Pay by Experience Level for Sound Engineering Technicians?

An early career Sound Engineering Technician with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $11.61 based on 12 salaries. A mid-career Sound Engineering Technician with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $21.50 based on 9 salaries. An experienced Sound Engineering Technician with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $20.35 based on 9 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $20.

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Sound Engineering Technician Hourly Pay | PayScale

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The average hourly pay for a Sound Engineering Technician is $19.00. Tell us about your job and pay factors like skills and education Find your market worth with a report tailored to you Negotiate your pay with confidence A sound engineering technician mixes, creates, and plays music and other sounds, usually at live events.

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1. microphones

2. speakers

3. video screens

4. projectors

5. video monitors

6. recording equipment.

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1. George Robert Groves was the first Sound Engineering Technician.

2. He was the one who brought sound to the silent screen.

3. He also contributed as being Hollywood's first ‘sound man

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George Robert Groves (13 December 1901 - 4 September 1976) was a film sound pioneer who played a significant role in developing the technology that brought sound to the silent screen. He is also credited as being Hollywood's first 'sound man'; he was the recording engineer on the seminal Al Jolson picture, The Jazz Singer (1927), as well as many other early talkies. In a career with Warner Brothers that spanned 46 years, he rose to become their Director of Sound and won two Academy Awards.

George was born on 13 December 1901 over a barber's shop at 57 Duke Street, St Helens, Lancashire, England. His father, George Alfred Groves, was a master barber and talented musician who founded the first brass band in St Helens. His son George Jr. was proficient in a number of instruments and regularly played the cornet in the town's Theatre Royal. He was also a lather boy in his father's two barber shops in Duke Street and Owen Street.

George was educated at Nutgrove Junior School and Cowley Grammar School in St. Helens. After gaining a scholarship to Liverpool University, he graduated in 1922 with an honours degree in Engineering and Telephony. He spent a year in Coventry working for GEC developing early wireless receivers and then applied for employment in the United States. On 1 December 1923, George sailed to New York on the SS Laconia for what he thought would be a two-year engagement.

He obtained a position with the research team at Bell Laboratories who were developing film sound technology using the sound-on-disc process. In 1925, Warner Brothers bought the Bell system and created the Vitaphone Corporation. In 1926, George Groves was assigned to Vitaphone and was charged with recording the soundtrack to the John Barrymore picture, (1926). This was the first full-length film to have a synchronized soundtrack, provided by the New York Philharmonic. Groves devised an innovative, multi-microphone technique and performed a live mix of the 107-strong orchestra. In doing so he became the first music mixer in film history.

George Groves then recorded the sound for The Jazz Singer (1927) a ground-breaking motion picture which revolutionized the film industry. The star of the film, Al Jolson, dubbed George The Quiet Little Englishman and insisted that he alone record his pictures. In recording the sound for The Jazz Singer, Groves became the first ever production recordist.

During World War II, Groves served with the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force.

In his lengthy Warner Brothers career, George Groves pioneered numerous other sound techniques and practices that the film and television industries take for granted today, including ADR and the use of radio microphones. He won two Oscars for Best Sound for his work on the films (1957) and My Fair Lady (1964). His Oscar for the latter was presented to him on stage at the Academy Awards of 1965 by Steve McQueen and Claudia Cardinale. In total, Groves worked on thirty-two films that received Academy Award nominations for best sound.

In 1957, George Groves became Director of Sound at Warner Brothers, and in 1972, the year of his retirement, he was awarded the prestigious Samuel L. Warner memorial award by the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. George died of a heart attack on 4 September 1976. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).

Academy Awards

Groves won two Academy Awards and was nominated for six more in the category Best Sound.

In 1993, George Groves' 92-year-old sister, Hilda Barrow from Liverpool, began a campaign for official recognition in the United Kingdom of her brother's pioneering work. As a result, in 1996 two British Film Industry plaques were unveiled to commemorate his achievements. One was at Groves' birthplace in Duke Street, St Helens, The other was in a prestigious Warners Cinema in London's West End.

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George Robert Groves (13 December 1901 - 4 September 1976) was a film sound pioneer who played a significant role in developing the technology that brought sound to the silent screen. He is also credited as being Hollywood's first 'sound man'; he was the recording engineer on the seminal Al Jolson picture, The Jazz Singer (1927), as well as many other early talkies.

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1. indoors in radio

2. television

3. movie

4. recording studios.

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1. associate's degree

2. Degree Name

3. certification

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1.  sound effects of a movie

2. sound effects on event

3. recording songs