Miloco Work Experience - Apply
Miloco offers work experience placements for between 2-4 weeks
long, where we will get you involved in some of the day-to-day activities concerned with running
a recording studio.
Unfortunately the positions are voluntary and unpaid. If you are accepted you may find yourself on a long waiting list.
We cannot stress highly enough that you will probably not be working in any of the studios or using any of the equipment,
however experienced you may consider yourself, so please do not apply if this is your aim.
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| Contrary to popular belief, PG Tips is the single most important ingredient
to a succesful recording studio, even more-so than electricity... |
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| Electricity is of course still fairly useful, and there are literally thousands of cables
just waiting to trip up that moody, jet-lagged Hip Hop star fresh off an American Airlines carrier.
Best hang them up then... |
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| Waterlogged roofs lead to flooded studios and hefty insurance claims. They are
not our friend. |
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| It's been a long week and there's a stash of ales in the attic.
One's got your name on it... |
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What you will not learn:
While we try to show you the mechanics of how a recording studio works the placement is not a training course. However if
the opportunity arises and we feel you are suitable we may try to get you on one of the sessions.
We cannot promise that we will have time to teach you about equipment or recording methods but we will try to give you specific tasks
to do while you are with us and you will receive a written guide from us before you start. There will be opportunities to ask our
engineers or assistants questions while you are with us.
What you will learn:
We intend to show you how life is in a busy recording studio. If chosen a lot of your time may be spent supporting our management staff
and moving between our various locations. We are quite a unique recording studio company in that we have a large number of studios throughout London.
Two weeks is not really enough to grasp how recording studios operate but we hope it will give you a good insight and may help to decide whether or not
it is the career for you.
Typical tasks:
While you are with us we will be asking you to do things to keep you busy. These may vary on a day-to-day basis. Here are some typical tasks:-
1. Tea, tea, tea - Forget your Protools or Logic, if you can't make good cups of tea you will
never make it as a good assistant. Offer teas frequently and often to office staff, clients
visiting the studios and assistants looking after the sessions.
2. Cleanliness and Tidiness - We pride ourselves in making sure our studios are tidy and clean.
This also includes the communal areas such as kitchens, toilets and rec rooms. Typical tasks
will include:-
a) Cleaning up kitchens
b) Emptying dishwashers
c) Checking toilets have handwash, toilet rolls, clean towels
d) Wiping down surfaces, windows etc.
3. Moving Around - Due to the fact that our studios are located throughout London there is often a trip to be made around the rooms distributing supplies,
collecting drives or helping to prepare sessions. Make sure you bring your travelcard! Unfortunately we will not be able to reimburse your travel expenses.
4. Spring Cleans - We hope that our studios are working pretty much every day of the year but if they are not we want to spend the free days cleaning our rooms.
Once again we pride ourselves on how the rooms should be presented. Typical spring cleans include:-
a) Cleaning the console
b) Cleaning the outboard equipment
c) Dusting and cleaning the racks and floors
d) Tidying up cables
e) Cleaning the patchbays
f) Tidying up mic cupboards
g) Checking lightbulbs etc
h) Audio checking equipment
5. Lunches / Breakfasts - Throughout the day our clients may ask for food runs to the shops or nearby restaurants, take aways or supermarkets.
6. Office duties - There will be various office duties that you may be asked to do. The most important is answering the door politely and promptly.
If we have not dampened your enthusiasm, you are over 18 and would still like to do a few weeks
work experience then please complete the form (below) in full. Please be aware that the placements do get booked up quite far
in advance and due to the volume of applicants we can't reply to each one.
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