For my first career challenge report I chose to interview my
current boos at my internship with “Hedroom Productions”. Joshua Bjarnarson is the current CEO at
Hedroom and I spoke with him on route to our event featuring “Foghat” at the Edgewood
valley country club in La grange Illinois.
I began the interview in a casual manner and asked him some basic
questions about the company and his past in live sound reinforcement. Included with the interview are the audio
sample of our conversation, which is loud because of the wind inside the truck
we where traveling in, and a picture of Joshua.
What was
the most troublesome situation you encountered at a live show?
At the show Josh knew the house engineer at the venue enough
that he was aloud to go onto the board but then hit a wrong button which caused
the show to basically go mute. This is
on of the situations that you need to figure out the problem immediately. Josh
grabbed the manual and sped through it until he figured out the problem and
corrected it. This is a classic example
of troubleshooting; something that will happen at shows and must be dealt with
as a live sound engineer.
What got
you into live sound?
Music, the passion for music, entertainment and getting
people to have the best show that they can have.
How did you
start up your company?
I was curious if Josh had to take out a loan or something to
that effect to start up Hedroom.
Basically he suggested that he had to work very hard and live off of
whatever he could to continue the company in the first two years. He made nothing in the first two years of
Hedroom and had to keep pushing himself and booking events until the he got out
of the red and into the black.
What I got
back from this interview is that this business is possible if you have the
determination and drive to accomplish your goals. You must believe in yourself and what you
know to drive to success. This business
is challenging but with the right mindset you can make a name for yourself in
the music world. The rest of the
interview is engaging and hilarious and I encourage everyone to listen in.
