RESOURCES

Communities:

Sarah Myles‘ Rise and Shine hosts free monthly seminars and workshops for podcasts and radio. Follow them on Twitter.

Sarah Geis‘ Audio Playground is a FUN way of playing around with audio, and feeling part of a community.

safe + sound is the audio open mic I run with Kit Callin for Resonance FM. We do call outs on our instagram and twitter – it’s a nice way to experience people listening to your work, and getting stuff out on the radio.

The UK Audio Network is a supportive community sharing advice, support and job postings. Here’s their Twitter, and a link to join.

The Entry Level Audio Network is a peer-support network for people starting out in audio – you can get involved on Twitter or Facebook, or sign up to the newsletter here. 

If you’re POC, you can add yourself to the POC in Audio database on their website, and here’s their Twitter. If you’re someone who hires people, it’s a good place to look!

The Equality in Audio Pact is a start at making our industry better. There’s a list of signatories – if you’re looking for companies to pitch to as a freelancer, this could be useful. If you’re working at a company who aren’t upholding the pact, who signed it, it could be useful too.

Training / Opportunities:

If you’re 18-25 in London, Transmission Roundhouse has loads of v cool training and opportunities – I’ve only heard great things from them, would recommend.

The Multitrack Audio Fellowship is an entry level fellowship where you do paid internships at production companies, receive training, and get chances to pitch your ideas. It’s for people who are from groups that are at a disadvantage entering the audio industry, based on race, class and/or disability. Here’s their Instagram and their Twitter.

The BBC Sounds Audio Lab is a training & development programme for people looking to enter the industry.

Arts Emergency is a charity and support network for young people in London, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. I’d recommend signing up if you’re a young person! If you’re old like me, have a look on their page to see if you could be a mentor. You get training, so anyone can do it.

Resources for learning / pitching:

Sounds Simple is a new series by the amazing sound designer and mixer Michelle Macklem, sharing tips on how to play with sounds.

All Hear by Talia Augustidis is an amazing monthly newsletter of audio opportunities from around the world. If you’re new entering the audio world, this edition is a really good overview of how to pitch to the BBC.

In a similar vein, Will Coley made a resource collating all the podcast series that take pitches for one off episodes – it’s here.

I love Reaper for editing! Here are some good tutorials for beginners. Here are some good tutorials for more advanced #Reapers.