@HiFiJi

Thank you for the video! Its coincidental to hear how you came from classical music roots and ended up getting burnt out of it and then getting into 
audio engineering because a very similar thing happened to me.
I went to a top nationally recognized music school for my bachelor of music degree in classical music performance, received a full merit-based scholarship for grad school to continue classical music, and 1 year into grad school I came to the realization that I was unfulfilled doing specifically classical music and playing in orchestras, and I dropped out after the first year of grad school.

I was 26 at that point and remember that because I put all my eggs in one basket with classical music since I was 11 years old, I knew nothing else and I felt lost; coasting, drifting, giving up on myself. 
I became content living a life of mediocrity, working an unrelated job I hated, coming back and numbing my mind, rinse and repeat. 

7 years later in 2023 at 33 years old, I started experimenting with music production and discovered that music production has been the most passionate that I have ever been with anything in my life. And now I am sacrificing all of my past distractions to make time for music production. I regret that it took me this many years to discover that, but better now than never. 
I have been thinking whether I should just keep self teaching myself, or go back to school for audio engineering / music production. 
Hopefully in 5-10 years I can be doing what I genuinely love as a living and still have several decades to be doing this before I die, god willing.
It's never too late to discover and pursue something that makes you the most happy! ♥

@rjstrange

One thing I discovered in my journey is how valuable having a laptop versus a desktop (especially these days with monstrosities like the i9 13980HX) for being able to bring your setup anywhere. I know this may not be kosher to some, but since I'm so familiar with my own car stereo, I use it as a reference (especially for bass) during the mixing and mastering phase, while going back and forth to calibrated headphones from Sonarworks to get the headphone experience and get some other references with the EQ curves. I basically sit in my car the entire mixing and mastering phase. Helps to also put an end to wanting to record additional content and ideas and keep all the compositional things done earlier so I can just listen objectively to the sound balance.

@monicabaharova891

I am currently at university with bachelor in sound engineering and was really worried there are no girls in the industry SO THANK YOU so much for sharing your experience and inspiring to go further

@aliallahditta

Love me a good success story from humble beginnings! Way to go De Ana!

@KASPA2292

I’ve been a self taught pianist and violinist since 12 and I’ve always known that music would be a big part of my life, but now I realise that it could be so much more, but I never really knew how and this video really helped 🙏

@anime_cyko

This was a great help! I’ve been struggling so much which direction to take my passion for music. I was always intimidated by the engineering name and not really thinking I had a ear for it. But you’ve definitely sparked some motivation in me! Going to look into my AAS for audio engineering today!

@paulmark992

Love this, love your journey and your experiences. Looking forward for more tutorials

@fivebyfivesound

Always great to hear a personal journey. I think especially for those of us who don’t go a traditional education route or have a robust community or many teacher/mentors around us, it’s really helpful to hear other people’s stories - challenges, insights and all. Thank you, and all the best on your path 🙏🏽

@Jess-P

Thanks for sharing your journey, De Ana!  🎉

@JasmineUncut2.0

Thank you for this video. I finished my degree in audio engineering back in 2019 and its been a crazy rollercoaster. This def reminded me why i got into it in the first place and to stay the course even when it gets hard.

@GrantCrowell

Thank you for sharing and caring! I am a full-time instructional designer who gets to do audio engineering on top of my video creation and editing skills, including with my own voiceovers or editing  others' narrations. I would love a recommendation on an audio engineering course or class that can build on my existing skills for future work and my own personal projects, along with finding a community of fellow audio-philes in the e-learning space.

@bobodewitz8958

All the things you say are so clear and true. This video will get lots of people interested in this wonderful career of sound engineer and what that brings to personal growth and deep felt happiness. Great job you do! Greetings from Holland.

@Brewman1666

Thanks for the video. I'm looking to learn more about Audio Engineering and seeing if this is the right career path for me. Ive always loved music but I'm not a musician myself. I would love to learn more and take a peak at a real recording studio

@suanlalhangshing966

I love your video and i really want to start out to becoming a sound engineer but i really have no choice to take the first step but I'm wishing someday i will anyways thank you for your video

@irenamazure5745

Great, love it 🌟

@Tejaneaux-ic8dp

How i get clients. Especially on discord.... is when folks who want to get feedback on they stuff. 

(If the mix sucks.... thats the target market.)

(If they say they paid someone to mix and you know you can mix a whole lot better... you can steal client like that but you gotta work for free to show the artist, next time your services will be prompt for payment)

I still work a regular job but i can do mixes remotely when im traveling in my job.

@communitymusicstudio6595

Great video. Very eloquent De ana. Congrats. Best wishes in your journey.

@HOLLASOUNDS

I didn't study music, I felt that if I was to go to Uni then other people will be responsible for My music development, I wanted to prove I could do it all on My own, however 15 years later Id say My music is good, I get told its good by people who do and people who dont know anything about music production. However My best Music comes from working or being around other people doing music, it inspires Me to be better and do more. Its good feeling when a song or instrumental sounds really good out of wide range of speakers, I know at that point I have succeeded in My job, which to produce good music.

@whatabast

The computer screen in the background was a very nice touch in this video!

@titoramirez5198

Great stuff!