Overall I feel like this internship was very helpful to me as a senior focusing on electronic music. Being forced to have four hours a week in the studio kept me productive, and allowed me to really scrutinize my composition and mixing abilities. While I wasn’t necessarily able to put together a big portfolio of things I did this semester, I feel I made some decent improvements to the studio, and was of help to several students who needed some assistance. Working closely with Dr. Pras was a pleasure, as I was able to pick her brain on many topics and ask advice on my projects and future endeavors. While there were several days where I didn’t necessarily work on audio projects, I was still able to tidy up the studio or at the very least get something for one of my other classes done. A suggestion I might make for the future of this internship would be to make this into a work-study position as opposed to an internship, as often times I felt like I was more of a TA for the ARP class, sitting in the studio working on my own things until I was needed for help.
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Thanks for the feedback, Casey. We have done this as a work study position before. The inevitable problem was that students who were most interested did not qualify for work study. But I understand where you are coming from.
Glad you found the experience rewarding!