# Career question for Laura & Oli

**URL:** <https://community.mwtm.com/t/career-question-for-laura-oli/2793>\
**Category:** Jack Antonoff Producing The 1975\
**Created:** [December 27, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/career-question-for-laura-oli/2793 "2023-12-27T23:32:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bradley\_Milosevic-Hi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/bradley_milosevic-hi/32/79_2.png) [@Bradley\_Milosevic-Hi](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Bradley_Milosevic-Hi)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/career-question-for-laura-oli/2793/1 "2023-12-27T23:32:46Z")

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Beyond just audio nerd questions I’m wondering. As someone who’s mostly just been a bedroom producer I’m curious what things in your career you think contributed to where you are now? Getting to work with such amazing artists and collaborators is the dream honestly.

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**Author:** ![Laura\_Sisk](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/laura_sisk/32/79_2.png) [@Laura\_Sisk](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Laura_Sisk)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/career-question-for-laura-oli/2793/2 "2023-12-27T23:58:14Z")

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Awesome question. Honestly I feel so grateful to get to work on music I love. From an engineering perspective, I think the thing that’s most appreciated in the studio is keeping the session running without drawing attention to the fact that I’m doing a lot to keep it running. While watching great producers, I’d say the biggest thing is keeping the ideas flowing. If you feel stuck, take a break by starting something new or pulling up a different song. Come back with fresh perspective and if you need to hammer away at something, do it outside of the session.

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**Author:** ![Oli\_Jacobs](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/oli_jacobs/32/551_2.png) [@Oli\_Jacobs](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Oli_Jacobs)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/career-question-for-laura-oli/2793/3 "2023-12-28T00:00:46Z")

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Everyone’s journey is different and there’s no ‘right’ way.

In terms of ‘milestones’ I was lucky enough to get a place on a great sound recording course (Tonmeister Course, University of Surrey) and an internship at Real World for Peter Gabriel. I worked my way up through Real World from making tea to head engineer over the course of 10 years and eventually got the opportunity to engineer on bigger projects - Harry Styles, Peter Gabriel and The 1975!

In terms of knowledge gained, I think learning how to best support an artist and producer in the making of a record, while not being a big presence in the room in the key. Engineering is a position that requires a lot more than knowledge of gear and Pro Tools - being able to read the room is vital.