This week was quite different from the others ! There was an international congress about musical acoustics in my school ! I volunteered for it and here is my report =)
[Report] International Symposium on Musical Acoustics
New interview and new contacts !
I’m happy this week ! I am proud to announce that there will be a second interview and that my spreadsheet is filled with a new contact !
Yes ! But no ! But … ?
Hey ! Still searching for people who would accept to be interviewed ! Let’s make this week’s report !
0.5/5, reminders and not a lot more !
Okay, I interviewed an acoustical consultant last week, that’s cool ! But guess what could be better ? Other interviews !
Interview #1 : Shimby McCreery from Kirkegaard Associates
Here is my very first interview with an acoustical consultant in the US ! I would like to thank Shimby McCreery for having accepted to be interviewed and I also apologize for the cheap audio and video quality. That was the first time I was using Google Hangouts and now I know I need better microphone and connection.
0/5, Potential Interview and Facebook
What happened in the acoustical world since last week ? Let’s see below !
1/5, RSS and TED
Last week, I sent an e-mail to some of the companies in my list. Let’s see what are the results.
The mailing campaign starts !
The 87-point strategy
Getting an internship is going to be tough. Especially abroad. That’s why I need a strategy.
Welcome !
Welcome to my blog ! In this blog, I will share with you my adventure from now to when I get an internship in the US. But before, let me introduce myself !
My name is Corentin Blanchard. I’m a French undergraduate in an engineering school. My major is acoustics. Why acoustics ? Because I am a drummer and I love music in general. Rap music in particular. But the fact is I can’t make a living of my drumming skills, it’s just a hobby. So I tried to mix my passion for music and my science education.
The only school that could help me was ENSIM. ENSIM stands for École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs du Mans. Le Mans is a city about 1 hour away from Paris by the train. The city is specialized in acoustics since the 1980s. ENSIM, created in 1995, is the only one French engineering school teaching acoustics not as a subject, but as a whole programm. The only problem is that the building is quite ugly, but I deal with it without any problem.
Later on, I would like to work in 2 fields, I haven’t chose which one is better yet. First, room acoustics. I would love to work with architects so as to build concerts rooms for example. Second, I would like to work in earphones companies. As a rap listenner, Beats by Dre would sound good ! Well, it seems that it belongs to Apple now, but I don’t mind =)
With this blog, I want to prove 3 things :
- Getting an internship in the US is possible when you’re French
- Acoustics is a very interesting subject ! Yes, really ! I’ll show you some examples.
- I want to prove myself that I can speak English ? By the way, if you spot some mistakes, feel free to tell me what’s wrong !
We’ll see at the end if I managed to achieved those goals ! But for now, see you next week for the first real article =)