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My first 2 weeks of interning at DeepMix Studios in Hollywood, CA I learned a ton. A huge part of my life is writing music and performing. I am in the perfect situation in order to make myself successful, or so I believe. DeepMix is a "music house" which basically means that we put music to picture. Mostly commercials, some movies, and some television. One of my jobs is to import the records we receive each day into our computer. From that, I have learned that when sending in a record or demo, the artist should always make sure they have contact information on the disc jewel. Licensing contact information, managerial contact information, record label information, etc. Then make sure that the disc has the track, artist, and album information on it, so when someone imports it into their iTunes library, they don't have to manually do it. My boss told me, "if there is no info on the disc, throw it away". One of my other jobs, which I just finished was creating the music "que sheet" for Pauly Shore's new film "Vegas is My Oyster" debuting on August 8th. I had to watch the entire film and note when music started and stopped. I then had to identify the band or musician. After that, I had to note who owned the rights to each song, who each composer of certain songs were and who to contact when licensing them. The final touch this week was our company event. Every Tuesday, DeepMix hosts an event called "The Station Unplugged", which is held at the Station Bar in the W Hotel, Hollywood. There I was able to interact with the two debuting acoustic artists. I also spent a lot of time shadowing my boss Dave Curtin and learned how to "shmooze" possible future clients and socialize with other people in the industry. The power a company "card" has is astonishing (for anyone but the guy actually paying the credit card bill). A phrase my boss uses quite regularly is "reaching out". At that event I watched him "reach out" to bigger fish in this large ocean that people call the "entertainment industry". There was no fear, just opportunity. He told me that if someone is higher up  than you on the corporate latter, there should be no hesitation for you to go over and introduce yourself, because you have nothing to lose, and so much to gain. I thought that was a pretty good life lesson. It has been a great two weeks.