We recently connected with Ava Albert and have shared our conversation below.

Ava, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you share a story with us from back when you were an intern or apprentice? Maybe it’s a story that illustrates an important lesson you learned or maybe it’s a just a story that makes you laugh (or cry)?

Well I can definitely say I’ve had my fair share of internships and each one has a lasting impact on me in was that show in my work/work ethic today!

I think the best story I have to share would be a ying yang experience at two different points in my internship career.

my first internship at Sugarhill Studios definitely was a eye opener to how far you can get with passion. The studio manager at the time had the 10 of us interns on specific schedules so we were really only expected to be there during those times. I however took advantage of being unemployed at the time and went there everyday. using days when I was on the schedule to pick brains and play with things to the extent of learning. that ultimately turned into me being trusted with being a receptionist for a few months. unfortunately for life hit me pretty hard so I had to put that on the back burner for a “real job” as my dad would say.

after that experience the job I ended up getting led me to the next internship at Wireroad Studios, which was with the same level of work ethic. trying to learn rooms and be available when i’m not. unfortunately for me at that time work would prevent me from being available when actually called upon, which ultimately turned into me being perceived as no dependable.

all in all I am beyond greatful for both of these experiences.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

well i’m Ava Albert. Born and raised in Houston, TX. Currently located in Tallahassee, FL.

honestly for I can definitely say this is a life long journey. lots of folks can say they always knew what they wanted to do in life but I would switch up like the weather before actually paying attention to myself.

All impoverished kids start out with hoop dreams. unfortunate for me I was trash. fully realized how trash I was in about 7th grade but at that point my passion was definitely misplaced. I had been playing piano since I was a small kid maybe 7or8 (I don’t remember i’m old) and at that point in time I was in my school band. up to that point I was so focused on basketball that I hadn’t realized how long I had been exposed to the technicalities of music. I was the kid that would read the album credits, wondering who the people that weren’t on the cover are and how they even got their names there without being on the cover. I always thought you had to be on the cover then.

flash forward to the summer before my freshman year of college and I break my laptop screen. one my cousins through marriage fixed it for me and put fl studio on it. I dabbled but to this day I hate FL. with a passion I digress.

after I refuse to take school serious my freshman year of college I end up back home working at a old navy. I decide to get myself a ipad cause who doesn’t like things. I out gatageband on it and I start actually trying to make beat. they were hot cheese. actual garbage, BUT the ideas were there and the passion was flowing. the calling was coming out slowly but surely.

end up enrolling into art institute of houston after making a little rap group with some old friends & my beats weren’t getting any better. went in thinking i was gonna learn to make beats (I mean you technically learn how to program midi so in a way they do but I digress) but nahhhh that definitely wasn’t the case.

day one we started learning about cables and I was immediately pissed. day three we were in the on-campus studio(I declined the initial enrollment tour because I really like surprises) and I knew exactly what I wanted to do til I die. like I legit wouldn’t mind dying trying to dial in a tube tech.

so that’s how I got into audio engineering.

as of right now my services include recording, mixing, and mastering.

my goal with every recording client is to help them execute their concise ideas into audible execution. If they hear it in their head one way my goal with their helper during the recording stage is to make sure everything they think they’d hear on their song is available to them as an idea for the final product.

my goal with every mixing client is making sure I capture the feel they initially wanted while enhancing for blend and clarity of all elements.

my goal with every mastering client is to enhance the feel to ensure it can be considered a final product.

when it comes to my work I am most proud of my attention to detail, I try to approach my clients work with the same amount of passion if not more! I really love what I do!!!

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The most rewarding aspect for me is when I can forget i’ve made or contributed to something and I end up randomly coming across it. I never fail to feel the way I did when I first made it. I used to experience that as a kid with new music all of the time but now that i’m apart of the process, experiencing that is one of the best things for me right now.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

my personal goal is a Grammy award honestly. extremely cliche I know but I am also basic let me make it lol.

but seriously the way I see it “best engineered album” is THE grammy to get and brag about. being able to evoke the emotion of lyrics sonically is one thing. knowing i’m the person that did it the best that year is a whole different bragging right.

if I continuously do my work with this in mind no matter the client or genre i’m sure generational success is will be inevitable.

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