Blink Music Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Blink Music part-time for less than a year

Pros – Blink Music Studios is only on its way up. I started working for Blink this past summer, and let me tell you, you can get out of it, every and anything that you want. I put in a much effort and it really did pay off. For anyone who has not enjoyed their experience working at Blink, they must not have had proper expectations for this type of internship. Through working at Blink, employees can gain experience in essentially any field they wish. The audio production aspect of the studio is great. State of the art products and technology are amazing for any customer who may want lessons or products from Blink.

Work hours are very flexible, and work intentions can be modified based on what you are comfortable with or good at.

Cons – More intern organization would be necessary.
More tasks should be clearer for employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Tim is an incredibly talented and motivated manager of Blink. He is admirably passionate for the work he does. He may seem to beat to his own drum often, but I found this was motivating in working there. You have to give Blink your all if you're serious about working in music, and it WILL pay off greatly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Blink Music as a contractor for more than 7 years

Pros – High end quality hardware, very professional and a nicely organized environment.
Here even the most qualified engineer can improve

Cons – If your looking for a stable position with no new challenges this would be a con. Blink is constantly evolving with enhancements in all aspects from quality to hardware and software. Standards here calls for one to stay sharp, current and creative. Every client calls for our most outstanding work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Blink Music full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Five star studio, fast payment, excellent place to learn. Perfectionists.

Cons – Five star studio, chronic perfectionists. This can be a pain in the neck if you are not fully awake, friendly and alert. A lot is expected, Tim can get irritated and is not afraid to let people go, he has done that at times, worked alone rather than letting if the work quality get compromised. Blink needs flexible people that are quick. Pay is not super but ok. Had lots of satisfaction, engineered some of my best work at Blink. Results shine.

Advice to Senior Management – Thanks for asking me to post my experience here. It's really pathetic, to see the message from an unpaid intern who was let go after a week of snottyness (thanks for sharing his story, still laughing..) Tim, Blink: Ignore the idiots, get your name out, invest in branding. Screen interns even more (see reviews from fired interns on this message board here), have them work in studios in NYC or LA before accepting them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Blink Music as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Good arsenal of high-end audio equipment that you might be allowed to use for your own personal work, granted you know how to use them. Access to great software on fast computers, and your co-interns are a friendly, upbeat, great batch of young people. Not a bad place to connect with fellow musicians with similar aspirations.

Cons – While quite well-off and in possession of great hardware, Blink Music has no signed clients, no clients on the charts, and no successful albums out there with the producer's name on them. The clientele consists of wealthy but musically unsuccessful people, and the business focuses more on charging for use of the excellent hardware versus providing musical value to the client. Virtually all of Blink's "staff" are unpaid interns who get no training and are used for the skills they already have, serving to add to the company's value but receiving little in return. As an intern, you will not learn anything musical or anything you couldn't find out on Google, and you will probably end up doing "marketing" gruntwork (aka flyering), housemaid work, or tedious scoring that requires little to no creativity.

Advice to Senior Management – Your concept of a "team" is selfish and one-sided, not to mention illegal. Your turnover rate is the highest I've seen in any studio and you are left short-staffed on talent, because musicians with real talent will quickly realize you add no value to them and are simply trying to take advantage. Hence they leave. If you focus on giving back to your interns rather than just taking advantage of what they can provide to you, you will form a true team that you can retain.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Blink Music as an intern for less than a year

Pros – If you like free rein, and if you like an endless supply of almonds to get you through an otherwise bleak and unproductive day.

Cons – ONE paid member of staff ONLY (The president), Everyone else is an intern.
Many sessions and lessons etc manned purely by unpaid interns.
Very little training + president is overbearing and temperamental.
Extremely high intern/employee turnover rate (1 week was the quickest i'd seen)
Unpaid interns independently (often) doing work that directly brings the company profit - e.g. someone pays for studio time and only unpaid interns are present to record, edit, program and produce the session.

Advice to Senior Management – Given that your studio isn't considerably successful and works with mostly small-time clients, you should listen when your unpaid workers are discontent and ACTUALLY change.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Blink Music

Pros – Working at Blink Music is demanding, musically very rewarding as every team member of the company is working their behind off to earn and enhance the leadership position of solo artist production, vocal and piano productions. Long hours are not uncommon in the music business. The place is medium sized and packed with top notch technology, it's increasingly attracting the best in the field. I started as an intern and it was actually very hard to get in. It's also easy to get kicked out if you don't perform or lack integrity.

Cons – none if you are talented, have great work ethics and work hard. Payment is appropriate but not luxurious. If you like the challenge, this is a great place.

Advice to Senior Management – Finish the training manual soon. Streamline the communication process and communicate production schedule more ahead of time. Keep the spirit the way it is, though!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Blink Music

Pros – Hires many unpaid interns, somewhat easy to get your foot in the door, values your honest feedback, respects your opinion

Cons – Unfair compensation, not a realistic company for potential growth, not much innovation for success, high employee turnaround rate, lacks creative ingenuity

Advice to Senior Management – Work on building a team of dedicated salaried employees to grow your company, focus on more realistic short term goals to reach long term success

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Blink Music as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - Access to high quality hardware and clean work environment

Cons – - Learned more about eating healthy than music as an intern
- Interns are unpaid, and studio is essentially run by interns
- President, Tim often goes out biking and/or running instead of helping interns do work
- Clients are wealthy but musically unsuccessful

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in interns. You high turnover rate is no surprise. Studio is very superficial and has very little daily creativity. You have all this high end equipment that interns aren't even trained to use. Equipment would be put to much better use if used by a company who cared more. There are many more productive studios around with worse equipment than you. It's a little sad, to be honest.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Blink Music as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Blink has lots of high end equipment, and the facility itself is beautiful, albeit a bit small.

Cons – Interns don't receive proper training, and are expected to know how to use the equipment when the client shows up. Obviously this never works the way it's supposed to, and it's an embarrassment for everyone. Tim Lukas, the owner of Blink Music needs to form a PAID core team. Many interns are not paid, and are often overworked. Salaries start at $500/month, which is very disappointing. The company needs to focus on forming a realistic set of goals. It's a cool place to work, but once you get past the initial high end gear shock, it's awful.

Advice to Senior Management – Find a core team and pay them. Happy workers = productivity.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Blink Music

Pros – - Stresses the importance of giving clients the best service.
- Flexible working time.
- Excellent equipment and space.

Cons – - Too many unpaid interns are hired.
- Employee turnover rate is high.
- High expectation on interns when compensations is no/low.

Advice to Senior Management – - Employee management is as important as client management. Unhappy workers = No creativity
- Higher a dedicated team with competitive salary to grow the company higher, not the other way around. Disturbs the morale and creativity. People leave after realizing that the same cycle repeats all over again.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend