Didn't you just post yesterday that you were in high school? So this apparently would be some time in the future after you get into a school and then the degree. What kind of degree do you plan on getting and from where? What aspect of 'live sound' are you interested in? What experience do you have? Many live sound jobs are going to be a matter of happening upon an opening or knowing the right people. As wolf said, you might end up very entry level until you get the experience and contacts needed to move up.
It is interesting that you say this as a recent discussion on one pro sound forum noted how there seems to be an increasing tendency with many programs and people to focus on the equipment and overlook learning the basics of how and why. You get people who can program the snot out of a digital console but have no idea of the difference between balanced and unbalanced audio or mic and line audio. They know how every speaker sounds in a studio or concert setting but have no concept of speaker patterns and the impact on coverage, intelligibility, etc. They can run the console, effects and all the gear but no idea of how to connect them or set system gain structure. They can tell you when one system sounds better than another in a particular application but don't really understand why this is. One person even commented on a new employee with an audio degree that couldn't tell him which connector was an XLR and which was a 1/4" phone.Do everything you can; get your hands on new consoles, software, speakers, etc. and learn how it works and why it does what it does.
It is interesting that you say this as a recent discussion on one pro sound forum noted how there seems to be an increasing tendency with many programs and people to focus on the equipment and overlook learning the basics of how and why. You get people who can program the snot out of a digital console but have no idea of the difference between balanced and unbalanced audio or mic and line audio. They know how every speaker sounds in a studio or concert setting but have no concept of speaker patterns and the impact on coverage, intelligibility, etc. They can run the console, effects and all the gear but no idea of how to connect them or set system gain structure. They can tell you when one system sounds better than another in a particular application but don't really understand why this is. One person even commented on a new employee with an audio degree that couldn't tell him which connector was an XLR and which was a 1/4" phone.
A person out on tour or on the cruise ship has to be able to function pretty independently and as such they need to know a lot more than just how to operate the equipment. They'll ideally have a decent understanding of both the artistic and technical (physics and electronics) aspects of systems. Consider this in making your choices, you'll likely have to supplement your formal education with other learning and experience.
The first thing i learned was trouble shooting, and that you never place a mic in the direct path of a speaker, espicially a shot gun mic, we dont acutual monitors in school for the talent show which is really bad because we always have the singer whos short and wants to stand with the wic in the center stages path, i relize how hard it is for this to work, but it is something i enjoy, and id rather be poor but have a job i like, then be rich and have a jon that sucks
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