Anything Goes : Too Technical To Be Creative, and Too Creative To Be Technical? by Christopher Gillard

Has anyone else ever experienced this? Had a job interview yesterday. The job involved setting up a small studio, then assisting with writing and recording some original music for an animated feature film. After listening to some of my samples, reviewing my resume, and chatting for a few minutes, the interviewer told me that while he was impressed by my songwriting, vocal, and production skills, he didn't think I had the technical skills to execute the studio setup. Huh?! I pointed out to him that every one of the samples he listened to was recorded on my home rig, using the exact same software (and much of the same hardware) they are transitioning to. My home rig was designed and set up entirely by me, and frankly it's a little more sophisticated than what they're planning to upgrade to. But, for whatever resason, he had his mind made up that he wanted me for his 'creative guy' (paid only in future royalties for any of my songs that make it into the film) while the studio setup (the portion of the gig that actually pays up front) would go to someone who was strictly an audio engineer. For the last 24 hours I have been wtf'ing this whole thing. My resume clearly shows that I have a degree in Media Production and professional certification in Audio Engineering. The creative stuff (singing, instruments, songwriting) is where I'm almost totally self-taught. Why list the gig as one job for one person if they don't believe one person is capable of possessing all the skills they need? Otherwise, why choose to hire two people for what should be (and was advertised as) one job? Especially when one of the people you already want to hire is capable and qualified to do the whole job?