My ideal job: music journalist

My ideal job would be related to the internship I’m currently doing: a music journalist. I’ve been a big music fan since I was a child, but I’ve never seen myself as a musician. Instead, I admire musician for their job, so I’ve always wanted to meet them.

I lived for 18 years in Punta Arenas, so I was always frustrated because bands would play in Santiago and I would inevitably missed those shows. As silly as it may seems, that was one of the reasons why I choose to study in Santiago.

For this job, you have to speak English fluently, so you don’t mess up while doing an interview to someone. You also need to be curious about the new bands and their members, and also a very good memory, so you can remember band names, years, albums and so on. You need to master your impulses, so you don’t jump over an artist and show them how big of a fan you are. That’s not what the job is about.

I think I would be good at this job because I try to keep up with the bands, so I know what they’re up to. But I still don’t have a perfect english, so that dream would be on hold.

I think it would be difficult to find this job because there isn’t a lot of job offers, especially in this country. You may need contacts in order to work in a magazine.