Alec Martin on Muck Rack

Alec Martin

  • Writer, Freelance
  • Festival Production Coordinator, Nova Scotia Music Week
Halifax
As seen in: Nature, SAGE Publishing, Exclaim!, The Coast, The Signal Halifax, gusmen.com
Journalist and audio engineer | Opinions = Mine | trans babe🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) ♈︎ | ♌︎ | ♊︎
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What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Word, Excel, Docs, Sheets, Photoshop, Lightroom, Audition, Premiere Pro…aka TOO MANY

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

My school didn’t have a newspaper, BUT I did arts writing for The East Magazine in 12th grade

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Still figuring this out... I'll get back to you in ten years lol

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

“Hey bro, wanna check out my band's new single. It’s straight fire 🔥.”

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That music writers are all snobby and pretentious! I just love talking to people about the music that moves them!
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