Skye Walters

What did you do before joining dBs?  

"I graduated from dBs in 2022 and spent the last nine months or so working as an audio-visual technician at corporate events. I got to travel lots and work with some very interesting clients!"

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Why did you first get into live sound? 

"I absolutely adore live music. Growing up, I was exposed to a lot of different music by various family members and as soon as I was old enough, I was going to gigs. Initially I thought I wanted to be a performing musician but I get horrific stage fright; live sound for me means that I still get to be involved in amazing performances but that I don’t have to be in the spotlight."

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Any special areas of interest?  

"In terms of live sound, I lean heavily towards monitor engineering. I’m a pretty feedback-driven human being and I find working closely with artists much more rewarding personally."

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What do you love most about what you do?

"I love seeing artists having an incredible time and giving their absolute all during a performance. When an artist feels good, the audience gets to have the best time."

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Tell us about your proudest career moment?

"I don’t feel like I’ve got enough career experience to have a singular stand out moment just yet! But things that make me proud of my career include touring the UK with a 14 piece orchestra, travelling to Switzerland to engineer a national security summit and working at charity festivals!"

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What do you get up to outside of your role at dBs?

"Outside of dBs, I have a few unusual hobbies. I’m a historical reenactor and take part in reenactments of the English Civil War. I also ice-skate, play piano, embroider and am learning to crochet!"

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Tell us something our students may not know about you?

"I was born deaf! I had problems with my hearing through childhood and had to go for regular hearing tests. After multiple treatments and surgeries, my hearing is obviously not too bad since I can engineer but I still struggle with certain frequencies!

"Also: I own four (soon to be six!) pet rats who are named after some of my favourite characters from the Harry Potter franchise."