Audio Engineering is an ever evolving industry.

Russ explains that engineers that diversify their skillset are more likely to secure a gig.

In 50 years, I don't think there's going to be recording engineers the way there are today. I mean I think there's not near as many now as there were when i got started, and one of the keys is for anybody young getting started is to be as diversified as you can. I mean when I got started, I don't think that was necessarily the case. I think it was better too, because there were so many specialists involved in making a record, but now there's got to be a lot of overlap because you can't hire that many people to make a record anymore. 

So if you've got a guy who's a great engineer but can also play the guitar great or can also program a track or program beats or or can play bass or whatever, but the more things you can bring to the party, the better it is, the better chance you have of success these days. And even if you're not using all those skills all the time, you you have more potential revenue streams, and I don't think you're going to necessarily get more income. I mean if you play bass and play drums and engineer a record, you're probably not going to get paid for three people's jobs, but you are going to get get paid for one full job and you're going to get hired again for the next one because they like you, and they know you can do multiple things.