Mr Walker is a recent graduate from the Australia Institute of Music (AIM) and has spent many weeks touring about 70 schools spread out across six States of Australia for the free education program Rock the Schools.

He’s the front of house audio assistant conducting half-hour workshops with students, showing them the tricks of the trade and all the latest in audio software such as the Protools rig.

“I’m teaching senior students, conducting the Pro Tools Master class, recording and mixing all the performances and assisting the front of house engineer,” he said.

“Only a few kids have had experience, if any, with this sort of thing.

“It’s to show technology is accessible to them and how much it can help them as a musician.”

But it hasn’t just helped the students – Mr Walker has honed his skills, scrutinised his knowledge and been tested at every turn by inquisitive students.

“Because I’m teaching kids I need to have all basics covered,” he said.

“I really learnt to scrutinise my own skills and it’s really helped me hone my skills. I need to be on top of my game.”

Apart from setting up the PA for the show, Mr Walker also records and mixes the live band performance to show the students and drives the truck lugging a tonne of equipment from one school to the next.

“For me it’s being the first point of contact for the kids, they really appreciate what it takes to put on a show,” he said.

“A lot of people don’t think about behind the scenes things that make a show happen. It’s a real eye opener.”

Rock the Schools,s powered by a brand called eD, visits 70 schools each year from May through to August and is aimed at inspiring students across Australia to follow their passion and provide them with direction and knowledge regarding various careers in the music industry.

Three bands were selected to perform a 5-6 week leg of the journey each. The bands on tour for 2010 are Cassette Kids, Finabah and The Violet Flames.

The tour isn’t quite over yet, but once it is, Mr Walker is returning to Bowral to his business where he works as a sound engineer with a few Highlands bands as well as groups in Sydney.

“It’s taught me more about what it takes to be a professional touring sound engineer,” he said.