Comments on: Blog Post: Recording Schools – Are They Worth It?

By: Taktical

Taktical — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:22:16 +0000

I’ve always felt the same way….you can just buy yourself a nice set up and hire someone fresh out of school to work at ya spot and teach ya the ins and outs

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:54:48 +0000

@Rohit – Don’t have any book titles off the top of my head, but look around on amazon. I’ll try and find some titles of ones I have enjoyed.

@Alex – Thanks for the input man. I also believe that there can be benefits, but remain skeptical based on my experience and style of learning.

@Austin – Thanks man. Will look at doing an article like that in the near future.

By: Duke

Duke — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:38:17 +0000

Jamie: good read, but i think it all depends on how someone learns. Of course there are crappy schools out there, so many private institutions like that are just cash grabs, in many different trades. But if you find a good one, and it suits your style of learning, it could be good.

That said, I would personally learn more just reading and applying my hands on experiments.

By: Austin

Austin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:25:28 +0000

After hearing your results and final products..all we can say is damn you are really on the front line in terms of sound quality for your clients. Our question is, could you do us rookies a favor and maybe present ‘ a top 5 or 10 list ‘ of the essentials needed when getting a home studio going?..Your tips are needed we need to get our priorities in order as out inventory budget is limited ( whos isnt!) ..we hope you do a blog lesson on this as you have a lot of peeps trying to get your sound out there man…Austin

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:53:02 +0000

what i’m paying for with my 5 figure tuition is:
millions of dollars in gear
decades of expert experiance and knowlage
connections to major studios
– in Vancouver
– around the world
over 40 hrs a month of personal studio time, with assistance and gear
a better understanding of how to mesh with people and firms in the recording industry
and the best part, all the little tricks that have helped sell units you wont find in any tutorials or texts

By: vercettie

vercettie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:47:54 +0000

i don have experience ok, both of my best friends went into audio programs at private colleges here in van and i didn interactive media design myself. both of whom dropped out after 1st term and now have their own studios!

By: James

James — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:35:04 +0000

this vercettie guy – girl doesn’t know what hes talking about
are you an audio engineer? if so, where do you work? and did you learn through the same method you have referred

By: Rohit

Rohit — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:07:59 +0000

Nice post! I was looking into schools for mixing and figured learning on my own was the way to do it. Could you recommend books that are good for theory?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:59:32 +0000

$30K+??? Damn. I know at this point the VFS program was $25k or so. It was the most highly regarded at the time.

Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming.

By: vercettie

vercettie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:43:53 +0000

Agreed!

However $10,000? At AI (Art Institute) audio production or engineering or whatever they call it starts from 30K + and ive heard that is the average btw all these colleges.

If you are going to a private college then it is defiantly not worth it and ur better off buying the equipment and setting up your own studio and learning the tools via the internet – books – interactive tutorials. Once you learn your way around then all that remains is practice, practice, and practice.

After a year or two you will realize you have more experience in result of having full time access to your equipment. And your 15,000 didnt go into a private schools pocket, it was invested into equipment which will in return make you that make back