broadcasting school?

[jstew]

does any one recomend paying big bucks to attend an a/v college, or just invest in equipment and start tinkering?

[Grizzly]

Do you want credability?

[ssscientist]

Originally Posted by jstew

does any one recomend paying big bucks to attend an a/v college, or just invest in equipment and start tinkering?

No question.

You could spend $30,000.00 a year on some unaccredited or poorly accredited con man's idea of a recording school or you could invest that money in a modest setup and just start using it.

And you wouldn't need to invest $30k either. These days a tenth of that will buy you a decent computer with software and mics and headphones and monitors --- or a hardware system that's as portable as a laptop but has a hard disc large enough to hold a whole CDs worth of stuff.

I've seen - up close and personal - what some 'a/v colleges' have for instructors, cirriculum and equipment and it just makes me sad that they still get suckers...uh, students to enroll in their 'school'.

If you do decide to go the recording school route make sure you check it out very carefully first.

[DavidK]

How old are you?

I went to conservatory for violin. It's not like I picked up the violin a week before school I had been playing for 11 years.

Start tinkering.
Unlike learning an instrument, you can gain a TON of knowledge right here at this lil ol forum. LOTS of people here know lots of stuff: if you cant find the info here, it probably doesnt exist. Get some gear and get crackin.

[guido #2]

Its just like anything else; you gotta do the research first. You wouldnt spend that $30 grand without researching the gear you wanted first, would you?
Same thing with the schools.

All in all, I think that having someone TEACH you how to do something will be faster than trying to teach yourself.

If you want to record, why would you go to broadcasting school?
What recording schools are in your area?
What about workshops?

[TuoKaerf]

Where are you from? Like all schools, there are good and bad ones for Audio Engineering/Production.

Find one that offers at least a 2 year associates degree. Make sure that they have qualified and very experienced instructors, a solid educational and admin department, good equipment, on-site studios that you can bring your own projects in to work on (and a large variety of them at that, schools that make you take your studio classes off site at another studio are a waste...), a good graduation rate, and ask them if you could speak to some current students and graduates.

[Cloneboy Studio]

The sad reality is that most people that have the ability to excel at audio have that potential long before they go to school. The way recording is nobody cares if you have a degree or not if you can do the work, because it seems so few people are any good at audio recording.