This worries me. As an ex-educator. There is a thing called recruitment with integrity, and ill try to explain how things work.
Everyone learns better if it is done in a way that works best for them. In education, after about the age 16, the old school system of doing it every way so everyone at least has some learning in their style, reduces. Mainly its about progression speed and time/ cost. I am in the UK but the American system is similar. They do not teach you, they offer you the opportunity to teach yourself. On a typical course of study, you will have equipment and facilities to enable you to learn. I will be honest here. Not meant as a criticism, but its important. My question is what daw to you have on your own computer? How skilled are you with it? What kind of music have you created and recorded? Some things you said make me think you are expecting them to teach you how to save a daw file. That is scary. Most of the people on the course will already be making music using technology. You will NOT be taught to read music, you might, at best, be taught to follow it in a score, but learning to read music is hours of study. They cannot do that in any way other than identifying a few notes on a stave. Expecting more is a bit pointless. You MUST be computer literate or you will sink against all the others who are already ahead of you. This course will not help you find a job when you are starting so far behind. Personality and courage are key features. If you are not comfortable with creatives, then you will be pushed to the back. Remember studio time is shared. You also need other students. If you have an idea that needs real people to play, then its a share thing. If you want a guitarist for a couple of hours, what can you offer in return? Everyone needs a skill others dont have. You play guitar and sing? But do you struggle doing it in front of people?
Last question. What are you actually good at now? You're at film school, so what areas are you doing really well at? You said you are starting music soon? So you are not doing music at the moment. Presumably when you say you cant read music, you mean you can read chord names, know what they are, how they are linked, and the common differences? Maybe you can read tab? You want to read melody lines? Or piano music, or full score? Im not sure that if you want to market your own music, it will be a good course? Film school suggests moving images that need sound, and that’s not a recording course.
Are you certain you have signed up for what you actually want? All your comments seem to contradict, and i just dont understand why, if you play guitar and sing, you dont have a DAW on your computer, an interface and couple of mics and are already recording? Most musicians learn by touching, listening, fiddling and experimenting. Its called kinaesthetic learning. Very few artistic or creative people learn by reading, or being actually taught hands on. Their brains run ahead, and need immediate results, not waiting while a teacher goes through everything step by step. Some people cannot perform to others, that is quite common. Some can learn to do it, others thrive on it. It isn't a big issue, to be fair, it just means you create alone best. That is quite difficult in a college where thee are always people around you who want to do things for you.
Not being put off is vital. Download a free DAW. Experiment with it. Get comfy with it. Explore its limitations. On your own. Now.
