audio engineering school - Recording Connection

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Well, my suggestion is if anyone is passionate about working in a recording studio then after or during their audio engineering school also study Small Business/Entrepreneurship and open up your OWN profitable studio preferably in area where their are more people in need of recording then their is studios. Even if their is a few studios you will develop your own clientele based on your skill and what you can bring to the table.

Learn as many other skills and services you can for your "most recorded genre"


For me it is hip hop


So I have learned how to make people club flyers, cd and mixtape covers, design myspaces, twitters, and more promotional material.

I bought a couple of cd duplicators and a printer and started offering cd duplication.

People needed commercials for local tv, Internet, wanted to make dvd's and music videos so I learned video production and started offering that service

I've been throwing event's for hip hop artist since I was 17 and I'm turning 22 in a few weeks. I also offer that service.

So since age 15, I've been learning recording, mixing, graphic design, video production, and event planning/promotion (no particular order)

the ONLY problem with that is that the recording was easy but I spent less time learning mixing till a few years ago when I just turned 19 then I purchased a very nice DAW and started getting more into it.

The possibilities are endless for any age if you put your mind to it and think of another way to get to where you want besides the normal way!


I wish the best of luck to all of you!


ps I'm just typing to the general public on this subject
 
BLP said:
Well, my suggestion is if anyone is passionate about working in a recording studio then after or during their audio engineering school also study Small Business/Entrepreneurship and open up your OWN profitable studio preferably in area where their are more people in need of recording then their is studios. Even if their is a few studios you will develop your own clientele based on your skill and what you can bring to the table.

Learn as many other skills and services you can for your "most recorded genre"


For me it is hip hop


So I have learned how to make people club flyers, cd and mixtape covers, design myspaces, twitters, and more promotional material.

I bought a couple of cd duplicators and a printer and started offering cd duplication.

People needed commercials for local tv, Internet, wanted to make dvd's and music videos so I learned video production and started offering that service

I've been throwing event's for hip hop artist since I was 17 and I'm turning 22 in a few weeks. I also offer that service.

So since age 15, I've been learning recording, mixing, graphic design, video production, and event planning/promotion (no particular order)

the ONLY problem with that is that the recording was easy but I spent less time learning mixing till a few years ago when I just turned 19 then I purchased a very nice DAW and started getting more into it.

The possibilities are endless for any age if you put your mind to it and think of another way to get to where you want besides the normal way!


I wish the best of luck to all of you!


ps I'm just typing to the general public on this subject
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Actually for me that is good advice. My brother used to work in a club and as a kid I would help him prepare the flyers, mailing list and the like and it was great fun and also a great way to see how your club is doing and what the clientèle were like. I actually enjoyed the promotional side of things. Thanks
 
i have a mentorship at a big studio in richmond, va and the guy who runs it told me that if he were to only record bands, then he would starve. however, he does work with commercials and ads for radio and tv and makes a great living out of it. its not dieing, just paradigm-shifting?
 
So basically the industry is evolving? And if you don't evolve with it you do not survive. Bit like the dinosaurs.
 
Sadly that's the overwhelming opinion I'm getting from folks. All I can do is finish my recording connection course and hope that things improve or I am skill enough to at least break in at the bottom.
 
It might not be a terrible expenditure... *if your goal is to learn a skillset*.

If you're trying to get a job... Well, you've come to the wrong industry.

A couple months studying with a seasoned pro will definitely take your skills farther than 2 years in your basement. So it's really a matter of goals and perspective.
 
I just want to make sure that I have the skills necessary to start out then see how things pan out in Europe.
 
whatever you do, try to get a LOT of practice and experience. I am learning on my own, at a pretty quick pace...but what separates people who have jobs from people who don't is 1. how good they are at their skill set, and 2. how much experience they have.
 
You can never have too many qualifications or too much skill. If a prospective employer tells you that you are over qualified, that's just paranoia kicking in.
 
LisaH said:
So basically the industry is evolving? And if you don't evolve with it you do not survive. Bit like the dinosaurs.
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It is "evolving" from an industry, to a hobby. Kind of like portrait painting, or maybe, more optimistically, photography. Figure, 20 years ago, almost nobody would have a friend shoot their wedding. Now, a lot of people will buy a $200 point-and-shoot or a $350 camcorder, and call it good.

Same thing: a band that wanted to circulate a demo to land gigs pretty much had to go to rehearse like mad and head to The Studio for a day to pop out a 2-3 song sampler, now, they go to Guitar Denter with $500, and spend a year overproducing an unlistenable product.
 
That's the perfect analogy my friend. It seems that people want cheap now rather than professional. Totally agree about the wedding stuff too. I remember my sister hired a professional wedding photographer for her big day. She also asked me to take more "candid personal family" pics. When the pro's pics arrived they were crap. Mine were apparently much more to her liking. She used mine. So professional does not always mean better.
 
It seems strange that a few years ago Bands/ Artists would brag about the major studio where they recorded their album at. Now it seems like they're bragging how they recorded at home for peanuts.
 
Some of this stuff sounds like it was recorded in the toilet. And smells pretty much the same.
 
Something that seems to apply to todays tracks is "you cannot polish a turd"
Seems very apt especial with the likes of Kanye West and 50 Cents.
 
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