JMC Academy (Australia)

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I'd check to see whether there aren't cheaper ways to get the experience you require. Some of the TAFEs (eg. Box Hill in Vic) have music production courses which would be HECS friendly, equally comprehensive and much cheaper, with some career planning thrown in. Also the subject credits would count towards degree or diploma.

A lot of courses over the years have not been accredited. A lot of courses have been expensive and designed to line the pockets of studio facilities which are not independently viable.

Suggest you give Terry Noone an email at the Musicians Union and ask for advice. http://www.musicians.asn.au
 
i know nothing about this course. however i would be carefull about spending that level of money.
i think you would be further ahead from my understanding to
intern under a chief engineer in a big studio if you can find one.
and get down into the grit and grind of daily pro studio work.
i think you would learn a lot more.
just my opinion.
 
Lumbago has summed it up quite well, although JMC and SAE will argue the point. I don't have figures (stats) to back this up but I would say it's a fair bet that there are far more people studying and "graduating" from these courses than there are (or will be) positions available.

The general opinion I have seen expressed by engineers (and I mean reputable, well established folk) is that they would prefer to employ someone from scratch rather than take someone from one of these academies.

If your main intention for spending $9400 is to learn enough to let you establish your own "studio" rather than seek employment in an existing facility, I would suggest that money would be far better spent equiping yourself with the necessary gear and learning from experience.

Then again, I'm a cynical old bastard.

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ausrock - re...cynical old b**tard ....

ME TOO !! we should start a COB support group on the bbs.
eat barbecued corn, get drunk and record and have fun !
 
Thanks all.
Yeah my intention is to start my own studio. With the gear I have at the moment I've already learnt heaps. I'll email that guy and see what he has to say.
Thanks for the input
 
Enchilada,

I followed up with Terry today to ensure he got your email and replied to you.
He stated again that he is willing to offer advice to anyone with genuine enquiries. Hopefully he was able to assist. He has a lot of contacts to draw upon. Box Hill is a pretty good course from what I can glean.
 
If these are full time programs $9600AUS/year is much lower than most. Before you dig into one of these programs try and get as much info as you can about them and find out what material they really teach. Try and talk to some graduates if you can. Many of these schools are designed to train students to be assistants at big studios (jobs that do not really exist). I have know several graduates of some of the big schools that knew the automation on an SSL, but did not really know how to mic a drums set.

If you can find one in your area you will probably learn more getting to work for free at a commercial studio. You will not only get to be a part of records actually being made to learn about micing and mixing etc, but you will also learn about the business of running a studio. Customer services and business management knowledge can be just as important or more imortant than how you mic drums, for the success of a studio.
 
Hey dudes

You guys have almost shattered my dreams of JMC!! Im 17, just about to do the HSC...then i was planning on heading up to JMC and studying for a few years... Aren't tafe's and all that going to give dodgy teachings and stuff....you must get what you pay for somewhere along the line...

Also, what kind of studio's would take on someone like myself and teach them??

That would be awesome

Jake
 
ausrock said:
Hey Knightsy, how ya doin' mate?

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Good! Getting actual paid work for once! Hehe

Bloody hell things are quiet over at the... other place, ay?
 
jakenauta said:
Also, what kind of studio's would take on someone like myself and teach them??

That would be awesome
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My advice would be to go to an electroncis trade school for a year or two. If you know electronics and can fix gear, any studio on the planet would be happy to have you around as much as you want and all the local home recordist will give you money to fix their stuff when it breaks. even big cities like Los Angeles have a shortage of guys that can fix gear.
 
QUOTE............"Good! Getting actual paid work for once! Hehe

Bloody hell things are quiet over at the... other place, ay?"


Likewise, I don't run our studio as a commercial venture so paying jobs have been scarcer than rocking horse shit but I have a local band in at the moment tracking 3 songs with the possibility of extending that out to a whole albums worth.............I'm doing the first stage fairly cheaply with the option to re-negotiate for further songs. One good thing about this is that if these guys remain as happy as they are at the moment, word will gradually spread as they know a lot of the local musos.

The other place...........I think everyone is hiding under a turtle's rock :D

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