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Buy yourself some equipment, and take some time listening to bbs's like this one, read books and do much 'simple' jobs... I've heard mixes that are so much worse than things I do now, and these were done by sae-engineers (perhaps some of you know this school).
I sometimes doubt that you learn too much more than basic techniques in most of these schools (you COULD, probably though - but as a matter of fact most people seem to quit early or simply do too much other things...). Compare the price of the school to some equipment you might buy. After some time, you might decide that you HAVE to do the school, but then you'll be the judge whether it fullfills your needs...
But remember, I'm definitely NOT a pro, so my tips might be of huge naivety... And I am an electrical engineer with specialization in control theory, so some concepts of might be easier for me to understand, simply as they are engineering basics... I don't know about your technical skills (and the theoretical ones, too).
Perhaps it is just some kind of frustration after having done the degree - de facto all of my students (and myself) suffered from this. Might it be some fear of having to do 'real' work? Do YOU have a too naive idea of being recording/mixing engineer (sorry - I simply can't get the correct term now
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Just my 2c, and don't forget: I do NOT wanna insult anyone here. If you did some school like this and it worked for you, it would be very interesting for me, too... I simply had the impression that loads of these schools are just a simple way to make quite some money... Will the 4 studios or what they have be enough for you to REALLY get some practise, or will you just be spending 100h in there during the time of your studies? Then it will surely be much better if you already have some more ecperience...
aXel
