School assignent

[RideTheCrash]

I have some school assignment about a certain career, well I picked my hobby -- recording. I know a few people on here who do this sort of stuff pro (like recording engineer/producer, whatever) so I was wondering if anyone would be nice enough to give me some insight on...

Education Requirements (College, University, Apprenticeships, etc)

And here is some stuff I jotted down that needs to be answered: tuition, lifestyle, pros/cons, job prospects, holidays, benefits, location (I assume as in would you move somewhere to work at a specific place), federation, unions, professional associations.

Pay, books, cost of living, student loans, scholarships, grants.

Some of that might not apply to the actual job. Like I've been reading it's better to have hands on experience than going to a school and so on. But I'd appreciate any insight on this sort of stuff. Thanks.

 

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Crash Corrigan: [Bet you don't know who he was?]

Just contact a college/recording school and ask for their curriculum for recording engineer or whatever.

That should give you a good view of what is required for a degree in whatever.

You might even be able to do this on the net.

Green Hornet

 

[TexRoadkill]

Education Requirements (College, University, Apprenticeships, etc)
-None, Electrical Engineering and Physics are a bonus. Apprenticeships through a recording school can help get in the door.

And here is some stuff I jotted down that needs to be answered: tuition- around $10-30K per year for a recording school

lifestyle - Work long hours and be poor

pros/cons - Free tickets to shows you have no time to attend, cheap drugs and loose women abound

job prospects - Very slim to none, most work freelance or own their own production companies and studios

holidays, benefits - Yeah right. Maybe if you work for a large corporate facility you get two weeks a year and some medical/dental. If you work freelance you can have long periods of 'vacation' time but that also means you are broke.

location (I assume as in would you move somewhere to work at a specific place) LA, New York or Nashville would the obvious cities.

federation, unions, professional associations - In California and New York but not very many other places

Pay, books, cost of living, student loans, scholarships, grants - If you added it up that way you would never consider doing it. Pay varies from nothing to a few hundred per day if you are really good. About $20-30/hour is pretty good for audio engineering.