Sound recording training / education

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I'm considering going to a professional training program to learn the art of recording. I've been researching a number of schools and the one I'm most interested in is called The Conservatory, which is located in Tempe, AZ. (http://www.audiorecordingschool.com/)

It's a 33-week program. 5 months of lectures and hands on training, and two months of internship.

I was wondering if anyone's heard of it, if anyone can recommend it, or what other recommendations any of you might have.

Thanks - Jeff g
 
Do a search on this board as well as the forum over at Tape Op and you will find some very long debates about this. The school in question has an OK rep as far as big recording schools are concerned.

The things you need to think a lot about is the fact that recording school is a ton of money and it will not dramaticaly improve your chance of working in the field (if at all). Some employers actually have a negative view of recording school graduates, others will see it as a positive. And most important to keep in mind is that there are very very few jobs available in recording and thousands of people trying to get them.

Also Keep in mind that many of these schools include internships as part of total course training hours. An internship means that you go and work at some commercial music or audio related business for free (and not necessarily in recording). So if we take a school with a $13,500USD tuition for a 900 hour program and 280 hours of this is an internship, then you are paying $4200USD to go work some where for free!

Its remarkable how often some students come out of big recording schools and do not really know much at all, but a big school can often be a good place to have access to gear and other creative people. The stars that come out of recording schools are the ones that really push themselves and learn a ton outside of the class. If you are checking out the Conservatory or any other school make them be very specific about how much access time you will have to the gear (and which gear). Most of what you learn may be outside the class room. Also try and get some info about the instructors that will be teaching you. I know some students that have attended some of the other big schools and most of their teachers had never worked professionally in recording.
 
Just hang around here and do a lot of reading.

Follow the most common sense advice and then learn the old fashioned way.... by trial and error.
 
Thanks L.Rosairo for sharing views with me.I think that the interested people should go to sound recording training so that there will be a bright career of them.Sound recording is a different & difficult thing so the no.of people going into it is also less.
 
thanks l.rosairo for sharing views with me.i think that the interested people should go to sound recording training so that there will be a bright career of them.sound recording is a different & difficult thing so the no.of people going into it is also less.

dont spam here

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If you want, look into this link, it might help add options.


Full Sail University: Campus and Online Degrees

First off, I know I am going to take a bunch of heat for saying this, but.....I am currently enrolled in my sophomore year at Full Sail. I am in the Music Production Bachelor of Science program. There is a whole lot of information taught that I have not read in any book or forum. I really enjoy it, and the most of the instructors are really nice, down to earth people. There are a lot of really bad reviews about Full Sail all over the internet, but you have to take them with a grain of salt. People who want to learn will, and people who don't want to learn won't. It's not an easy school but with enough time invested you can succeed. It will not guarantee you a job in a studio, but it will give you the information you need to get there. You get what you put in is what I'm trying to say. But I believe almost any school you go to will be the same way, but if your paying for it I would most likely go with a degree program, not a certificate program. Having any kind of college degree looks good on a job application. Even if it is not in the same field you are applying for.

By the way, I'M NOT TRYING TO SPAM. I'm just giving friendly advice.
 
Damn, the facilities at Full Sail look spectacular. Then again, it's not the equipment so much as it is the producer. ;)
 
Exactly. You can have the best equipment in the whole world, but if you don't know the fundamentals of how to use it, its worthless.
 
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