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Video Symphony – Audio Engineering

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:01:58 +0000

DESCRIPTION

From the golden years of analog, through the birth of digital, to the emergence of Pro Tools as the industry standard, the established tradition of audio production training passed on from master to apprentice within studios continues.

Video Symphony’s Audio Engineering Pro Tools Program provides comprehensive training in a professional environment within which students train with working industry masters in our production studios, as well as in the classroom. They learn recording, editing, mixing, mastering, Foley, dialog, sound design, sound effects, voice-over production, video game audio, film audio, music audio, surround sound production and much more.

ADVANTAGES

At the heart of our program are our instructors: top professionals with outstanding production credits recognized by the entertainment industry for sales and for creative achievements through innumerable awards and nominations, from Emmys, Golden Reels and Gold, Platinum and Diamond records. Also, a principal instructor in our Pro Tools Program created some of the Digidesign course material used at Pro Tools training centers around the world.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

The studio complex is a production facility acoustically designed for surround sound. It includes four surround sound control rooms in addition to a recording studio that has contributed to the sales of over 66 million records by renowned artists such as Madonna and The Eagles.

FINANCIAL AID

More student aid is available to you than ever before at Video Symphony. Federal Pell Grants and Stafford Loans are now available to those who qualify.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships are available.

CERTIFICATIONS

Video Symphony is nationally accredited by ACCET (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training), which requires strict compliance regarding educational standards and job placement.

SUMMARY

It is the merging of vintage analog with cutting edge digital technologies, old school recording and production techniques with the multi dimensional mix possibilities of surround sound video game productions that defines our vision for the future of audio production and for our students.

Video

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1390857/video_symphony/

Hollins University – Music

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:03:06 +0000

DESCRIPTION

Music majors may become candidates for endorsement in public school teaching (Choral Music, K-12), following requirements in the teacher education program administered by the education department.

The Hollins University Certificate in Piano Teaching is available to degree candidates and others not seeking the music degree. It offers specialized study and practical work in piano pedagogy. The Hollins University Certificate in Arts Management is also available to music degree candidates.

ADVANTAGES

The Sallie Gray Shepherd Fund brings a variety of nationally and internationally known performers and ensembles to campus each semester, and the Galbraith Fund supports an annual master class and workshop at Hollins by leaders in the field of piano teaching.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

The Hollins University Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra spent a memorable week during Short Term 2009 touring one of the worlds most picturesque and distinctive cities, Venice, Italy. Highlighting the tour, which took place January 14-21, were the choir and chamber orchestra’s public performances of the Vivaldi Gloria, including a well-received concert at the renowned 17th-century church Chiesa degli Scalzi.

FINANCIAL AID

Student Loans are available. 99% of Hollins students receive some form of financial aid.

SCHOLARSHIPS

The music department offers a number of scholarships based on an audition and recommendations.

CERTIFICATIONS

Hollins University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

SUMMARY

Music majors concentrate in a performance area leading to an instrumental or vocal senior recital, or may pursue study in an area such as theory, composition or music history with a senior thesis or creative project. A music minor is also available to students whose primary career interests lie in another field, but who wish to study music seriously.

Middlebury College – Music

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:14:26 +0000

DESCRIPTION

Our music department courses, ensembles, lessons, and other activities are equally available to non-majors and majors alike. The curriculum for music majors offers a balance between thoroughness and flexibility, offering each student a chance to develop areas of strength in the context of a broad liberal arts education.

A wide range of lessons are available, covering the gamut from piano, voice and most orchestral instruments to folk fiddle, bagpipe and blues harmonica.

ADVANTAGES

Facilities include a gorgeous small concert hall, an electronic music lab with six keyboards and eight computers, a 51-rank Gress-Miles pipe organ, a student-run recording studio, a French double-manual harpsichord built by William Dowd in 1964, a three rank portatif organ, 9 practice rooms, a state-of-the-art music library with reference, CD/tape/record, book, and score collections, videos and instructional computer software in the field of music.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

The Music Department offers many ensemble performance opportunities, including choirs, orchestra, jazz ensembles, musicals, and chamber music opportunities

FINANCIAL AID

Middlebury makes every effort to help all candidates obtain the financial aid they need in the form of grants, loans, and work/study jobs. In the case of international students, Middlebury follows a need-aware admissions policy.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships are available.

CERTIFICATIONS

Middlebury College and its affiliated degree granting programs–the Monterey Institute of International Studies, the Bread Loaf School of English, the summer Language Schools, and the C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad–are accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE), part of the regional accredit ting agency, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

SUMMARY

Middlebury’s music department puts student creative work in the spotlight. There are opportunities to compose and perform; courses in popular music and jazz; choral, orchestral, jazz and chamber ensembles; and annual music theater productions.

Los Angeles City College (LACC) – Music

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:06:14 +0000

DESCRIPTION

Los Angeles Junior College was established on September 9, 1929 by the Los Angeles Board of Education. The college offered “semi-professional courses” for students who wanted to limit their college education to two year, and “certificate courses” for those looking to continue toward university work. The first Associate in Arts degrees were conferred June 19, 1931.

With the establishment of its Commercial Music curriculum in 1946, LA City College became the first college in the nation to offer a degree in jazz. Indeed, numerous important jazz musicians attended LA City College, including Herb Alpert, Chet Baker, Irving Bush, Eric Dolphy, Bob Florence, Herb Geller, Jerry Goldsmith, Les McCann, Charlie Mingus, Lennie Niehaus, Tommy Oliver, Jack Sheldon, Julius Wechter and Hal Owen.

ADVANTAGES

In 2011 Los Angeles City College will begin renovations to its Music Department building. The construction budget allows for upgraded systems, seismic upgrades, renovated classrooms and practice rooms.

The full scope of our project includes a new 150-seat lecture hall, expanded 200-seat recital hall, state-of-the-art electronic music studios, brand new music library and additional practice rooms.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

Our faculty members are dedicated teachers who are active in the music industry as arrangers, copyists, composers, theorists, sound engineers and performers who play and sing regularly as soloists and with professional ensembles

FINANCIAL AID

We participate in various federal and state financial aid programs to help our students pay for college expenses.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Each year, the Los Angeles City College provides students with scholarships to allow them to continue to excel in their educational career

CERTIFICATIONS

Our school is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

SUMMARY

As a comprehensive community college, Los Angeles City College offers life-long learning opportunities and provides programs, coursework, support, and guidance to develop and sustain a community of learners–both near and far–with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for optimal growth and achievement in their personal and professional lives.

Columbia Academy – Recording and Sound Design

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:48:03 +0000

DESCRIPTION

Columbia Academy’s Recording & Sound Design (RSD) program puts you in the recording studio, behind the console, or unleashing your creativity on Digital Audio Workstations from Day One – an important feature that makes us unique and considered to be one of the best Recording schools and Sound Design schools in Vancouver, BC Canada and internationally!

Our Recording & Sound Design school program gives you practical, Hands-On experience in the actual positions found in today’s top music recording studios and post production audio houses.

ADVANTAGES

At Columbia Academy, we take pride in the fact that our RSD instructors are recording professionals, producers, and musicians themselves, each with years of practical music recording and post-production experience behind them.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

In the Recording & Sound Design training program, you get to customize the program to fit your goals. You can choose to create music and sounds in one of our two music-recording studios

FINANCIAL AID

Student loans and payment plans are available.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Outside scholarships, bursaries, or grants may be available for studying at Columbia Academy

CERTIFICATIONS

Columbia Academy is accredited by the Private Career Training Institutions Agency of British Columbia and is a member of the Better Business Bureau.

SUMMARY

At Columbia Academy, the goal is for you to learn the necessary skills and develop your natural talents to the point of being career ready.

Life as an Audio Engineer

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:49:51 +0000

For those of you who are looking to get your foot in the door towards a career in audio engineering, you will find that getting your foot in the door will become a way of life for you if you’re to have any chance of success working as an independent in the recording industry. You need to get into the mindset that YOU are the one who makes things happen. You have to become an entrepreneur. If you only expect to engineer, you’re already behind the curve. If you own some good gear, that helps. If you can play an instrument or two, that’s even better. If you’re out there in the clubs and know artists and bands and can get them in to record, that’s another big plus. If you can produce, that’s another feather in the possibility hat.

After you get your audio degree the best thing to do is get an internship. “Interning” at a commercial studio is not about sitting around and reading magazines. Be proactive everyday. Treat the studio like it’s your own business — because it is your business! Look for anything to do: straighten cords, make duplications, take notes for the engineer, check every connection in the studio individually and make sure they’re optimum, straighten the mic cabinet, dust the furniture, take out the trash, straighten up file cabinets and clean out dirty or cluttered areas.

Make constructive use of downtime in the studio, because that is really the “deal” you’re making by interning for free. You’re not really working for free. You’re working in exchange for access to what is often very expensive studio time. You get to use the studio! Start a simple project — anything! Get a friend who plays guitar and sings to come in and cut some tracks. Finish something so you can play a CD that’s an example of your work. Once you can do that, you’ll be the one who just might get hired to do some of the simpler sessions.

Little things like being able to print neatly and legibly are a big deal, as is a sense of organization. Studios are service-based businesses, and prospective clients will always determine the level and quality of service based on what they can actually see. A clean and organized studio is an indication of a professional and successful business. Be prepared to record some crap bands, because face it, you’re going to be a crap engineer for a period of time until you hone your chops and can start attracting better clients. And never underestimate the power of a crappy band to be just the people who save your ass during a slow month.

The only reason to engineer is because when you step inside a nice studio full of gear it hits you where you live so deeply that you become single-minded and want to do nothing else than life as an audio engineer.

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RECORDING CONNECTION

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:10:53 +0000

DESCRIPTION
Recording Connection offers courses in Audio Engineering, Music Producing, Music Recording, Live Concert Audio and more. Recording Connection students get Pro Tools Mbox Software after their 10th lesson which allows them to record and mix their own audio on their own computer.

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Recording Connection features the mentor apprentice method of teaching students the necessary skills by having them work one-on-one with their mentor on real world projects. Recording Connection enjoys working relationships with mentors in professional recording studios across the United States and Canada.

Recording Connection is accredited by the National Private School Alliance. It is not a Title IV School. There is a curriculum that is followed so that all students learn the skills required by a recording studio audio engineering, technician or music producer. Business skills are part of the curriculum.

ADVANTAGES
Choice of locations, real world experience, one-on-one training and attractive pricing are the main advantages of Recording Connection, and that’s saying a lot. No other recording school offers as many locations for the student. Not having to relocate, or quit a day job, can offer significant financial advantages to the prospective student. Financially, the low tuition price is also a factor.

Perhaps the biggest advantage held by the Recording Connection is the real world experience. Course instruction takes place in real recording studios under the guidance of a working professional (usually the chief audio engineer or owner of the recording studio) who serves as the student’s private tutor. This provides the student with tremendous opportunities to learn a wealth of practical knowledge and meet a host of professional contacts in a short period of time.

THINGS TO CONSIDER
No Title IV College Degree. In the music and recording industries, the closer you are to the production, or recording and mixing side of things, the less a degree means. Learning in a mentor/apprentice environment is a lot like learning to swim by being tossed in the deep end of the swimming pool with no warning. For some, it serves as a catalyst and provides the ultimate learning and network situation…others can find they are simply in over their heads.

FINANCIAL AID
Recording Connection offers several internal payment plans that vary in the amount of down payment and monthly payments. Sallie Mae student loans are also available to qualified applicants. The Recording Connection Financial Aid Department will help you with your Sallie Mae application at no extra charge.

SUMMARY
Recording Connection works best for the person who is self-motivated. It is tailor made for those with an entrepreneurial makeup. If you have a burning desire to be around music, if you want to make your band famous, if you have conviction about your musical ear, this course can help make that happen.