Recording & Music Production

The Recording Arts Program lasts approximately 16 months. You will need a minimum of 20 hours per week (Aproximately 4 hours of one-on-one course instruction, 2 hours of masterclass style events, and 15 hours of project or studio lab time). Working in the music industry is reputation driven. It is often difficult for beginning audio engineers and music producers, even if they are accomplished, to gain a foothold. If you aren't working then you aren't gaining a reputation and if you don't have a reputation as an audio engineer or music producer then you aren't getting work. This program is a direct answer to that problem. During the program you will be seeking out what will be potential clients. You will either receive audio files from them, have them to record at your home suite or meet and record them in the studio. You will then complete a single full production song with them. In the 2nd half of the program you will do as many as 10 music production projects like this (10 single songs with the intent to create a client). Through this process you will be learning how to find and interact with potential clients, how to build client relationships, and a refinement of the music production skills you started in the 1st half of the program.

In tandem to your music production projects you will be attending a weekly music business, beat composition, marketing and design, and Pro Tools lesson. The business and marketing lessons will cover everything from designing your own business card and website to understanding QuickBooks, music law, and publishing. The beat composition lessons combine traditional songwriting techniques with the use of the most current beat production software.

There are very few students that make it all the way through the Recording Arts Program that don't create at least a client or two. So, if you continue the path we start you on during the program, you should be on a path to building a client base in the coming years.

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