Career Planning
One of the most frustrating things about school was not knowing what I wanted to do when I was done. Since I didn't have a plan, I started to not care whether or not I finished. Then several months ago, I decided I wanted to go to Denver and go through a sound engineering program at Recording Connection. It really helped to have a reason to graduate. The work wasn't any easier to get through, but it seemed like less of a waste of time.
You do 6 months of the program and then decide if you want to do an additional 6 months of training. You are placed in a working studio to apprentice under a real producer. But I want to eventually be an artist/producer and record my own work. I'll be learning to use ProTools 10, but I'll also be learning to use Reason, Ableton, and Logic which are the four main software applications for electronic music production.
Recording Connection has produced a lot of well known artists such as Stevie Wonder, Eminem, 50 Cent, Bob Dylan, Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, and Outkast. Once I'm finished with this program I'll be able to professionally mix, record, master, and produce electronic music and DJ my own music. It will be intense....part of the program includes making your own tracks and then bringing it in to the studio and professionally mixing it. I'll have a professionally produced piece that I can use as part of my resume.
I want to take some music theory courses at some point because music is a mix of theory and artistry: that's what I mean by music being "a beautiful mess". Often the music evolves drastically over time. Especially when it's created in collaboration with others like working with Chase, Hunter, and Dylan. A better example is Circus Records who shares sounds with Excision, Downlink, and Datsik, and they exchange sounds and ideas from many artists to create entirely new pieces from existing music. They also use a software for movie sound effects to bring in almost any sound you can think of....crazy sounds....dropped into a beat. The end result is an overwhelming urge to move your body - think severe whiplash!
Music is what keeps me chained to the earth. Making music is not an intellectual process, it's an emotional one. And it's similar to learning to play an instrument because your fingers develop memory and move themselves based on the feel of what's developing on the screen. And that's an important point because there's a whole visual element to electronic music production. Watching what's happening on the screen helps to "know" what it will sound like when it all comes together.
You do 6 months of the program and then decide if you want to do an additional 6 months of training. You are placed in a working studio to apprentice under a real producer. But I want to eventually be an artist/producer and record my own work. I'll be learning to use ProTools 10, but I'll also be learning to use Reason, Ableton, and Logic which are the four main software applications for electronic music production.
Recording Connection has produced a lot of well known artists such as Stevie Wonder, Eminem, 50 Cent, Bob Dylan, Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, and Outkast. Once I'm finished with this program I'll be able to professionally mix, record, master, and produce electronic music and DJ my own music. It will be intense....part of the program includes making your own tracks and then bringing it in to the studio and professionally mixing it. I'll have a professionally produced piece that I can use as part of my resume.
I want to take some music theory courses at some point because music is a mix of theory and artistry: that's what I mean by music being "a beautiful mess". Often the music evolves drastically over time. Especially when it's created in collaboration with others like working with Chase, Hunter, and Dylan. A better example is Circus Records who shares sounds with Excision, Downlink, and Datsik, and they exchange sounds and ideas from many artists to create entirely new pieces from existing music. They also use a software for movie sound effects to bring in almost any sound you can think of....crazy sounds....dropped into a beat. The end result is an overwhelming urge to move your body - think severe whiplash!
Music is what keeps me chained to the earth. Making music is not an intellectual process, it's an emotional one. And it's similar to learning to play an instrument because your fingers develop memory and move themselves based on the feel of what's developing on the screen. And that's an important point because there's a whole visual element to electronic music production. Watching what's happening on the screen helps to "know" what it will sound like when it all comes together.