Why Music Schools Don't Work (save money, learn more -- attend Recording Connection)

Degrees and Diplomas Are Irrelevant in Music and Recording

Unless you desire to be a music label accountant, a college degree or diploma is not a job prerequisite.  Degrees and diplomas carry little, if any, weight when it comes to getting hired in the Music or Audio Business.  Unfortunately, the goal of most Music Schools , Audio Engineering Schools and Recording Schools is to grant you a diploma.  With The Recording Connection, the goal is always to get you hired.  We do this by concentrating on what's necessary for you to learn to make yourself attractive to those that do the hiring in the Audio and Music Industries. 

The Recording Connection believes the best way to learn a job is to do the job.   By learning your craft from your personal tutor, a real, working recording professional, on real-world music recording sessions, you gain real-world experience and real-world connections that no college campus can duplicate.  That's because in Recording Schools everything works perfectly.  In the real world, Murphy’s Law holds true (“If something can go wrong, it will”) and if you haven’t experienced that sinking sensation of having things fall apart in the middle of a session during your training, you just plain aren’t ready to be hired.  Industry pros know this.  That’s why they don’t hire someone just because they have a good resume or a diploma, and are reluctant to hire people fresh out of Music Schools because they haven’t been seasoned by the real world yet.

Famous People In Music That Did NOT Go To Music School

Before the advent of digital audio, you almost had to go to Music Recording School to get your hands on the expensive equipment that was required.  Now, with digital audio it is possible for just about anyone to get their hands on all the equipment they need to make music.   In fact, a list of top current music producer who did NOT go to music school is impressive:

• Richard Branson - Founder of Virgin Records
  
• David Byrne - Singer and Songwriter: Talking Heads
  
• Sean Jean Combs - Rapper, Music Producer, Entertainer
  
• Simon Cowell - Music Judge "American Idol"
  
• Snoop Dog - Rapper and Actor
• David Geffen - Founder of Geffen Records
• Billy Joel - Singer and Songwriter
• Trent Rezner - Musician: Nine Inch Nails
• Will Smith - Rapper and Actor
• Kanye West - Rapper
  

Why The Recording Connection Music School Alternative Works

The Recording Connection has been offering it's learn by doing audio engineering and music producing program for 25 years.  We know it works, and we know why.  With The Recording Connection you learn real stuff, real quick.  This is because our program let's you learn the job by doing the job, under the direct, personal, one-on-one, tutoring of a working audio or music professional who is making a living in the recording specialty that interests you.  The Recording Connection is a viable Music School Alternative because it works, it saves you a lot of money, and gets you out in the job market in under six months.

Recording Connection School Alternative		Traditional Music and Recording Schools
Real World Experience	What You Graduate With	A Diploma
One-on-One Private Tutoring on Real Music Sessions	Learning Environment	Crowded Classroom
A Working, Professional Audio Engineer/Music Prod	Teacher	Professor
Over 100 Cities in the United States and Canada	Locations	Limited to Campus(es)
Six Months	Commitment	Up to Four Years
Affordable	Cost	Expensive

What It Takes To Succeed In The Music Business

It takes a special breed of person to succeed in the Music Biz.  It’s about dedication, focus, passion, ability to handle the unexpected, and a whole lot more.  The best description of a person who is right for the business is this:  Are you the kind of person who gets home at 6AM after working a 20 hour day, and when your alarm wakes you in two hours at 8AM for a 10AM session call, you can’t wait to jump out of bed and get to the studio?  If you aren’t, don’t bother applying with us, you don’t have what it takes. 

Because the real success stories are the people who wake up on their own at 6:45AM and already out the door at 7AM.  And wanting it to never stop--you have to want that too.  And it’s not about the money.  It’s about the work.  It’s about being a part of creating something out of nothing.  It’s the satisfaction of having pulled off something great, something that you know you have a right to be proud of…and it’s this passion for the work that is essential to success.

That's why we only accept one out of every twenty applicants (5%) to The Recording Connection.  We don't want to waste your time.  We don't want to waste our mentors' time either. 

The good news is that because the Recording Connection's admission standards are so high we have an exceptional record of job placement (currently 74% of students who complete the entire Recording Connection six month curriculum find employment in the music industry within a year of graduation.)