CHICAGO MUSIC RECORDING SCHOOL
CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS is the country’s 3rd largest DMA, ranking behind only New York
and Los Angeles. It is also the 3rd largest market for recorded
music sales. The city is rich is sports history playing
host to the Chicago Cubs and White Sox in baseball, the Bulls in
basketball, the Bears in the NFL and the Blackhawks in NHL. From
a media perspective, all four networks (ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX) own and
operate Chicago TV stations. Both The Oprah Winfrey Show and the
Jerry Springer Show call Chicago their home. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Walt Disney, Harrison Ford, John Cusack, John Mahoney, Dorothy Hamill, Quincy Jones, Pat Sajak, Robin Williams and Benny Goodman all were born in Chicago. Jazz was first used to describe the type of music playing in Chicago in 1914. Playboy, the zipper, softball, Daytime Soap Operas, the Ferris wheel and Twinkies all got their start in Chicago.
Chicago has long been associated with music: Buddy Guy, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Michael and Janet Jackson and Sam Cooke are just a few of the legends in music to have started in Chicago. Hard-house DJ Bad Boy Bill took top honors in the Midwest division of DMC's Battle DJ competition in 1998, and serves as host to "Street Mix," a top-rated weekly radio mix show on Chicago's WBBM as well as producing the popular Bangin the Box series and The House Connection series.
With strong professional connections and relationships forged over the years, RECORDING CONNECTION is in an unique position to help fulfill the student’s dreams of a career in the musicindustry--either as a recording engineer or music producer. Using RECORDING CONNECTION’s original, hands-on, one-on-one, on-the-job method of teaching, using the mentor/apprentice approach, over 70% of Chicago RECORDING CONNECTION graduates go on to have a career in music and recording—often times being hired before they finish their RECORDING CONNECTION course.
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