SEATTLE MUSIC RECORDING SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE

SEATTLE, Washington is fourteenth in the DMA listings.  A musician's haven, Seattle is the tenth largest music sales market in the U.S.  Also known as “The Emerald City” Seattle in famous for its stunning views of the water or mountains. Surrounded by lakes, rivers, Puget Sound, and mountains, Seattle is a recreation enthusiast's dream come true. The greater Seattle area is home to 2.8 million people. You have heard of Microsoft, Nordstrom and Starbucks, who are based here.

Also known as the birthplace of the crazes for grunge rock and espresso coffee, Seattle is the home of baseball's Edgar Martinez, glass art's Dale Chihuly, musicians Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Queensryche, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart and Kenny G., software giant Bill Gates, maestro Gerard Schwartz, actor Tom Skerritt, writers Ann Rule, Tom Robbins and Robert Fulghum.  Music venues are scattered throughout Seattle: Re-Bar, Emerald City Soul Club, Sonny Newmans's Dance Hall, Noc Noc, Sunset Club, Ibiza, Havana, Benaroya Hall, Tractor Tavern, Jules Maes Saloon, Sunset Tavern, Showbox, Bumbershoot,Funhouse, Skylark Cafe and  Moore Theatre are just a few of them.

Seattle is well known for its fresh seafood and inventive Northwest fare. Rainier Square in the heart of Seattle, offers world class entertainment, commerce, fashion, art and design, while University Village is the premier open-air lifestyle shopping center in the Pacific Northwest. In all of Seattle, West Seattle not only has great views of Elliot Bay and the skyline, but the community is diverse communities and there are plenty of hip restaurants. This area was an independent town until forcibly annexed by Seattle in 1907. Seattle has no shortage of local bars, from blues clubs, British bars or Irish pubs to dive bars and college bars Seattle has a number of different locations in the city to imbibe. From Belltown’s posh lounges to the University District’s college bars to Capitol Hill, Seattle has a something for everyone.

As for sports and recreation, you can catch the Seattle Seahawks, the city’s pro football team, from August through January, or hang with the Seattle Mariners Baseball Club when they play in Safeco Field. Or if you are into the outdoors -- hiking, biking and water sports are huge. But if you want to rip the new Beginner's Trail on a bike at Seattle’s Colonnade Park, you'll need to get some practice. If you choose to live in Seattle, you will be called a “Seattleite.”

So if you want to work in the music industry  in Seattle, the RECORDING CONNECTION can set you up to work in a real Seattle recording studio, with a real professional music producer or audio engineer serving as your mentor, so you gain both the experience and industry connections you need to break into the biz..We'll also give you the full scope, hands-on, Pro Tools and Reason courses as part of your curriculum, perfect for aspiring musicians to get their stuff out there.

RECORDING CONNECTION's Music Recording School has been hooking up aspiring musicians, and music producers with working professionals for over two decades.  Check us out and see why over 70% of our Recording School graduates find work in the music scene, right in their home town, like Seattle.

Progress Reports:  Checking in on our Washington Recording Students who are learning audio engineering and music producing where they live in places like Seattle and Edmonds

Gerry Yabut
EDMONDS, WA
Went over course lesson on internal amplifiers and their uses. Took a written microphone test and was given a "best score" rating. Assisted with set-up and break-down of studio client's live performance at a local venue. Got a crash-course with sound mixing using the Mackie VLZ1202 Micro Series and learned how to keep feedback under control and maintain proper levels of mics and instruments. A very challenging and worthwhile experience overall.

I just finished Lesson #7.  Compressors/Limiters. Applied compression and limiting on tracks using Waves plug-ins to get a better understanding of its functions.  Also assisted in mic setup and vhs audio cueing for a client's voice recording CD. That's right, this program allows me to work on real projects as I train. I just don't see how regular audio school can ever compare.  I highly recommend this program.

James LaMarca
RECORDING STUDENT IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON

My mentor and his assistant engineer  gave me a brief outline of what I could expect from their instruction for the near future as well as an overview of the equipment in the studio.  We proceeded to cover the curriculum for the week in detail and them my mentor showed me an actual project in their DAW of choice, Samplitude.

I enrolled with the recording connection for an assortment of reasons.  First, this has been a goal in the back of my mind for at least a couple of years.  I struggled in undergraduate school for mechanical engineering with the realization that I had a passion for something else.  I've been a musician for about seven years now, and I found myself in a position in which I HAD a bare bones, rudimentary recording studio(for recording band practices, etc.), without the necessary skill set to control all of my equipment.  I looked around and found the recording connection:  a relatively short and inexpensive yet intensive hands on program that could potentially give me exactly what I was looking for.  I hope to find work in the industry upon completion of the program, whether it be live sound or audio engineering in the studio.  I also have a dream of my own recording studio as a business venture someday, but I realize that I may be getting ahead of myself.  I know that doing just the bare minimum isn't a strategy for success.  I'm prepared to do whatever it is that I need to do, whether it be learning in the studio, social networking, or just making an effort each and every day to strive for success to get my foot in the door in this industry. This program got me in the door, the rest is up to me.