California college for business and music production (education to start a record label)?
February 72010
I am a high school junior looking at colleges. I know that when I’m done with schooling im going to start a record label. I’m looking for a school that would have a major in business (possibly music business, but almost no schools have that) and a minor in music production. know of any good schools?
I agree with Chuckles. I took classes at Foothill College in California. It was the first school in the country to teach pro tools, and pro tools is what most studio’s use now. I took music business 101, pro tools 101, and mixing and mastering. I now pay someone else to mix and master my songs because I learned how but its still difficult to me. I learned how to produce songs on my own, long before I ever took classes, and I only use pro tools for recording vocals, so majority of the stuff I use today I learned on my own, the classes werent a complete waste of time, I learned a few things, but you can learn so much more just by watching a few tutorials or picking up a few books. If an artist needs a producer, they arent going to sit there and pass up on someone who has good music if they dont have a degree. They dont care about the degree, they just care about the sound. Pro Tools will cost you about $2,500, FL Studio will cost you about $300. To record vocals I recommend pro tools, to produce music from scratch, I recommend FL Studio. Just get a fast computer to handle all the fx you will be using. I have a musicxpc professional, it cost me about $2,600. But this was years ago and theres plenty of fast computers now for much cheaper. Thats really all you need, and some good studio monitors (About $1000).
February 7th, 2010 at 7:37 am
Starting a record label requires no education. Illiterate rappers start them all the time.
Starting your own business requires a certain drive. A fire in the belly so to speak. But it is also the one way to make a good living without college. Just understand that 80% of all new businesses fail within 5 years. You still need some college as a backup in case yours is one of the failures.
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February 7th, 2010 at 7:56 am
I agree with Chuckles. I took classes at Foothill College in California. It was the first school in the country to teach pro tools, and pro tools is what most studio’s use now. I took music business 101, pro tools 101, and mixing and mastering. I now pay someone else to mix and master my songs because I learned how but its still difficult to me. I learned how to produce songs on my own, long before I ever took classes, and I only use pro tools for recording vocals, so majority of the stuff I use today I learned on my own, the classes werent a complete waste of time, I learned a few things, but you can learn so much more just by watching a few tutorials or picking up a few books. If an artist needs a producer, they arent going to sit there and pass up on someone who has good music if they dont have a degree. They dont care about the degree, they just care about the sound. Pro Tools will cost you about $2,500, FL Studio will cost you about $300. To record vocals I recommend pro tools, to produce music from scratch, I recommend FL Studio. Just get a fast computer to handle all the fx you will be using. I have a musicxpc professional, it cost me about $2,600. But this was years ago and theres plenty of fast computers now for much cheaper. Thats really all you need, and some good studio monitors (About $1000).
References :
FL Studio Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqpUM5wMCb8&feature=channel_page