Comments on: California college for business and music production (education to start a record label)? http://www.jammiethomas.org/music-record-label/california-college-for-business-and-music-production-education-to-start-a-record-label Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:25:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CJ http://www.jammiethomas.org/music-record-label/california-college-for-business-and-music-production-education-to-start-a-record-label/comment-page-1#comment-2544 CJ Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:56:59 +0000 http://www.jammiethomas.org/music-record-label/california-college-for-business-and-music-production-education-to-start-a-record-label#comment-2544 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).<br><b>References : </b><br>FL Studio Tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqpUM5wMCb8&feature=channel_page 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

]]> By: chuckles951 http://www.jammiethomas.org/music-record-label/california-college-for-business-and-music-production-education-to-start-a-record-label/comment-page-1#comment-2543 chuckles951 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:37:59 +0000 http://www.jammiethomas.org/music-record-label/california-college-for-business-and-music-production-education-to-start-a-record-label#comment-2543 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.<br><b>References : </b><br> 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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