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Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-17-2003 05:40:

Need some opinions here!!!

so here is the situation:

ok so Iam planning to go back to school this Jan,and I've been confused for some time since I had no idea what I wanted to do and stuff.So I finally decided to do something like and enjoy.
So I came up with some ideas,and kinda found what I want,but now I need to choose the school to go to,and thats where I need some help.

the schools are:

1)TREBAS - Audio Engineering (9 month program)
2)International Academy of Design & Technology - Sound Technology(1 year program)

Iam going to both of these schools this week to see how they are and talk to their advisors.One thing I heard about both is that they are expansive like around 10-15000$ a year.SO thats why I wanna know if any of you guys here know anything about those school,or went to them?,and is it worth going to them at all??
I mean I really love the programs they have,but I wanna choose the right one!!

so any help would be very appreciated.

thanks

Posted by eternalbliss on Nov-17-2003 05:45:

im kinda interester in the same thing u r thinking about taking ...are there any prerequisites u have to have in order to take the program? do u have to have any background history with music?

Posted by nismodreams on Nov-17-2003 05:46:

What kind of a job do you plan on getting??

Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-17-2003 05:48:

hey i thought u were in Aviation ? what happened to that .. ?

Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-17-2003 05:54:

quote:
Originally posted by nismodreams
What kind of a job do you plan on getting??

I like to work in recording studios,radio or tv stations!!
and in the future will have my own studio hopefuly.

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

hey i thought u were in Aviation ? what happened to that .. ?

na man I hated that thing,didnt like it at all.

Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-17-2003 05:55:

quote:
Originally posted by eternalbliss
im kinda interester in the same thing u r thinking about taking ...are there any prerequisites u have to have in order to take the program? do u have to have any background history with music?

hmm u can wither get in as a mature student or high school diploma,and haveing music back ground will help too I guess,and if u want more info check out their websites.

Posted by djeso on Nov-17-2003 05:59:

I'm thinking of going into one of those myself, and I know that Trebas is expensive like 22,000 last time i remember checking, so the only problem I have is where the hell I'd get such funds!!!! lol

Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-17-2003 06:05:

quote:
Originally posted by djeso
I'm thinking of going into one of those myself, and I know that Trebas is expensive like 22,000 last time i remember checking, so the only problem I have is where the hell I'd get such funds!!!! lol

welcome to my world

I know TREBAS is damn expensive but I dont know about International Academy of Design & Technology,someone told me about 10 or 15000$!!
not 100% sure though.

Posted by LKD on Nov-17-2003 06:07:

one of my buddies is in trebas doin audio engineering..

ill ask him for more details

Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-17-2003 06:10:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee
one of my buddies is in trebas doin audio engineering..

ill ask him for more details

that would be great man.

Posted by Resnick on Nov-17-2003 08:08:

talk to sgtfoo (his msn is on ta thread), hes in trebas i believe..

damn tho, i had no idea it was this expensive

Posted by jon jon on Nov-17-2003 10:00:

quote:
Prog= Beyond crap

I never read your post, this caught my attention first. In which case, no help for you fool!

Posted by Skipper on Nov-17-2003 13:31:

A friend of mine is going to Trebas and loves it. I don't know much about the other one.

I guess that wasn't much help, was it...?

Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-17-2003 16:59:

quote:
Originally posted by halo20
I never read your post, this caught my attention first. In which case, no help for you fool!

hmmm ignore that and just help!!

Posted by skaborough fats on Nov-17-2003 21:27:

I know two guys who went through Trebas. One took almost 2 years to find work in the field, the other now works for Royal Bank. I think that had a bit to do with neither having concrete connections though. Try talking to people already working in the field, or see if a small club needs some people. I'm volunteering at my School's pub to get experience.

There's also a program at Centenial college that's cheaper. Not sure if it'd be teh same quality as teh other two, but if you're not too sure it might be the better option till you're sure. The great thing is you can always do stuff like that in sections. I know a guy who produces Choclair (the rapper) how never went to school.

Best thing would be to try and get some exposure first. Maybe talk to one of the guys at some place like Systems. They're pretty friendly.

Good luck,
Fats

Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-18-2003 02:27:

quote:
Originally posted by skaborough fats
I know two guys who went through Trebas. One took almost 2 years to find work in the field, the other now works for Royal Bank. I think that had a bit to do with neither having concrete connections though. Try talking to people already working in the field, or see if a small club needs some people. I'm volunteering at my School's pub to get experience.

There's also a program at Centenial college that's cheaper. Not sure if it'd be teh same quality as teh other two, but if you're not too sure it might be the better option till you're sure. The great thing is you can always do stuff like that in sections. I know a guy who produces Choclair (the rapper) how never went to school.

Best thing would be to try and get some exposure first. Maybe talk to one of the guys at some place like Systems. They're pretty friendly.

Good luck,
Fats

Thanks for your help man,and you are right,for this type of work,it is good to have some connections.

Posted by trancendental on Nov-18-2003 02:48:

Yes, My buddy who takes sound recording at AoID said it cost him $15k annually.

Trebas is the best one in Canada if you want Sound stuff tho.

Good luck. I too have to figure what's in store for myself.

Posted by Matt on Nov-18-2003 03:03:

yup, I am also going to Trebas once I have the $$ and I'm out of school.

I am gonna take the 1 year Recorded Music Production for $15k... then, I might go back and do Audio Engineering for a year.

Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-18-2003 03:20:

quote:
Originally posted by trancendental
Yes, My buddy who takes sound recording at AoID said it cost him $15k annually.

Trebas is the best one in Canada if you want Sound stuff tho.

Good luck. I too have to figure what's in store for myself.

Is your friend happy with the program???and yeah it seems like both places have the same cost $15K,I went to Trebas today and took a tour of the place and I really liked it,nice equipments,wicked studio,ooh btw the guy who I talked to told me that costs for books are seperated from that $15k!!he said each book costs $600 so damn expansive man,and it is only one year.

so anyways Iam gonna go check out AOID as well this week,and see whats the deal there.

thanks for all your help people.

Posted by Fir3start3r on Nov-18-2003 03:20:

My 2 cents...

If you're going to spend that kind of money you better ask more than a few people that have taken the course if it was worth it AND find some people in the field you want to go in and see if that's what you REALLY want to do.

Just remember, no matter how you get the $$$, you're paying for it...

Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-18-2003 03:24:

quote:
Originally posted by Fir3start3r
My 2 cents...

If you're going to spend that kind of money you better ask more than a few people that have taken the course if it was worth it AND find some people in the field you want to go in and see if that's what you REALLY want to do.

Just remember, no matter how you get the $$$, you're paying for it...

I agree with you,Iam asking alot of people about it,and trying to get info as much as I can,and yes it is a lot of money,so I have to becareful.

Posted by Matt on Nov-18-2003 03:51:

TOTA Live PA act!!!

Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-18-2003 04:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Mosaic
TOTA Live PA act!!!

hehe LETS DO IT!!!