There is very little they'll be able to teach you that youtube can't do for free and at your own pace.
If you get stuck you can ask a question on probably hundreds of message boards/forums and get replies/advice.
You'll lack that human interaction thing I guess, but then again based on what I've seen on other DJ type courses you sit through a tedious lecture whilst some clueless tosser poorly explains how to do the most basic of things. They'll be dozens of people there most of them no hopers and it would just be annoying.
Disclaimer:
I have never been on one of these courses so they may actually rock. But I have seen a few videos of them and they look like the suck hard ass.
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Oct-31-2010 18:21
tehlord
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Windsor
If you're going to study something make it audio engineering and learn the bread and butter basics. EQ, routing, recording, compression etc etc.
Everything else is garnish or creativity which really can't be taught imo.
Registered: May 2003
Location: Los Angeles (OC) / Mexicali
I've been using Sonic Academy online for a while. I'm in the US, but according to their site, they are a real school in Newtownards. I dunno how far that is from London. Sonic Academy is really good. They specialize in all formats of dance music and in Ableton & Logic.
Sonic Academy
1 Green Gables Manor
Newtownards
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i would say actual recording and mic techniques would re the best use of those types of places. Still the only programs I would recommend are the tonemeister programs which usually are master degrees and require a music degree.
I actually went to point blank many moons ago, and did the electronic Music production course (I'd finished audio engineering school in canada which was incredible but it was real old school in terms of engineering and felt the place that I lacked in knowledge was electronic production techniques).
Point blank was actually good, but a lot of it has to do with what teacher you have...we were pissed sometimes because our teacher, while knowledgeable used to spend of a lot of time regailing us with anecdotal stories of drug filled studio sessions, while funny they didn't really expand our knowledge. In fairness at other times he taught us some great stuff and I was happy but some people asked for a partial refund at the end of the course.
Personally, I would do one on one electronic music production training with my good friend Alex:
He's in Sarf Lahndon and had many major releases across a number of Genre's and as his full time job he's actually a music teacher at a good private school so he's got it all, not to mention a very nice studio to teach you in, unless you want to just do the online version.
Tell him Tom (in LA) sent you and he'll look after you
Oct-31-2010 20:13
LoveHate
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Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver
try to get into the red bull music academy.
Oct-31-2010 23:22
cammaxwell
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Toronto, Canada
I've done three of the PointBlank online courses and found them to be great. I've looked at several before that, and these were the only ones gearded toward EDM. It's true that the teacher playa a part in what you get from it, but the course material stays the same and therefore all the online tutorials are the same. The teacher only has one Q&A session a week where you can have a discussion, so it's not the be all and end all.
Sonic Academy is really good. They specialize in all formats of dance music and in Ableton & Logic.
