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What to Study for Producing?
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| Pinokio |
I'm thinking of taking a carreer that helps me with producing.
Is it better to get into a Music School, and just mess around with production tools.
Or Should I better take a EDM Producer Carrer, or whatever It's called?
what do you recommend me, and if you know good schools let me know.
I want to take something serious, not a 3 Motnh's course.
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| dj_kane |
i was going to do one of these but was advised not too as you only learn so much which can be self taught. the best bet is start by yourself and try things out see how it goes and if you enjoy it.
i learned most things off TA by asking questions on this forum. |
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| DJMiakoda |
What aspect of producing music do you like the most? Composition? Sound engineering?
Knowing this might help make your decision easier, maybe.
If you're going to try and make a career out of it, I suggest doing something you like. |
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| vccv |
Well if ure really serious u could apply for an engineering education either a bachelor or a masters in media technology.
Then u will get to learn all priciples behind synthesis and what fx do. I myself have attended 4 years of masters studies in electronic engineering. I have found it very useful during production since its much easier to understand what I do when I tweak parameters in fx and synths.
Tho now im regretting a bit that I didnt chose mediatechnology since that one has lots of music production technique courses.
Another good thing about the education is that if someday u realise ure not a star producer u can easily get job elsewhere. Only thing is if u hate maths dont apply for it.
As a student u will also get nice sparetime/long holidays to produce music and hopefully some money to keep u floating. |
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| Zild |
If you're going to spend all that money to get a degree make it a useful one like physics or mathematics.
As for the production learn that on your own time you don't need to pay all that money. |
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| richg101 |
spend the money on the new cubase, some monitors, and a virus.
a few intensive weekends with some tutorials and experimentation will take you to the level 3 years of degree work will.. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| Learn a couple instruments (piano or something requiring a keyboard would be good) and learn them well. Take some music theory courses. Read up on how sound synthesis and effects work. While you're doing all this, buy a sequencer, some synths, and start experimenting. |
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| Floorfiller |
| we should make a production book list... |
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| Pinokio |
| quote: | Originally posted by vccv
Well if ure really serious u could apply for an engineering education either a bachelor or a masters in media technology.
Then u will get to learn all priciples behind synthesis and what fx do. I myself have attended 4 years of masters studies in electronic engineering. I have found it very useful during production since its much easier to understand what I do when I tweak parameters in fx and synths.
Tho now im regretting a bit that I didnt chose mediatechnology since that one has lots of music production technique courses.
Another good thing about the education is that if someday u realise ure not a star producer u can easily get job elsewhere. Only thing is if u hate maths dont apply for it.
As a student u will also get nice sparetime/long holidays to produce music and hopefully some money to keep u floating. |
I'm cool with Maths, it always have been the easiest subject in school for me.
I was a Civil Engineer Student, so I know some math, physics etc.
Is Media Technology a Carreer for producing?
The Point is I have a bucnh of Ideas, I know I can be very creative, and I want to learn how to express that.
I haven't produce, but I think there are 2 Essentials in Production ( Coorect me if I'm wrong).
1- one is Knowing Music Theory, and understand it. I'm thinking of taking a serious Course in Piano, that Way I can Learn how to use synthezisers.
2- now the other part is knowing the production tools (Sequencecers, effects Synths), and know how to create the sounds. ***(this part is what people here are recommending not to study, beacuse I can just learn that messing with the production tools bymyself.
I'm 24 years old (it oculd be alittle late to start producing)
I'm in Law School and will finish the carreer in about 7 months, so after that I want to get full into production.
The problem is that if I don't study something serious, after I graduate I will have to fully concentrate on Law, and I don't want to do that beacuse I will not have time to concentrate on production.
The Money for school it's not really a problem, I'll do it If I can borrow it from the state, and then after I finish I can pay back without any problems, and it's a extremely very low price that IOhave to payback. so that's not an obstacle.
If I go somewhere to study, I will have time to concentrate on producing.
I will take a serious decision in my life, so I want the advise from experienced producers here.
Thank You Very Much for your help (To Everyone).
Mario |
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| DJAnbech |
if i were you, i would rather use my money on equipment, and use TA as school.. because all the basic in production is in the tutorial list or is sticky, and anything else is worth asking for in here...
i have learnt a lot just by reading..
-Anbech |
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| vccv |
I would say that what it takes to be a good producer is talent, practise, knowledge and money. Talent is hard to improve but the others you can actually. Learning to play the piano is a good idea. Trying out things written in this forum and asking questions is also very helpful. Knowing some music theroy is helpful. The thing about education in technology is that u will learn what filters, convolvers, DSP and other stuff actually do and not just rules of thumbs of how to use them. And while attending school u have sparetime to produce and try out what u learnt.
The program that i was reffering to was this one (or similar):
http://www.kth.se/eng/education/pro...nology_180.html
U spend 2 years on maths, physics, computer programming then u choose ur area of specialisation i.e. sound. Then u choose a masters degree project that has to do with music production. I know several courses have tutorials on Cubase 4 and Reaktor and other software like that. Couple of monts ago I saw an interesting masters degree project which was basically to modernize a famous commercial swedish studio.
ATM im doing a masters degree project on constructing experiment for college and univeristy level that should explain the physics and synthesis behind windinstruments. Not quite production but I learn alot. Recently i managed to manufacture a hybrid flute with a PD (basically Reaktor freeware) interface that sounds quite nice.
Oh and on the subject of age. If u look at many commercial CD:s and the names of the producers u find that they very often are like 40 years, so below 30 is no age :) And yea I know Tiesto and Armin are quite young but anyways. |
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| Synchronicity |
I'm doing 3rd year Bsc Multimedia Technology, then possibly honours but probably moving into programming to eventually become a systems analyst and/or project manager.
I've learnt/am learning video editing, camerawork, web-Design, software interface design/human computer interaction, visual software development, multimedia content creation, IT, post production sound/video, sound location recording, computer building/upgrading, 3d animation, graphic tecniques, electronics, a whole ton of like binary/hex/huffman, ins and outs of audio/video codecs, sample rates, bit depth etc. etc.
I'm a Jack of all trades, master of none. At the moment I'm happy with that.
Media Technology courses are ideal if you want to get your paws into everything, but since you are looking to get into audio production specifically I'd have to advise you against Media Technology.
That course you were looking at looked quite theory-heavy too IMO.
Good luck whatever you do. |
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