Music Careers
Earn money in a career that you will enjoy  and explore the many recording industry job positions - Discover what prospective employers look for and how to obtain job placement.

Pro Tools & Analog
Learn the difference between analog and digital systems - How to achieve analog warmth from digital signals and to get the most from each medium - How to use an inexpensive analog recorder to sweeten a digital mix.

Sound, How It Is Produced and How We Hear It
Ear training - Acoustic theory - Healthy hearing practices (very important!)
Psycho-acoustics and how it makes us "reverb deaf"

Studio Design, Acoustics & Soundproofing
Why parallel walls are bad - Dumpster diving for remnants - Keeping your  neighbors from taking up arms. Ventilation & wiring concepts - How a "Floating" room magically stops sound - Avoiding fire hazards.

Signal Processing 101
Understanding compressors, limiters and gates and how to use them to shape the dynamics of any instrument by emphasizing or diminishing the attack, sustain or release of each note. Reverbs, delay, chorus, flanging, phasing and how they can improve your mix through warmth, depth and dimension.

Microphones  

Various types, application and placement technique's - Making a "simple pop filter" with a pair of pantyhose. Most importantly, "choosing & buying wisely."

Consoles & Routing
Understanding the fundamentals of a mixing console and all of its complexities - What is a patch bay and how they can make routing easier - How a mixing console can be useful if you already have a virtual one within your software.

Business Of Music

Turning a hobby into a part time income in a realistic manner - Building a great studio on a low budget Amazing shortcuts to getting pro gear for less (or practically nothing but your time!)

Mixing Technique
Learn one on one how to improve your skills dramatically with your professor - Learn to use your EQ to open up the sound of your recordings and make room for each instrumental texture while discovering various types of EQ curves and devices - How to judge level proportion to sound like a major release and not a demo - Find out how to set up each of these devices with particular instruments and when to use them.

Mastering
Getting mixes ready for CD production - Balancing levels between individual songs - Using mastering software to increase the perceived loudness.

Computing
Basic and advanced computer skills - Setting up a computer for digital audio - Assistance putting together a music recording computer.

Protocol
Client diplomacy - Ways to help bands and artists through the process - Having a real effect on the outcome of the music - Avoiding any tense situations that may occur amongst artists.

Midi & Synchronization
Getting midi and outboard gear including sequencers (MPC's) keyboards and processors to link when needed to each other and to the computer.

Solo Project
Run a session on your own from start to finish with a group of your choosing so you can
apply all the skills you have learned and maybe make your first new client.

Classes  scheduled at your convenience

Additionally, you will sit in, assist and by the end of the course run recording sessions!        "Private mentoring  is the most natural and proactive way to master the craft of recording music."