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<blockquote data-quote="Jake Scudder" data-source="post: 39889" data-attributes="member: 195">Re: In my 3rd year of High School... Now what?Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe (and Gilbert).I went there. I had a good class. I&#039;d say half are working full time in the industry.&nbsp; Remember, that&#039;s a good class. Although much cheaper, it&#039;s mostly the same story as Full Sail: if you go in expecting that anyone will care that you spent all that money on an education you will be sorely disappointed.&nbsp; What I did gain was access to gear that I would never otherwise have the chance to learn on.&nbsp; Advanced signal flow, troubleshooting techniques, digital recording, basic time-alignment and system tuning for live sound, mic technique and even some music business classes gave me a basic skill set that allowed me to thrive when given an opportunity to do so.I&#039;ve never allowed them to use my story to advertise the school. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s fair. They got my money and I feel like I got a fair return on my investment. End of transaction.&nbsp; But the idea that going to a trade school put me where I am today is simply false. The easy marketing would say &quot;come to our school and we&#039;ll prepare you to mix Broadway musicals&quot; when that simply isn&#039;t true. Without a lot of hustling and good fortune in meeting some very influential players very early on I could very easily be out of the business.I should also point out that I had already been to a traditional college for a business degree. Going to CRAS was me drawing a line in the sand and saying, &quot;I&#039;m going to do what I want with my life from now on.&quot; That&#039;s a great place to be to make it in this business. You have to really want it. But the reality is that if it had not panned out for me I had (and have) other options. None that would make me as happy but I wouldn&#039;t starve. I think others have offered great advice in saying you have to decide what you want in order to make realistic goals toward that end. I would caution against narrowing your focus too far, though. I started out thinking I wanted to mix records. Hell, I&#039;d still love to mix records. But that&#039;s not where the work was. I had no interest in musical theater before I worked in the industry. But I&#039;ve learned to enjoy the art form and love that I get to work in an industry where I genuinely like going to work everyday. Pick a target and aim for it but don&#039;t let an opportunity pass by because it isn&#039;t exactly what you want to be doing.P.S. Did you take note of how Tim takes his coffee? Because I did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jake Scudder, post: 39889, member: 195"] Re: In my 3rd year of High School... Now what? Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe (and Gilbert). I went there. I had a good class. I'd say half are working full time in the industry. Remember, that's a good class. Although much cheaper, it's mostly the same story as Full Sail: if you go in expecting that anyone will care that you spent all that money on an education you will be sorely disappointed. What I did gain was access to gear that I would never otherwise have the chance to learn on. Advanced signal flow, troubleshooting techniques, digital recording, basic time-alignment and system tuning for live sound, mic technique and even some music business classes gave me a basic skill set that allowed me to thrive when given an opportunity to do so. I've never allowed them to use my story to advertise the school. I don't think it's fair. They got my money and I feel like I got a fair return on my investment. End of transaction. But the idea that going to a trade school put me where I am today is simply false. The easy marketing would say "come to our school and we'll prepare you to mix Broadway musicals" when that simply isn't true. Without a lot of hustling and good fortune in meeting some very influential players very early on I could very easily be out of the business. I should also point out that I had already been to a traditional college for a business degree. Going to CRAS was me drawing a line in the sand and saying, "I'm going to do what I want with my life from now on." That's a great place to be to make it in this business. You have to really want it. But the reality is that if it had not panned out for me I had (and have) other options. None that would make me as happy but I wouldn't starve. I think others have offered great advice in saying you have to decide what you want in order to make realistic goals toward that end. I would caution against narrowing your focus too far, though. I started out thinking I wanted to mix records. Hell, I'd still love to mix records. But that's not where the work was. I had no interest in musical theater before I worked in the industry. But I've learned to enjoy the art form and love that I get to work in an industry where I genuinely like going to work everyday. Pick a target and aim for it but don't let an opportunity pass by because it isn't exactly what you want to be doing. P.S. Did you take note of how Tim takes his coffee? Because I did. [/QUOTE]

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