Recording Degree Programs

I get asked about recording schools a fair amount, and anyone who’s talked to me personally probably knows I have strong, varied, and conflicting feelings on the subject.

Briefly, I am very supportive of the teachers and students in any trade school program, but generally think for-profit education is a bad idea. Particularly in an arts context, where achieving the means to pay back the costs of your education are highly uncertain.

But don’t take it from me-take it from the great Steve Albini!

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Here’s a video where Steve lays out his feelings on this issue in an extremely eloquent, and well-reasoned manner:

https://youtu.be/TQonl6exhNU?t=911

His feelings mirror my own! A great watch!

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With any large educational investment, you need to be thinking of how that money is going to be paid back.

Can the institution you’re considering demonstrate that they place a significant majority of their graduates in paid positions?

And, is a paid engineering position something you’re even looking for out of the program you’re considering? What’s the long game here, for your life?