Creative minds all across the United States are in shock after hearing about the closing of 18 different Art Institute locations. This massive closure means that more than half of the Art Institute locations will no longer exist. The Art Institute offers a variety of different programs including film and music production, culinary, fashion, and […]
Image: Abstract Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA In some ways, being a musical artist today is more complicated than at any other time in history. In previous time periods we, as a culture, had a collective understanding of what the musical trends were. As an artist you could either choose to rebel against those trends […]
So you want to be a working professional, but how do you bridge the gap between being an aspiring pro and a working pro? Remember this: the prime goal of networking is to establish a connection with someone and showcase your abilities as an individual at the same time. Below are networking tips from RRFC […]
From no studio experience to hip-hop engineer in a few months? How does something like that happen? Ask Recording Connection student Darryl Thiessen, who got hired at YSMG, one of the top up-and-coming hip-hop labels in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Darryl came to the Recording Connection with nothing more than a desire to work in the industry. […]
“I’ve always loved music,” says Recording Connection student Heather Crawford. “It’s something that’s always been a part of my soul. It was this early love of music that first steered Heather toward the club scene. “I had some friends that are into Djing, and so I just started messing around on the equipment, fell in […]
The term “peak tv” gets tossed around a lot to describe just how amazing television is at the moment. Over the past few years we’ve so many terrific shows that it’s hard to keep up. With more and more shows going into production and Netflix and Hulu jumping in and producing their own shows, many […]
Being in the music industry is all about having connections, being known, and being in the right place at the right time. Yes, you’ve got to have skill, yes you’ve got to have a body of work but you also need to be known by the folks who can hire you and/or introduce you to […]
Alysse LeFevre recalls how her love affair with music began when she was just 12 years old. “My parents signed me up for piano when I was 12,” she says, “I really didn’t want to do it but I ended up liking it a lot, and I found that a lot of the people I […]
A self-described “middle-class white Jewish kid in San Francisco,” Issac Wolfe seemed perhaps an unlikely guy to be drawn to rap music. “I always connected a lot with it,” he says. “I listened to these stories of kids, you know, talking about gang violence and growing up and struggling, and I felt far more emotionally […]
Imagine what it would be like to study audio engineering in a world-class studio under someone who had worked with some of your favorite bands. This is exactly what happened with Learn From Legends scholarship winner Travis Ball when he found himself apprenticing in Nashville, TN with Grammy-winning audio engineer Ryan Hewitt. “Back in middle […]
