In the months since enrolling in the Film Connection, Keith Huff has gained more experience with film production than many film students get after years of film school! As an apprentice with Herschel Zahnd of American Recording Co. in Louisville, KY, Keith has found himself working hands-on in an integral role helping his mentor on […]
How does someone with zero filming experience wind up owning his own production company within a few years? Ask Film Connection graduate Taylor Giddens. When he first decided to enroll, he was in his late 20’s, married and building his own business in a completely different profession. But he had an unfulfilled dream to be […]
Forty-five-year-old Recording Connection graduate Chris Litwin (Meridan, Connecticut) was a lifelong musician who decided to pursue a career in audio engineering. But little could he have imagined that his training would one day lead to building his own recording studio with help from a Grammy-winning producer! Chris says he first got the engineering “bug” back […]
“The most important thing about this program is don’t just take what you are handed,” says Recording Connection apprentice Lindsey Kappa, “because this is an experience that not every person can get, and you want to make the most of it…I feel like if you don’t throw yourself in there, then you are not going […]
Talk to most of our students, and you’ll quickly discover that the mentor-apprentice relationship usually lasts well beyond graduation from the program. Take, for example, Devin Zorn, a Recording Connection graduate who apprenticed with music industry veteran Rick Rooney of January Sound in Dallas, TX. His time and commitment in the studio have led to […]
You hear us say it all the time: on-the-job training is all about making connections. For Recording Connection apprentices Tanner “T-Strix” Bjorkland and Rodolfo “R-Lo” Lopez, little did they know how the connection they made with each other would lead to a potentially game-changing collaboration. Here’s the story. Tanner, a gifted teen rapper, went through […]
“I’ve worked enough crappy jobs to know that you should focus,” says Film Connection apprentice Matthew Gibson. “You’re going to be more successful doing something that you like doing. That’s why I’m doing this.” Matthew should know. A man in his early 30s, Matthew enrolled in the Film Connection recently to pursue his dream of […]
When Garrett Pace first enrolled in the Recording Connection, to say he felt out of his element was an understatement. “When I started working at the studio, all the coworkers were really into hip-hop and rap,” he says. “And then there’s little old me… I’ve never really worked with rap ever in my life. I […]
How does one go from being a studio apprentice to getting hired by his mentor’s studio and sitting in on sessions with Anthrax and DJ Mustard? Ask Recording Connection apprentice Jake Kiyokane, and he’ll tell you his secret: just show up. While apprenticing at the busy Serenity West Recording in Hollywood, CA (whose client list […]
