Sound Recording Schools

Sound recording schools can sometimes be just recording engineer schools or they can have a mix of music and audio engineering courses

We have jointly produced a series of basic recording courses that go from beginner to advanced, basic microphone techniques to automated mixing, click here to find out more.

If you have decided to go for a career in the music recording industry, be it in a recording studio or any other musical related business, you can choose from a very wide range of college degree courses. Some colleges offer vocational training and others are more academic requiring music qualifications to gain access. Getting a recording or music degree can be very usefull as there are so few jobs in the music business you can always use your degree for an alternative career if things don’t work out. Just remember that many very famous industry people didn’t go to college so getting a degree isn’t the only route to success.

We have listed a few leading and well respected colleges and university courses here, please let us know of any that you would like to see added to the list. A quick google can throw up hundreds of courses so this list is just a quick start:

UK Sound Recording Schools and Music Production Courses

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Glamorgan University
Aberdeen College
Salford University
Guildford University
Coventry University
LIPA
De Montford University
Islington Music Workshop
University of Hertfordshire
Future Works

USA Sound Recording Schools and Music Production Courses

Berklee College
Full Sail
McNally

The above colleges and universities vary greatly, some offer on the job training and others offer high end degrees. Some are equipped with the latest SSL’s, others have more basic equipment. We think that all have their place.

Don’t forget, to be a producer or an engineer has always been a vocation – not a job. It will not pay that well unless you are really lucky and if you stick to your guns and spend years establishing yourself, learning and networking. Actually, even getting your first step on to the ladder means that you’ve been very lucky as there are so few jobs around. At least if you have a music qualification your skills should be transferable.

If you are really dedicated and understand that your going to have to put in many years of hard, un-glamorous work, and if you really are vitally interested in this industry you will need to have a single minded determination to succeed.

CLICK HERE for a list of the kind of recording studio jobs available – This doesn’t include possible recording jobs in film, post production, live etc etc

The site here is not really dedicated to getting people their first jobs or putting forward the complete range of music degrees, you can learn a lot from watching the video interviews with producers and engineers. Many of the videos cover how they got their jobs, what got them started and how they progressed. Get a great amount of background on studios that you may want to visit by watching our tours, a studio manager that talks with you will be impressed if you have put in effort to know about them!

To be the next Gary Katz or Spike Stent, just remember, that it’s up to you to get off your @£$% – that’s what they did!

Check our our jointly produced a series of basic recording courses, click here to find out more.