It accrued to me that there is not guarantee I will
be accepted into any of these universities, so I decided to look at what I will
be able to do as a backup. Some other ways of being able to learn and gain the skills
needed to get a job in the sound industry.
I may get turned down due to limited spaces on the
course, possibly insufficient UCAS points or maybe my current course will not
be seen to be a sufficient pre-request. So below I have found various courses
that have no need for any of these things.
SSR London
SSR is a sound school based in London it is a very successful
establishment associated with prestige’s companies such as apple, Itv local,
bbc, mutv, the national skills academy and many more.
SSR is a very well respected school that have had
many successful students
·
Ricky
Meakin – After
Djing for years Ricky joined this school to home his skills of sound design and
production and open his mind to ne things. 6 years later he and his partner
host a regular clubbing event Ibiza to a regularly 2000 strong, as well as other
huge events from around the world.
·
Jay Thomas Heigl
- who is currently studying Audio Engineering Techniques & Technology asked
by producer Willie Dowling to help with the recording and mixing for British
rock band “The Wildhearts” latest triple album. The sessions took place in a
studio in northern France.
·
Robert Owen - ever
since her studies has not only completely incharge of all the recording,
editing and implementation of the sound for the App version of a popular board
game “war on terror” that is now up for
an award on www.bestappever.com. But he
also is the resident DJ and co-owner of Nintendisco - a club night held in
various cities and worked for Nintendo at all their events in 2011
·
Sophie Grant/Dan smith - Sophie used the skills she learnt to
make, produce and release her own EP album, and Sophie has been working with uk
entertainment brand such as “Bankers club” and had produced a 12 track for the
rapper Sloozie.
This is the
most Impressive most prestige’s sound school I was able to find, the sheer
amount of companies they are connected with is dauntingly impressive and there
students success stories and truly inspiring.
This course
maybe very hard to get onto so, I have found other alternatives.
Live sound training - This is one of the rare sound course
taught in Birmingham, though unfortunately they only teach a live sound
engineering course. I am very confident this is not the route I want to go down
I will bare this in mind in case I change my mind.
This course
offers infield placements and experience at two well know venues in Birmingham.
Point blank – Is another school that stood out among
the rest, not only does this school have its own record label, but huge world
renound record labels such as, island, state51, universal studios and many more
check the look through fresh work from students to seek out fresh talent for
hiring.
Summary
I came across
many online courses that I can take, but being realistic and knowing myself I get
distracted too easily and find it hard to work in leisure environments such as
my own house. So to be on the safe side I completely ruled this out as an option.
If in the
even I do not get onto these course's I would spend a year volunteering in
anything sound related to gain experience, invest in software and attempt to
self learn software and create and engage in self made projects to build a
portfolio.
From there I can
try to either break into the industry as a assistant or runner and work my way
up and re-apply for course and universities.
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