Education

[justin roche]

At college, usually there are restricted access to resources.
I mean, LIPA is one of the best equipped colleges in the world (like SAE).

However, the equipment is shared by all loads of students and time in the studio is not equally shared out.
Instead, you have to book x amount of hours to use each studio.

This in itself sucks.

However, to make it worse.
People would get pally or bribe the booking staff, or worse still, one of the members of staff decides to bully you (common at LIPA, as their is one member of staff called Paul Adams, who constantly bullies the students. I mean, fuck, your paying to get treated like a twat by this scally ass hole!
What makes it really bad, is that the guy is a wimp, but you cant kick shit out of him because you would get chucked off the course).

Also,
In the third year of the degree, some of the ass holes on the course get this idea that if they make people drop out, then they will get more time in the studio.

Fucking ass holes.

Thats the kind of shit you have to put up with at college.
If I didn't have to stay at college and finish the course, I think I would have kicked a few peoples heads in.

Not because I am a bully, but because they are!

Fuck. Ass holes!!!

I hope I never meet any of the ass holes again!

[DOOMTROOPER/T40]

I am in my second year of Music Technology.
It hasn't helped me much in creating dubstep but it's helped me a lot in theory, Reason, Cubase etc. and in music production in general.
For dubstep I learnt a lot from my mates who are also studying it with me.
I think it's definitely worth it though, and I'm hoping to get into Uni after this year to do a degree.

[jeer]

I am in my second year of Music Technology.
It hasn't helped me much in creating dubstep but it's helped me a lot in theory, Reason, Cubase etc. and in music production in general.
For dubstep I learnt a lot from my mates who are also studying it with me.
I think it's definitely worth it though, and I'm hoping to get into Uni after this year to do a degree.

Same here.
I've got a month or so till I finish the BND and tbh I think it's been really useful. Like people have said it's helped more of a general understanding than towards dubstep, but saying that getting taught the basics of synthesis has helped me a lot personally. Now I can stop using shitty premade patches and get a sound I actually want as well as the knowledge for when I have the means, of creating my own drum samples and again getting the sound I want.
As well as that I'm in a band, so some of the stuff I've learnt will help me in that, and also the fact I get free use of the studio when I want and also lead me towards sound engineering in a live environment and also running my own PA eventually.....
Starting the degree in september too. I think it's more of a fast track aproach of getting yourself knowing stuff in the music industry

Oh and A Level Music Tech is shit. Don't bother with that crap.