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great comments so far. everyone is different. My personal education was a little of both worlds. I spent a little money on some very low end equipment and worked until I had a handle on the most basic concepts, then, instead of going to school, I got a part time internship at a studio. Might I add that I PAID for this, and I did get my moneys worth, as I received many hours in the studio one on one with a great engineer learning signal flow on the mixer, learning the patchbay, working with mic placement, learning how to use a razor blade to edit pancakes, etc.
I did this over the summer, just a day here and a day there. by the end of the summer i was running recording sessions, doing mixes, etc.
When i was done, I invested some money into better equipment, made some improvements to my room, and opened a project studio.
That was the right path for me - a lot cheaper than a formal education, and i learned to be creative because i played around and taught myself somethings, but i also had a mentor who was there to guide me, give me some technical info etc.
What works for you isn't for me to say. I will say that I think certain schools teach too technically and their graduates that i've met all have the same trait in that they seem to think for example that every vocal track has to have a boost here or a cut there before they even listen to it - they kind of work on autopilot like they've memorized a recipe or something, rather than listening to the music and really working each track based on what that specific track needs. Here's my disclaimer - this isn't to say that going to school for it is bad - if you do go to school, just remember that everything you learn is really a GUIDELINE and not a law set in stone - in the real world, there are few rules that can't be broken
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