the Recording Engineers Institute in Long Island

[tgrokz]

REI
so im going to five towns and the courses are long and SLOW. you dont get hands on experience or studio time for a while and you only take 1 audio class a semester (mostly business classes)

that being said, a friend of me called me up to tell me about this place that his band is recording at. its called the recording engineers institute and its within a few miles of my house. the tuition for the year (only a 1 year school) is as much as a semester at FTC. you dont get a degree or anything, but if you graduate with a B or above, they give you a job at the studio. you can charge whatever you want and they take $12 an hour. they never ask for any other money. the teaching staff is available 24/7 to help you with anything. you can do sessions there at any time on any day. 3 weeks in you start hands on training. while being schooled, the studio time is free and you can have your band or anyone elses come in to do free sessions, as the see it as training.
that's just what my friend told me though, seeing as his friend graduated there and currently works there

the cons - the only audio samples on the site, the ones done by the head instructor, are terrible mixes.
the gear they listed is very eh compared to five towns'.
the computers are G3s which seem kinda bad, seeing as its only an HD1. i cant see the speed being all too good (then again, i know many studios still use G3s so what do i know).
no real degree

so has anyone maybe had any experience with these guys? know anything of it? does anyone see a flaws? any advice (other than dont go to school and get an internship)?

[Musiclab]

Originally Posted by tgrokz

REI
so im going to five towns and the courses are long and SLOW. you dont get hands on experience or studio time for a while and you only take 1 audio class a semester (mostly business classes)

that being said, a friend of me called me up to tell me about this place that his band is recording at. its called the recording engineers institute and its within a few miles of my house. the tuition for the year (only a 1 year school) is as much as a semester at FTC. you dont get a degree or anything, but if you graduate with a B or above, they give you a job at the studio. you can charge whatever you want and they take $12 an hour. they never ask for any other money. the teaching staff is available 24/7 to help you with anything. you can do sessions there at any time on any day. 3 weeks in you start hands on training. while being schooled, the studio time is free and you can have your band or anyone elses come in to do free sessions, as the see it as training.
that's just what my friend told me though, seeing as his friend graduated there and currently works there

the cons - the only audio samples on the site, the ones done by the head instructor, are terrible mixes.
the gear they listed is very eh compared to five towns'.
the computers are G3s which seem kinda bad, seeing as its only an HD1. i cant see the speed being all too good (then again, i know many studios still use G3s so what do i know).
no real degree

so has anyone maybe had any experience with these guys? know anything of it? does anyone see a flaws? any advice (other than dont go to school and get an internship)?

It doesnt sound like their giving you a job, they telling you to book their room and you only pay them 12.00 an hour. The truth is you get to work at a place that puts a value on their room of only 12 bucks an hour, does that really sound like a good idea?
And is it a good idea that what they put on their site to entice you sounds mediocre?
Where do you live in Long Island, maybe PM me

[tgrokz]

well i think the whole deal is that you cant rent out their rooms unless you graduate with an 80 or better because you become part of some "association." they list your contact information on their website and set you up with gigs and what not.
and i live in hauppauge in suffolk.

[RCM - Ronan]

I do workshops a few times a year that in a way offer a competative service to these guys, so take anything I have to say with as biased and with a huge grain of salt.

I have no experience with this school at all, but on a quick look at their web site I noticed that there are no credits (outside of education) listed for any of the instructors and the tuition breaks down to almost $53/hr. $$8975 for 170 hours of instruction. There is probably a wide array of options to consider on how to spend that kind of money to further your career.
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[ronyrrr]

based on the info, i wouldn't pay almost 9 K for that! i agree 100% with rcm, you're better off looking at other options/programs that cost around the same price.

[Musiclab]

Originally Posted by tgrokz

well i think the whole deal is that you cant rent out their rooms unless you graduate with an 80 or better because you become part of some "association." they list your contact information on their website and set you up with gigs and what not.
and i live in hauppauge in suffolk.

If your going to 5 towns stay there it's way more of a real school Boces is also out east.But the best advice I can give you is this, get a job at a studio, unpaid hang out and learn, get a computer, learn pro tools and at least one other DAW, if you don't play an instrument take piano lessons, if you do play an instrument and it's not piano take piano lessons, you don't have to be a great pianist, but you do have to be able to get it into the computer, and know enough music to know whats wrong and to fix it. In my opinion as this business shrinks we are called upon to do more and more. The more skills you bring the more your chance of working. BTW any place that rent's out their rooms at $12 an hour is not a real place.