I, like many others, am new to this page... great forums, I cant tell you how helpful this has been. Im leaving in 5 days to attend The Los Angeles Recording School. Now, Im spending a good deal of money to grant myself the opportunity of a lifetime (doesnt mean Im indefinitely going to be successful) but I am very motivated and determined. Im also very afraid to fail only because of this gargantuous amount of debt looming over my head. Im fully aware of the competition and lack of open positions in nice, high quality studios. I have recorded with my former band in Portrait Recording Studios in Lincoln Park, NJ with Chris Badami so I understand studio etiquette and I absolutely fell in love with the atmosphere and passion I experienced there. Music has been my life but the band failed now Im pursuing music in different forms. Going into the course with no prior hands-on experience to recording equipment, will I be at a disadvantage from the start? Im very keen to learning new things. Im not saying I dont know anything about recording engineering, I know a good bit about the recording process, Ive done alot of research, read a few books but Ive never done anything hands-on with waveforms or the dynamics of sound (although I do understand the basic logistics of waveforms) but those are my intentions at the school. Im expecting most of the people in class will have had that experience. Im very easy to get along with, through the past 5 or 6 years, Ive blended, stood out, lead, followed, been accepted into many, very different social groups (circles of friends) will this skill (if you call it that) help me in any ways or give me an advantage over someone with a little more skill but with a terrible personality? And I realize with the education I will be able to do many things. Maybe work for like larger to moderate size radio station or B rate studios. But I do need to make some money to fend off loan sharks. Am I making a grave mistake? I have no intentions nor expectations of becoming a top ranking Hollywood glamour king in the studio but I think it will help me meet people I would other wise not meet in a different city.

Yeah, I'm not into the hollywood spotlight thing either. All I wanna do is make a livng off making my own music via synths, and making a decent living off of it

I don't how well it will go, but I'm basically turning away fun, sex, pleasure, and free time to pursue this career coz I know it's gonna happen


My advise to you, is not to give up. Even if the others are more experienced than you, don't worry about it. You're going there in order to learn. It dosn't matter how good you are in it, you have to have the heart and soul to stand out among the rest. This may seem cheesy, but it's true. I wish you best of luck, because just like you, it's gonna be the first time for me too...