Tom wrote:Besides, having a degree in electrical engineering is much more marketable than a degree in audio engineering. You can get a fancy job doing fancy things at some computer corporation and use the fancy money you make to build a fancy studio.

i'm currently a student of electrical engineering at michigan tech and know many people working for computer corporations now. and from what i understand it fucking sucks. don't do it. you may get lucky like my friend jason and get a job blowing up speakers at bose, but chances are you won't. i plan on doing anything but sitting in a cubicle all day with the occasional board meeting about something i don't give a shit about, such as shaving 2/3 cents of a given wiring design. so needless to say i'll probably be doing a studio internship. FUCK THE MAN.

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Tom wrote:Besides, having a degree in electrical engineering is much more marketable than a degree in audio engineering. You can get a fancy job doing fancy things at some computer corporation and use the fancy money you make to build a fancy studio.

i'm currently a student of electrical engineering at michigan tech and know many people working for computer corporations now. and from what i understand it fucking sucks. don't do it. you may get lucky like my friend jason and get a job blowing up speakers at bose, but chances are you won't. i plan on doing anything but sitting in a cubicle all day with the occasional board meeting about something i don't give a shit about, such as shaving 2/3 cents of a given wiring design. so needless to say i'll probably be doing a studio internship. FUCK THE MAN.

heh, never said it would be a good job. just fancy. I guess what you described isn't so fancy.

Dr.Wiggins,

I think I can offer you some insight on this topic, as I have done all three of these things (internship, school, project studio).

If you have no desire to go to school, my advice is to find an internship AND do a project studio. Do both at the same time, the internship is likely to end after a few months anyway. The best thing to do is find a mentor that is generous with their knowledge and will sit down with you once in awhile, listen to your recordings, and give you some honest feedback (hopefully some constructive criticism).

Reading up on the subject is a good idea. I can recommend three books for self-study. These really helped me:

"Mastering Audio" by Bob Katz
"Audio Recording Handbook" by Alan Kefauver
"Principles of Digital Audio" by Ken Pohlmann

Good luck,