Our Purpose

You listen in the car…at clubs, concert halls and movie theaters…at home tuned into the radio and TV. Like oxygen, music is a vital part of the air you breathe. And bringing these sonic waves to life are skilled audio professionals. Art and technology blend together in the brains of these sound experts. One moment they reach for pristine clarity, and the next they dredge for crunchy distortion. They unleash the big beats, sizzling highs and thumping lows. They discover those warm sounds that curve around the edges of a room. Wanting to be part of this fascinating process is natural, but learning how to do it and make it your career can be elusive.

The Recording Workshop was founded for just this reason. In the early 1970’s it was rare to find any educational path towards becoming an audio professional. So we created one. And we have continued to recreate our methods of training in an ongoing quest for excellence. Today there may exist a broader range of educational choices, but the Recording Workshop stands tall as a leader and innovator.

Our primary educational goal is to teach the creative operation of professional audio recording equipment. The training programs we offer feature expert lectures and progressive daily studio activities - with the biggest emphasis on the studio experience. This is the cornerstone to our style of training. Right from the first day of classes, Recording Workshop students are in the control rooms learning their craft. Nothing beats pushing a fader, turning a knob and hearing what comes out the other end.

Beyond our primary goal of equipment operation, we have other key areas of learning. Being successful in the studio requires more than just knowing the right button to push. We assure that Recording Workshop students also understand smooth production workflow. And we help our students develop effective methods of dealing with the human factor in the studio. And ultimately, we nurture keen listening skills, fine-tuned to recognize technical and aesthetic concerns.

There is even more we pass on to our students. Our lecture series presents the big landscape of audio engineering beyond the recording process. And a sizable chunk of lecture time is spent on an overview of the music business, delving into such topics as studio management, record label and music publishing deals, copyright procedures, artist management and more.

The Recording Workshop curriculum is designed to accommodate students from a wide variety of backgrounds – musicians or non-musicians, those who already own a project studio or those who have never been in a studio, younger students just out of high school or someone with a touch of grey seeking a change in life. The Recording Workshop is ready to help anyone with a sincere desire and dedication to learn.