Musicians Institute - School Of Contemporary Music

Unlike most music schools or music programs at major universities, Musicians Institute - Contemporary Music College provides its students with a concentration in what most schools can not do. The thing is contemporary music, every day, all the time. There are no elective courses in other subjects, and there is no history lesson that goes back to the era of Baroque and Renaissance. If you are a student at the Musicians Institute, you have to learn from teachers and professionals who have worked and played in the modern world of music.

Musicians Institute takes students at all levels, whether you are a beginner with little practice time or a student who has played often, and make them a first class musician. Of course, students must take a long time and that time is put to work in private sessions, group meetings, class time and real live performances. If they put in time, students will find themselves unable to compete with the musicians and technicians of all levels worldwide.

The history of the school began with Guitar Institute of Technology in 1977, founded by a man named Pat Hicks, who provided the funding. At that time, the concentration was music for solo guitar and guitar players. Eventually, he grew the Musicians Institute when Hicks and co-founder Howard Roberts has decided to extend full service after school, have created the Bass Institute of Technology in 1978 and the Percussion Institute of Technology in 1980. Expanding the vision of the school of all the music, were able to add things such as engineering, songwriting, and audio technology and attract students from around the world. Being located in Hollywood does not hurt.

Today, the plant has a 60,000 square foot building principal and several other facilities. Which contains a concert hall with a stage 900 square feet can accommodate 500 people and two squares of space 1000 live performances that can be used for both performance and education. You never know when a room can hold from 40 to 50 guitarists and drummers to play at the same time, the same song, trying to keep pace for a period of instruction.

There are also several studies with small rooms for musicians to play while other students are learning the technology of mixing and music recording multi-channel analog and digital surround sound systems. Students also learn how to use the latest computer technology as it applies to the sound mix, including how you match audio for film and television productions.

Musicians Institute is located in the perfect spot for inviting professional musicians, some of them household names, stop to give clinics for students, as the two musical techniques and music business in general. Some of them are former students of the school, while others have worked with some of the biggest names in music. By going to this school, you will surely know if you have what it takes to become a professional musician.