The Sound Issue 2016 Audio Education Focus: The Grove Studios

Company: The Grove Studios

Answered by: Scott Horscroft, Director and Head Producer

What makes your audio course stand out from the rest? Our students get to learn in a real working studio, on state of the art facilities with industry leading lecturers and guest lecturers showing them how a real studios works.

What kind of gear will students be learning on? The students have access to our SSL console as well as an array of outboard gear and microphones that are highly sought after. There are four working studios to use.

What software do you teach with? We teach with the latest Pro Tools software and each student has the latest Mac platform and software to learn on.

Who are the lecturers the students will be working with and what are their backgrounds? Our lecturers are all still very involved in the music industry, as engineers, producers, musicians and writers. They all have extensive knowledge of the music industry and the skills and tools required to work. They teach real world skills.

When every phone has an app for making music, why should students pursue an audio course? There are far too many things that cannot be done on an app! It's extremely important to learn how music is really made and extremely fun! Working in a studio is great.

What kind of career paths can students expect after doing your course? There are so many options for students, they can aspire to become audio engineers, producers, studios managers, live sound engineers, music event planners, mixing engineers, mastering engineers. The list goes on!

What is your hot tip for students who want to get into the world of audio? Just throw yourself into it. Commit and learn, learn, learn. You will get the dream job you want if you go for it with the right attitude!