Friday, May 9, 2008

So you want to learn how to be a DJ

It may sound threatening, but if this is your life dream, it may not be as hard as you think. And sure you can study this in schools, but the reality is that real life situations and mentoring is so much better. There is a 13 part course that includes a written curriculum along with training guides. The hands-on lab drills are performed in an actual radio station in the student’s local area. So if you want to learn how to be a DJ, the right place just may be the Entertainment Career Connection mentor program.

Radio Connection graduate Howard Parker got his first job through the Entertainment Career Connection and today he makes millions of dollars. His job? He does movie trailer voice-overs.

Parker said, “During my course at Radio Connection in Philadelphia, I learned about everything in the radio business from news to on air production, commercial making, computers and even satellites. Real on-the-job experience allowed me to get a job in less than two weeks after graduation.”

The radio broadcast teachers are comprised of a real on-air personality or program director. Radio professionals are mentors who know how to succeed in the highly competitive broadcasting industry. These industry experts share knowledge and experience and provide training a really practical way, so students learn in a real station, under real life working conditions, being trained one-on-one by a working professional. The mentor faculty proactively teaches both professional and technical skills, which helps to bridge the gap between the workplace and academia.

Finding a good school is not only about which school will provide an education that the industry will take seriously, costs also play into the formula. Colleges and universities have formulas that they use, so applicants are charged by the credit hour, by clock hour, or by semester. With fees, books and supplies, it can add up. Entertainment Career Connection schools start as low as $4,450, so the training is affordable, especially when a job is just around the corner.

An associate member of the National Broadcasters Association (NAB), The American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (AFTRA), The Entertainment Career Connection is also a member of the Society for Professional Audio Recording Services (SPARS).

With more than 72 percent of its graduates are placed in jobs, the Entertainment Career Connection provides educational apprentice programs for the entertainment arts including the film and TV, and music recording industries. Over the last 24 years more than 6,000 students have graduated from the Entertainment Career Connection programs.

Friday, May 2, 2008

Economic Trends: Go to Los Angeles Film School - the Entertainment-Connection

During these days where many students are weathering the economic storms, the good news today is that this blog will focus on tips for anyone who is interested in becoming a film director, sportscaster, DJ, radio announcer, and also anyone who wants to learn to be a recording engineer, music engineer, or basically anyone who is interested in film schools, radio schools, and recording schools.

The Entertainment Career Connection was founded in 1984 and provides educational apprentice programs for the film, radio, television and the music recording industries. The company has successfully placed graduates into their dream careers in the U.S. and Canada. Plus it is a fully accredited academic institution certified by the National Private Schools Accreditation Alliance with mentor programs in more than 100 U.S. cities in all fifty states.

With a reputation for having the finest radio school, music production and film making schools in the entertainment media industry, unlike any other school, students learn from successful mentors in real life career situations including on real film sets and in active radio shows at actual radio stations as opposed to simulated classrooms where the pressures of client interaction and real deadlines do not exist. Applicants are firstscreened and then re-screened by the very mentors who will teach them.

But here's the best news ... Entertainment Career Connection’s programs can be completed in approximately half the time of degrees obtained from other schools. No experience is required and students can start any time, as opposed to specific semesters, or they can take classes part time during night or weekend sessions, training around a current job.

According to an annual study from PricewaterhouseCoopers, by 2010, the global entertainment and media is projected to expand into a $1.83 trillion industry in 2010, up from an estimated $1.33 trillion in 2005, making for a compound annual growth rate of 6.6 percent. lots of room for jobs here!

Tuition Cost Comparisons (Sources reviewed Oct. 2006) today prove that it is more about which school will provide an education that the industry will take seriously and the reputation of the school. Traditional film schools cost from $20,000 to $140,000, while an Entertainment Connection school starts as low as $4,450.

"If you want to learn to write screenplays don’t go to a regular college and take courses from an instructor who is not making their living in Hollywood. Film Connection Screenwriting School hooks you up with a real screenwriter so you can learn the craft from someone like me while we work on your screenplay," said Christian Darren, Screenwriter and Mentor, Surf’s Up.