Dear Mush (can I call you Mush?)

I usually don't answer to such posting, for many reasons - one of which is out of loyalty to those who make a living out of teaching music. I suspect that many of my friends in this forum have chosen to do the same.


Nevertheless - and forgive me for saying that - there was something in your naive approach that made me think that perhaps this time I should reply.

I'm surprised, not to say shocked, that when a 28 years old guy, with no experience whatsoever steps into one of those colleges he is being offered an expensive cubase courses.

Those are rough times - for you and for music colleges as well - and I think it is really not responsible to spend sooo much money on something that you even don't know you want to do.

A cubase course will NOT make your an electronic musician, or a musician of any sort. That is not to say that you can't make it - but it does mean that it would take A LOT, much more than any 3-month course, to be one.

My suggestion to you is to buy Cubase (if that indeed is what you need) and start exploring it like crazy. There is a manual, and a lot of material on-line (including here), and even a book in Hebrew, if I remember correctly. Also - buy a keyboard and start learning how to play - again - there is a lot of stuff online. Much of what we learn we learn by ourselves - if the advisers at any school forgot to mention that to you then something does not smell that good to me.

I've been in musical programs for almost 10 years now. I believe in the "system", but you have to be able to sit many many hours by yourself and study. After a year or so, if you think that you are capable and interested in taking a course or register for an entire semester - I'm sure you could learn a lot.

Best,

Yoni