Designing & Operating a Home Studio
(Certificate)

This course shows you the perfect next-step for aspiring producers/engineers: how to create a project studio that will succeed and grow. You will learn to identify and meet the many challenges of designing, equipping, marketing, managing, and operating a small yet professional audio recording / music production studio. You will find out how to achieve both business growth and creative impact by studying the success stories of other studio entrepreneurs.

Students will assess prospective locations and sites for studio build-out. They will learn the specific, unique construction requirements for audio recording studios. They will develop marketing strategies, and learn about equipment selection, floor plans, et cetera based on self-generated criteria for providing custom audio recording services in a number of areas within the audio recording industry (music recording, audio post, etc.). An introduction to small business management ...