Program Recognition
•Bullet: Music Producing & Recording followed soon after the Los Angeles Music Academy, now Los Angeles College of Music, began with Drum, Bass and Guitar certificates in 1996; LACM is an official Avid Learning Partner offering professional certification in Pro Tools and Sibelius
Training
•Bullet: The Associate of Arts in Music Producing & Recording is a six-quarter, 90-credit degree; its department outcomes cover recording studio technique on analog and digital equipment with an emphasis on Pro Tools, producer leadership of sessions from conception to completion, and basic performance proficiency on keyboard, drums, guitar and bass guitar
•Bullet: The pacing runs Pro Tools 101, 110, 201 and 210, Sound and Signals, Microphone Technology & Technique, Engineering for Producers 1 and 2, MIDI Production 1 and 2, Performance Editing, Vocals for Producers, Producing Other People 1 and 2 and Fundamentals of Audio Mixing 1
•Bullet: The degree ends with an AA Project in which each candidate presents a 2-song body of work to a panel of faculty in a recording studio setting
•Bullet: Faculty listed for the program include Mark Browne, Andre Knecht, Andrew Murdock, Erik Kapernick, Matt Piper, Troy Wallace, Jordan Colley, Sam Wells, Greg Kupka and Tommy Pedrini
Professional Development
•Bullet: Careers named on the program page include producing, engineering, live sound, studio design, studio technician and road manager
Facilities
•Bullet: The Garage Recording Studio on the North Campus has an Atmos 7.1.4 surround monitoring system, an Avid S4 console and a Wolff Audio analog mixing desk
