Dr. Dre school of music and technology

[beats me]

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/11/05/iov ... on-school/

“We wanted to build a school that we feel is what the entertainment industry needs right now,” he says. “There’s a new kid in town, and he’s brought up on an iPad from one and a half years old. But the problem with some of the companies up north [in Silicon Valley] is that they really are culturally inept. I’ve been shocked at the different species in Northern and Southern California—we don’t even speak the same language. The kid who’s going to have an advantage in the entertainment industry today is the kid who speaks both languages: technology and liberal arts. That’s what this school is about."

Interesting, obvious jokes and potential for failure aside. As somebody who sometimes teeters on thinking I should pursue higher education (but fuck the cost) this sounds like something that I would find interesting, or at the very least wouldn't feel like I'm throwing in the towel on my creative side for something more traditional.

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[beats me]

how many credits is Compton 101 ?

4 street credits

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[starving student]

i don't think there is an online course, you have to come to Compton and find out.

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[starving student]

not malibu… Compton.

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[aisling]

Is Snoop a tenured professor at this institution? Are Beats mandatory? Does Raggedy Ann have cotton tits? What about that whiny white kid from Detroit, how is he involved?

[beats me]

So are we all in agreement that instead of learning about the music industry and technology we should continue to upload our tracks to soundcloud and go make some bitter stew while we wait for the adoration to come rolling in?

[TomViolenz]

So are we all in agreement that instead of learning about the music industry and technology we should continue to upload our tracks to soundcloud and go make some bitter stew while we wait for the adoration to come rolling in?

It's always hard to tell with you, if you want to have a real discussion in a thread you make or just want to goof off.

So assuming it's the former, what do you expect to learn in such a course that would change the fact that you are only uploading your tracks to soundcloud and are waiting for the adoration to come rolling in?!

You apparently know that this will not happen, so what could that course (that you pressumably will have to pay for!) teach you, that you don't already know, or at least could find out within a few hours using a search engine?!

[beats me]

So are we all in agreement that instead of learning about the music industry and technology we should continue to upload our tracks to soundcloud and go make some bitter stew while we wait for the adoration to come rolling in?

It's always hard to tell with you, if you want to have a real discussion in a thread you make or just want to goof off.

So assuming it's the former, what do you expect to learn in such a course that would change the fact that you are only uploading your tracks to soundcloud and are waiting for the adoration to come rolling in?!

You apparently know that this will not happen, so what could that course (that you pressumably will have to pay for!) teach you, that you don't already know, or at least could find out within a few hours using a search engine?!

Well if nothing else it could lead to connections and/or a career in something that’s a lot closer to my interests instead of the job I currently have that just pays the bills.

I like tech and live in the Silicon Valley but am not really attracted to that as a career. Something that blends tech with the music industry? I’m listening. The whole program is setup to get you a job at Apple or Beats, and honestly when Apple bought Beats they probably couldn’t care less about the headphones. It’s all about the music industry experience and ins. Shit, I just found out Trent Reznor is an Apple/Beats employee and he’s a big hero of mine.

What I find kind of upsetting is they are saying the music industry and tech industry don’t even speak the same language and they want to bridge that gap but are only offering the program in SoCal. Why not also offer it in the Silicon Valley? Maybe they will after they pilot it in the south, but I’m not moving down there for this. Would definitely explore it if it was up here.

[TomViolenz]

So are we all in agreement that instead of learning about the music industry and technology we should continue to upload our tracks to soundcloud and go make some bitter stew while we wait for the adoration to come rolling in?

It's always hard to tell with you, if you want to have a real discussion in a thread you make or just want to goof off.

So assuming it's the former, what do you expect to learn in such a course that would change the fact that you are only uploading your tracks to soundcloud and are waiting for the adoration to come rolling in?!

You apparently know that this will not happen, so what could that course (that you pressumably will have to pay for!) teach you, that you don't already know, or at least could find out within a few hours using a search engine?!

Well if nothing else it could lead to connections and/or a career in something that’s a lot closer to my interests instead of the job I currently have that just pays the bills.

I like tech and live in the Silicon Valley but am not really attracted to that as a career. Something that blends tech with the music industry? I’m listening. The whole program is setup to get you a job at Apple or Beats, and honestly when Apple bought Beats they probably couldn’t care less about the headphones. It’s all about the music industry experience and ins. Shit, I just found out Trent Reznor is an Apple/Beats employee and he’s a big hero of mine.

What I find kind of upsetting is they are saying the music industry and tech industry don’t even speak the same language and they want to bridge that gap but are only offering the program in SoCal. Why not also offer it in the Silicon Valley? Maybe they will after they pilot it in the south, but I’m not moving down there for this. Would definitely explore it if it was up here.

I think if that course would do something like getting you a foot in the door in these places it would be a.) very expensive, b.) very hard to get into c.) all of the above. And you're probably too old anyways. People over 35 are basically unemployable for any sort of real career nowadays.

Isn't the promising connections stick the business model of basically every MBA school out there?!

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[TomViolenz]

i could see the homework now
"class, if n.w.a. approached wu tang clan members and knocked out 3 of them, how many would still be standing?"

Not a Hip Hop guy myself, but weren't the Wu tangs like the hippies of rap?!