Berklee also has online classes tought by the same staff as there campus.
It's a good option if you are far away from Boston.
Electronic music and school
I agree with both sides.
My son is in one of the UK's leading university computer music programs. As in many high-tech areas, such programs can't keep up with the accelerated pace of computer-related areas. (The same thing happens in my graphic design world.) Although they chug through Logic/Pro Tools, etc, they don't even use Live in the current curriculum! When I show him what I'm doing with Live (and no formal music education), he, too, is amazed they're not being taught Live at university.
Those who excel will perhaps not only have a formal education, but also the desire to push forward with their own education through experimentation, the internet, etc.
In my opinion, probably the best instructors are the part-time instructors who actually use the software to perform with outside of the educational sector. In my experience previously teaching Quark/Photoshop/Illustrator, etc, this especially applies to graphic design.
My son is in one of the UK's leading university computer music programs. As in many high-tech areas, such programs can't keep up with the accelerated pace of computer-related areas. (The same thing happens in my graphic design world.) Although they chug through Logic/Pro Tools, etc, they don't even use Live in the current curriculum! When I show him what I'm doing with Live (and no formal music education), he, too, is amazed they're not being taught Live at university.
Those who excel will perhaps not only have a formal education, but also the desire to push forward with their own education through experimentation, the internet, etc.
In my opinion, probably the best instructors are the part-time instructors who actually use the software to perform with outside of the educational sector. In my experience previously teaching Quark/Photoshop/Illustrator, etc, this especially applies to graphic design.