Recording Industry Management

The Recording Industry Management program at Volunteer State Community College gives students a solid background in audio recording techniques. Students learn fundamentals of audio, acoustics, and recording. They can take that theory into studio courses where they record bands and other musical groups. Advanced students have the opportunity to participate in internships with studios such as Blackbird Studio, Starstruck Studios, and Soundstage Studios.

Vol State’s recording studio has up-to-date equipment such as Vintech, API, and GML microphone preamps, GML, Tube Tech, and DBX Compressors, and microphones from Neumann, Korby, Audio-Technica, Equation Audio, Shure, and Sennheiser. Students will learn the basics of both Digidesign’s ProTools and Yamaha/Steinberg’s Cubase, software packages. Vol State is also a certified Pro-Tools Training Site.

The Recording Industry Management program prepares students to be competitive candidates for application to the recording program at Middle Tennessee State University. The program has also successfully placed students in the recording program at Belmont University.

General Business Management with an Emphasis in Commercial Music

For students who are interested in the publishing and/or business side of the music industry, VSCC offers the A.A.S. in General Business Management with a concentration in commercial music. This non-transfer degree is for the student who wants to explore talent management, publishing, songwriting, or marketing for the record industry.