Students who attended the small group of audio engineering schools in a tiny town in northeast Kansas never expected they would get to experience what it's like to be a Hollywood music producer.
(prHWY.com) October 11, 2012 - Seattle, WA -- Students who attended the small group of audio engineering schools in a tiny town in northeast Kansas never expected they would get to experience what it's like to be a Hollywood music producer. The school's curriculum teaches students everything they need to know about this line of work, but rarely offers any real hands-on training with the stars. That was until now.
A group of small town audio engineering schools in Kansas have been chosen by a group of Hollywood music producers to send 50 students to a three month, hands- on internship in Hollywood.
"We never thought we'd get to experience what it'd be like to be
an audio engineer for some of the top names in the music business", said Sam Thompson, a student at the audio engineering school. "We get hands-on training but it is mostly small town stuff. The local radio, the local TV stations, stuff like that. This... This is a chance of a lifetime."
The school was chosen based off of a recent contest that was held by several major Hollywood record labels. The record labels asked school administrators to create a video that highlighted the students' hard work, dedication and commitment to the audio engineering industry. The small group of Kansas audio engineering schools created a 15 minute video that showed the students having fun while learning.
"We didn't think much of the video", said Thompson. "Our school administrators are always doing something weird. It wasn't until they called a school wide assembly that we knew something big was about to be announced."
The school announced that it had won the internship and that fund raising would start immediately to gather enough funds to send all 50 students to the internship program.
"We don't have the funding to send everyone", said Tad Bomber, school administrator. "We will have enough if we run several fund raisers and contests. I'd hate to have to tell a student they couldn't go because we don't have the funding or money to send them. That would just be heartbreaking."
Students that attend this internship will get to work with musical recording artists from all types of musical categories. They will be working to help create tracks for CDs, live performances and other performance venues.
"I'm so excited", said Greg Blue, a student. "This is what I've dreamed of my whole life and now it is coming true. I am really amazed that something like this could happen to our small town."
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