School was a huge bust. Therefore I decided to graduate.
I went back to Northwestern University with the impression that I would finish my writings and papers, wrap things up, and take some really compelling classes. What I came back to was none of these things; the classes I wanted to take: Mixology, Sound Design for Media, ASL lessons, and Post Production Audio, were not offered this quarter. Over the course of the first week I had these constant feelings of “I do not belong here” and “I’m really unhappy,” so I did the only thing that seemed viable to me: waved two distro classes required to graduate and be done.
…and I’ve never been happier. I have my future all planned out for the year. In January I’m going a sound design school called Pyramind Studios located in San Francisco. I had a tour there just yesterday and I was pretty sold upon walking in the place…it was absolutely stunning, quite literally a sound dev’s dream:
Not only will I get the real learning skill sets of multiple DAW systems, I will learn how to mix/master and record all of my projects, compose and create new music across multiple genres, and learn interactive media sound implementation (THAT’S VIDEO GAMES, PEOPLE!). I’m really really excited, finding something you are passionate about and investing on it is probably the single greatest thing ever.
It’s simple advice, but ohhhh lordy does it go far. More projects will be posted upon creation, updates to follow.
Typing this with a huge smile on my face,
~MJ