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Recording Institute of Detroit
students have
gone on to become the movers and shakers in the music business in
our leg of the woods. Motorcity breakout stars of Kid Rock, Emenem, Uncle Kracker, and The Insane Clown Posse all have one thing
in common: They all have extensively worked with successful RID
graduates as their engineers, producers and/or co-songwriters on the
product that established them as stars.
As an instructor, I try to get my
students in their first professional step in the music business and
set up to progress towards a successful career in the industry.
We do what we can, 9 - 10 students at a time.
For over two decades RID has had as
many students as it wanted to handle (with a capacity of only 130
students a year). After much reflection RID has opened up a
day program with the first 7 students finishing their 13 week
Associate Recording Engineer / Producer Program at the school.
Students start graduating December 16. Five of the students will be
going on to achieve their Music Producer Program certificate by
April.
Four of the students worked with our
intern Brannon, to write, produce and record a tune as a class
project. The result is nothing less than super-impressive.
In our January issue I will tell the full story - but here's a
snapshot of their results.
1. The students produced a rap
tune, "Coming Home In A Box" performed (rapped) by two of the group.
Yesterday, the group adopted an operating name of Delta One Squadron. This name has yet to clear so it's a suggested name for
right now. Here's a composite picture of our group, minus KC (who
was absent on the day we took the picture).
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Delta One Squadron - An
RID Class Project |
2. Developing Artist
Productions offered the group release
of the tune, Coming Home In A Box, as a cut in DAP's January
2004 release. The tune is a derivative work based
on the story, "Coming Back From 911." The students got a boost
when world renowned percussionist, Muruga Booker produced a hip-hop
with the students based around his "Dodecahedrum" production method
that he had shown them in a seminar lecture. The details
of the deal were hashed out in a class business meeting today.
3. Tomorrow the students have
a photo opportunity when they submit the production to In The Black
Productions for possible inclusion in the Coming Back From 911
film's soundtrack release (that should be out mid-2005).
Harold Bowles of ITB will be on hand to meet the group, take photos
and discuss the marketing and promotion of music used of music in
film projects.
So my latest graduates are well on their
way to getting their feet in the doors of the industry even before
they complete their full music producer program.
Bob
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