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If you think music school will instruct you to play the tuba, think again. The Austin music schools being named here will be talking about the art of producing music. Music production pertains to the actual recording of music to a record album, tape, of compact disc. This is done through either analog or digital means.There are different ways you can study this field. You can go to a state university or a community college. You can be attending a specialized school teaching students the skills they will need to be a producer in the field of music in a smaller and more intimate setting. You can even to to learn some of the techniques by going online. (Although for this type of learning, being online would be somewhat limiting.)The Recording Conservatory of Austin is one of the available schools to learn about being a music producer. There you can be going to a class in Advanced Music Production. At TCROA, you will not only be allowed but be encouraged to be seeking out music artists wishing to be recorded. Through a mentor/apprentice type program, your mentor will help you learn by doing. The best way to study any skill ... [more..]

Audio books were originally created in 1932 by the American Foundation to the Blind for one main purpose: as a learning tool for the disabled. At this point in time, a record player was used to record the audio books. It wasn't until 1952 that the first compact audio cassette was released by Caedmon, the first commercial publisher of audio cassettes.It was a collection of short stories and poems entitled A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems; it was both written and read by Dylan Thomas. While the original intent of audio books was merely to provide a learning tool for the blind, they have come to serve so many more purposes in today's society. Audio books have so many advantages--using audio tapes can benefit just about everyone.The Making of Audio Books--A New IndustryThe need for audio cassette books has created a new, profitable industry. In 2002, the audio book industry was estimated to be valued at two billion dollars. The growth rate from 1996 to 2002 was forty-one percent.Currently, there are approximately 25,000 titles on audio cassette, CD, or that can be downloaded off of the internet. The need for audio cassette books has provided a slew of ... [more..]