At Dark Horse Institute, we believe that the best kind of audio engineer training is real world experience – making real records, using real gear. Our students have personal access to Pro Tools labs, 4 large format studios (with SSL, Trident, and C24 consoles), and free studio time at Dark Horse Recording. But sometimes, even […]
Paul Rossetti Graduation Date: November 2012 Music Industry Credits: For King and Country, MercyMe, Rush Of Fools, Phil Stacey, Jason Ingram, Ian Eskelin and David Garcia Full Bio: After graduating from Dark Horse Institute in November of 2012, Paul began pouring his heart and soul into the recording arts at Dark Horse Recording. Over the course of the […]
Two weeks ago U2 and Apple did something that upset a lot of people. If you did not hear about this I’ll give you a refresher. U2 placed it’s new album Songs of Innocence on 500 Million Apple iCloud accounts. By doing this all of the accounts had the ability to download the album completely free onto their devices. […]
DHI’s Battle of the Bands will pit 64 bands in a head to head, bracket style competition that lets the fans decide the winner. The top 64 bands will be separated into 4 divisional brackets. Each band will face 1 band a week. The band that receives the most votes in their division bracket will […]
As a computer musician, I tend to work in a composers mindset more than a performer. I tweak, create and manipulate pieces as I go. Sometimes mixing on the fly to capture a certain sound I like. The problem with this is I tend to move really fast. Moving fast leaves holes and is a […]
One comment we always get when we first walk people through Dark Horse Recording is the fact that there are so many windows, over 140 of them to be exact. Most people are concerned with the acoustics and bouncing sound waves. It’s a very valid concern, however there are always ways around it. So many […]
There were days when the only way you could record a guitar track was with a microphone, tape recorder and a really quiet room. This has changed. The new Apogee JAM 96k Guitar Audio Interface has made it possible for you you carry your audio interface along with you in your pocket. What’s best is […]
For the past month and a half we have been accepting submissions for our Nashville Dream Recording Contest. The contest asks entrants to create or submit a video and then help their video get the most votes. The top 3 videos with the most votes and one wild card selected by Dark Horse will move […]
We get this question a lot. We haven’t posted it before because we feel that every job and gig is just as important as the next. Likewise, we also do not treat a Grammy or even Emmy winning acts any different than an independent artist. But since we have been asked , we decided to share […]
It’s been over 50 years since the Beatles made their debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. Opinions vary with each subsequent generation over the significance of their influence, from “The Beatles are the greatest band in history!” to “The Beatles are terrible, I don’t care about them.” Usually the latter is due a generational gap, […]
