Category: Recording Arts School

How to Make Money offering Music Services

Home studios have obviously sprung up like dandelions with the accessibility of affordable and high quality gear.  So have musicians recording in their closets and basements.  So why aren’t you capitalizing off of it?  You can make money offering music services that these home recording musicians can’t do themselves. What you offer is up to […]

DHI Graduate a Finalist in CMT’s Listeners’ Choice Awards

Recent DHI Grad Clinton Zehr and his writing partner Meaghan Campbell are one of ten finalists in the CMT Listeners’ Choice Awards.  Out of over 2,000 submissions we are excited for Clinton and Meaghan, but they need your help!  You can help them win by going to the Contest’s Website or click on the image above and vote […]

The times (and Website).. they are a changing

At Dark Horse Institute and Recording we are always looking for ways to improve our business, brand and overall presence.  Because of this we are starting our spring cleaning early! Over the next few weeks you will see things changing and moving around.  We have some great plans for our website and online presence.  In […]

The Ultimate Guide to Auto-tune

Auto-Tune is designed to help pitch correct vocals and instruments.  Its main purpose is for pitch correction on vocal tracks.  It can save a lot of time, but it can also degrade the sound quality of a track if not used carefully.  It is not effective on stereo instruments or polyphonic material.  There is a […]

New Year, New Career

We’ll it’s officially 2014!  It’s time for us to reevaluate everything from diet, to spending habits to our futures.  Where you can end up in a year can be incredible!  Opportunity knocks everywhere, sometimes you just have to answer the door! One thing we pride ourselves in is the concise, hands on and most importantly […]

Film and TV in Nashville: Filming locations for ABC’s Nashville

Nashville has been in the National spotlight showing off it’s beauty and charm in ABC’s “Nashville”.  The show is filmed almost entirely in the Music City in many famous and not so famous landmarks.  If you are a fan of the TV show you can’t miss out on visiting these spots!  Every Wednesday is like […]

Dark Horse Institute Alumni Interview: Tony Bostic

Hey Everyone!   I interviewed DHI’s very own Tony Bostic to get an alumni perspective on the success, struggles, and lessons learned during the decision making process of taking the plunge and diving in head first into the music business.  Danielle: At what age did you make a decision to pursue a career in the music industry?  […]

Feeding the Passion to Succeed in the Music Industry

Danielle’s Story I’ve been thinking a lot about how amazing it is to know the hundreds of thousands of stories living in this town, hungry and thirsty for one simple thing: To succeed in the music industry.  At 25 years old, I have graduated from college with a degree that I can’t say that I necessarily […]

Reflections of a Dark Horse Institute Student

On November 15, 2013 I graduated from Dark Horse Institute with a certificate of completion in Audio Engineering/Music Production.  It was a remarkable day and held such high significance for students, friends, and family.  My personal testimony of the past 14 weeks holds nothing less than incredible feelings of accomplishment and gratefulness. DHI has given […]

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