It's about eight (8) hours total of content, broken down into easily digestible lessons.  This course is organized into 3 modules, with each module containing multiple video lessons within it.  You can go at your own pace and your progress will be tracked along the way; making it easy to pick up exactly wherever you left off.

We assume that you are interested in recording music and have some basic tools, but don't necessarily have access to a world class studio or specialized and rare audio equipment.  While the setting for the course is a professional studio, we make it a point to present the information so that anyone with a laptop, a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) like ProTools, a basic audio interface, and a microphone can recreate everything that is done in this course.  If you don't own any gear at all the course is still a way you can learn core concepts and begin your journey in audio engineering.

We know the ones you are talking about.  We've even bought their courses to compare. Our goal was to provide higher quality learning, with a lot of detail, at a much more affordable price.  Our mission at Inside Blackbird is to share the craft of making music with a broad audience and pass the love of this art on to others who share the same passion.  It's that simple.

Inside Blackbird is separate website that offers a monthly subscription service with individual episodes exploring all aspects of Producing, Engineering, Mixing, and Performing. We even cover the live production side of the concert business. It's MasterClass for music.  What's different here is this is a single course focused in one area; in this case dedicated to learning the fundamentals of how to capture high quality audio for your music projects.  The level of detail we go into in this course, the hours of content provided, and the nature of compensating the creators involved require us to offer courses in a different presentation package and price point.  We'd love you to subscribe to ww.InsideBlackbird.com to learn all sorts of other things related to music production there .  But this course is a completely stand-alone experience.

We're called "Inside Blackbird" because we are an educational video team that is based inside the world famous Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.  Founded by legendary sound engineer John McBride and his country superstar wife, Martina McBride, in 2002, Blackbird Studio is known for its state-of-the-art production facilities and unparalleled collection of vintage and modern recording equipment.  Because of this, it has been a creative home to many of the top artists, producers, and engineers who have recorded some of the most successful and classic albums of all time.