Good Afternoon,
This awesome store, is where I buy all my instruments, hardware, software, chords, and tons of other great musicals. This is one of my favorite places, I'm like a little kid at the amusement park when I walk into the guitar center.
http://www.guitarcenter.com/

Another cool thing about this post is that, every saturday , Guitar Center hosts a free recording class at 10 a.m, for Pro Tools 10. If you have a guitar center near you, I would take advantage of this free class. It will definitely get you started, and on your way to recording professional tracks in Pro Tools 10. All you have to do is pre-register online. Click the link below to read more and register.
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Recording-Made-Easy-g26448t0.gc

I recommend this to all music production students, and anyone who would like to get started on pro tools 10.

To locate a guitar center click here - http://stores.guitarcenter.com/stores/locations/
For more information, to register, and get started click here-
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Recording-Made-Easy-g26448t0.gc

I will also register soon and take advantage of the free classes, because protools 10 is one of the programs I will have to learn for my course. I will also follow up to let you all know how helpful the class will be. I also invite anyone that attends any of the classes, to come back and share your fresh absorbed knowledge with our group.

Thanks for reading,
Cliff

Update, I do't know how much longer Guitar center is hosting the pro tools 10 classes on Saturdays, or if it is still available, but I'm pretty sure they have some type of free resource going on every week, Guitar Center is just a great place for any musician to be, purchase, or even just to hang out an test everything you want. I remember before I had everything I needed, i used to go there, just to make my music, and anything I made, i would make sure I saved it on whatever necessary memory card or etc, that I needed.

Greetings,
One thing that's good to have, that would be great to obtain taking MPBS, is becoming officially certified for Pro Tools 10, and Logic Pro 9. It would be great If Full Sail added that to our Degree.
I'm providing a link to avid where you can inquire about getting certified. I will also come back with the link for Logic Pro 9, another thing I know is, that it's going to be costly for those as well. Being said, this's one good reason to set yourself aside from every other producer out there, achieving that may land you that major position everyone wants, without having the certification.
http://apps.avid.com/Get-trained/ click on this link to find out more.
Respectfully,
Cliff

You can get certified for pro tools through Full Sail, but that's available for Campus students only. You can also get certified if your an online student, but you have to make arrangements to get your certifications at the campus itself, which will probably cost extra. Don't feel left out though, you can still get certified, just about every state has many official certification programs for both Pro tools and Logic Pro, just google your way to those links is all you have to really do, but make sure your finding reliable official resources. P.e.a.c.e

I will also post contact numbers and emails to major record labels and their A&R's from time to time. One I will give you now just to get things started is the number to Island Records/Def Jam Music Group and the A&R contact.
The phone number to def jam is 12123338000 , web url is http://www.islanddefjam.com , and the contact for the A&R is steve.bartels@umusic.com. Information like this's great for when your ready to showcase, and submit your demo. I get my information from being a member of musicians atlas http://www.musiciansatlas.com/, and I also get information like this out of the Mix Magazine http://mixonline.com/ . I also physically know where these buildings are located in NYC. I'm originally from Radio City.

Parlophone (EMD)
www.parlophone.co.uk
27 Wrights Lane
London, W8 5SW, England
44-207-795-7000.

Patriot/Interscope (Ryan Tedder's label)
www.patriotrecords.com
1223 Wilshire Blvd., #1775
Santa Monica, CA 90403
310-926-8770.

Peak (smooth jazz/urban/AC)
www.peakrecords.com
100 N. Crescent Drive, # 275
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-385-4040. Fax: 310-385-4050.

Polydor (UNI)
www.polydor.co.uk
364-366 Kensington High St.
London, England W14 8NS
44-207-471-5400. Fax: 44-207-471-5349.

Provident Music Group (SONY; Christian/Gospel)
www.providentmusicgroup.com
741 Cool Springs Blvd.
Franklin, TN 37067
615-261-6500.

Q Division
www.qdivision.com
363 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02144
617-625-9900.

Razor & Tie (SONY)
www.razorandtie.com
214 Sullivan St., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-473-9173. Fax: 212-473-9174.



RCA (SONY)
www.rcarecords.com
550 Madison Ave. 11th floor
New York, NY 10022
212-833-8000.

9 Derry St., 4th Floor
London, W8 5HY, England
44-207-361-8000.

Redzone Entertaiment (IND; Tricky Stewart's label)
www.redzoneentertainment.com
1410 Hills Place
Atlanta, GA 30318
404-585-0771.

Roadrunner (WEA)
www.roadrunnerrecords.com
902 Broadway, 8th floor.
New York, NY 10010
212-274-7500. Fax: 212-505-7392.

Robbins Entertainment (SONY)
www.robbinsent.com
35 Worth St., 4th floor
New York, NY 10003
212-675-4321.

Roc Nation (SONY; Jay-Z's label)
www.rocnation.com
1411 Broadway, 38th floor
New York, NY 10018
646-666-9533.

Rounder (UNI)
www.rounder.com
1 Rounder Way
Burlington, MA 01803
617-354-0700.

Ryko (IND)
www.rykodisc.com
1290 Ave. Of The Americas, 23th Floor
New York, NY, 10104
212-707-2864.

S-Curve (EMD)
www.s-curve.com
150 5th Ave., 5th floor
New York, NY 10011
212-786-8500.
Shady (UNI; Eminem's label)
151 Lafayette St., 6th floor
New York, NY 10013
212-324-2410. Fax: 212-324-2415.

Show Dog/Universal (UNI)
40 Music Square West
Nashville, TN 37203
615-259--5300.

Sire (WEA)
www.sirerecords.com
1290 Ave. Of The Americas, 23rd floor
New York, NY 10104
212-707-2000.

3300 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
818-953-3544.

So So Def (IND; Jermaine Dupri's label)
www.sosodef.com
1946 Briarwood Court
Atlanta, GA 30329
404-888-9900.

Sony Music Nashville (SONY; country division)
www.sonynashville.com
1400 18th Ave. South, 4th floor
Nashville, TN 37212
615-858-1300.

Sony/BMG Canada (SONY)
www.sonymusic.com
150 Ferrand Drive., # 300
Toronto, ON, M3C 3E5, Canada
416-589-3000.
Sony Music Latin (SONY)
www.sonybmglatin.com
3390 Mary St., #220
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
615-858-1300.

Star Trak Entertainment (UNI; the Neptunes' label)
www.startrakmusic.com
825 8th Ave., 29th floor
New York, NY 10019
212-603-7850.

Stroudavarious (SONY; country label)
www.stroudavarious.com
29 Music Square East
Nashville, TN 37203
615-321-8909.

Sub Pop
www.subpop.com
2013 4th Ave.
Seattle, WA, 98121
206-441-8441. Fax: 206-441-8245.

SYCO (SONY; Simon Cowell's label)
9 Derry St., 4th floor
London, W8 5DA, England
44-207-361-8000.

9830 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA, 90212
310-272-2100.

Team Love (IND; Conor Oberst's label)
www.team-love.com
151 1st Ave., #115
New York, NY 10003
212-253-1119.

Tommy Boy (IND)
www.tommyboy.com
120 5th Ave, 7th Floor
New York, NY, 10011
212-388-8300.

Universal/Republic (UNI)
www.universalrepublic.com
1755 Broadway, 8th floor
New York, NY 10019
212-841-5100.

Universal Nashville (UNI; country division)
www.umgnashville.com
401 Commerce St., #1100
Nashville, TN 37219
615-244-8944.

Universal Music Latin (UNI)
1425 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305-604-1300.

Universal U.K. (UNI)
www.universalmusic.co.uk
364-366 Kensington High St. 5th floor
London, W14 8NS England
44-207-471--5000.

Universal Canada (UNI)
www.universalcanada.com
2450 Victoria Park Ave., # 1
Toronto, ON, M2J 4A2, Canada
416-718-4000. Fax: 416-718-4224.

Like Pro Tools, online MPBS students, will have to find certification outside of Full Sail, unless they offer the certification through the campus programs.
http://training.apple.com/certification/proapps
click that link and near bottom of page you'll see where you can find official Logic Pro 9 certification.
Respectfully,
Cliff

http://training.apple.com/pdf/logic101.pdf course 1 Pdf.
http://training.apple.com/pdf/Logic9-exam-prep.pdf exam preparation guide pdf.
Those two links are for Logic 101 level 1
http://training.apple.com/pdf/logic301.pdf course 2 pdf.
http://training.apple.com/pdf/Logic9LvlTwo-exam-prep.pdf exam preparation guide pdf.
& the second set of links are for Logic 301 - level 2
Definitely research this.
At least we can learn for free, and prepare for free to get our Logic pro certification. If I find the free pdf.'s for pro tools, I will post them in the pro tools certification post.
Respectfully,
Cliff

Online Cd retailer. Promote and sell your own music.
http://www.mymusic.com
Respectfully,
Cliff

Want to get heard by; A&R reps, label presidents, music consultants, producers, and booking agents, seeking musical & songwriting talent from across the world. Explore Kings of A&R http://www.kingsofar.com
Respectfully,
Cliff

Here's another resource that I suggest you all do some research on.
http://www.bmi.com (Broadcast Music, Inc.)
Respectfully,
Cliff

Hello Group,
I found a good link on youtube, I believe can also help everyone out to create a podcast using garageband. There's several good tutorials.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+create+a+podcast+using+garageband&oq=how+to+create+a+podcast&gs_l=youtube.3.2.0l7.105719.119483.0.127199.27.13.2.12.13.0.114.746.12j1.13.0...0.0...1ac.9g4mlY7CQO0


Thanks for reading,
Cliff

I received the download files to Logic Pro 9 and Mainstage today, from FSU. Just giving a heads up to check your email, so you can download them.

I always use youtube for tutorials, here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3522D0D39810A3BC

Just to inform everyone , I am a power user of logic pro 9 , and will be able to help out the best I can, I also know where to direct you, when it comes to finding the best tutorials.
You will find helpful tutorials to logic pro 9 at this link -
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=logic+pro+9+tutorials&oq=logic+pro+9+tutorials&gs_l=youtube.3..0.923.14556.0.16475.23.16.1.6.6.0.92.1082.16.16.0...0.0...1ac.s7Ki3RFZudI

You can also find very helpful video tutorials for logic pro 9 at this link http://www.apple.com/logicpro/