Finnish guys - a little help please?

[Headof75]

Hey guys,

A message to the finnish members out there.
Have any of you studied audio production in Finland, and if so where and at what level?

I'm in the UK but the wife is Finnish and our kids have dual nationality. We'd like to emigrate and I've been trying to find out more about audio production courses at bachelor's degree level, but struggling to find anything that fit's the bill.

Any suggestions/wisdom greatly appreciated.

 

[vespiz]

Lots of places, but note that there's some pressure on cutting down the number of attendees and starting places..

I studied here: Orimattila-instituutti. Damn awesome place; good gear, good rooms, great teachers.
It's what we call 2nd level-education here.

I know some guys here studied at TAMK (Virrat)
But as I understood it, they divide the studies between music tech and business education. It's higher up in level than where I studied. Could be bachelor's degree, I really don't know if they're comparable?

If I had to choose now, I'd still go to Orimattila. And the guy who runs the audio side at TAMK pretty much told me that I'd have absolutely no advantage if I'd continue on to TAMK, unless I wanted to study the business side.. :Spin: This was a few years back, so maybe it's changed? (I doubt it!)

Sorry, the links are in Finnish..

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Likewise, I got a 2nd level degree here: http://www.pkky.fi/Resource.phx/pkky/amo/outokumpu/index.htx

Think long and hard whether it'll be beneficial to you. If you genuinely enjoy studying (eg. living from hand to mouth ) or you're a total beginner, it might be the right choice. Otherwise, you might quickly get frustrated.

 

[Headof75]

Thanks for the good advice and links guys.

@Jarkko - it's a difficult one really. I've actually got an honours degree from University of York in "Creative Music Technology with Music". Graduated 2000 and have worked in the music industry before, but have got HUGE holes in my knowledge. The course I did was very much 'creative' and not much 'technology' - had never miked up a guitar cab for instance until a couple of years ago and got crap results when i did lol. Have also never used Pro-Tools. I was thinking about coming to Finland to do a masters at Jyvaskyla in order to go into lecturing but just don't feel comfortable trying to do that without a stronger technical grounding... Looked at courses at SAE here in the UK. They want nearly £20000 for a two year course. Will have to think about it.

 

[vespiz]

If you just want to add to your knowledge, there are short courses available here and there, in schools, private studios, community college, etc.
Nothing beats a thorough and properly planned education, though.*




*Except experience, of course.