Dubspot online training/ courses - good or bad?

[Bunford]

Don't forget



I have learnt sooooo much from both the blog and the forum!

Ditto. But seeing that the thread is on DJTechtools, I kind of took that as he is already aware of the site and forum and didn;t feel theneed to point it out

[fullenglishpint]

Ditto. But seeing that the thread is on DJTechtools, I kind of took that as he is already aware of the site and forum and didn;t feel theneed to point it out

I just felt it was worth pointing out that having read the Dubspot course curriculum, I've learnt a lot of that here and more without paying a penny. And had a bloody good laugh while I'm at it!

[yianno]

Yea you might be right but i am having a real good time @ dubspot but having second thoughts in doing the Logic Course as its just sooo much money. I did some work for apple which gave me a free account @ macprovideo.com as one of the perks its quite cool some really good tutorials on there.

[rayner]

big fan of this reading this forum but havent posted before. wanna throw my 2 pennys worth in here though as ive just done the ableton live dj/performance course at point blank. yianno gives them a bit of a slating but i really enjoyed it. the tutor freddy is a crazy french dude.. funny as fuck.. he has a slightly odd taste in music (gabba, clowncore etc (look it up!!)) but his passion for the software and depth of knowleedge shines through. like lots of you i was sceptical of spending a fair chunk of money for an online course but having that structure and consistency of teaching meant i learnt so much in just 4 weeks. now i can spend my time fine tuning my workflow and trying to get gigs.. dipping back into the tuts when i fancy. in terms of feedback each week you upload your project incorporating the techniques covered that week and freddy records a feedback video tweaking elements and giving creative suggestions. theres also a private forum where he responds to questions within 24hrs and a weekly webchat with him and your classmates. like i said, for me it was worth the money cos i wanted to nail down the foundations quickly and i need structure when learning so i dont get distracted which is so easy to do on youtube and forums! BIG UP freddy and pb

there are some free sample tuts from the coure on their youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF6DA9BD21F94114D

[PeterSkarzay]

I wanna know if the online lessons are livestreamed or packaged videos?

in terms of feedback each week you upload your project incorporating the techniques covered that week and freddy records a feedback video tweaking elements and giving creative suggestions. theres also a private forum where he responds to questions within 24hrs and a weekly webchat with him and your classmates

he just answered me

[yianno]

I wanna know if the online lessons are livestreamed or packaged videos?
he just answered me

There Packaged videos but you get alot more than you get on the youtube channels

One of the negatives i found with the training is that your feedback is mostly written not dvr which was done once every 4th class if i remember right but for the amount you pay i think were entitled to dvr responce on a weekley basis

[scamo]

What is a "dvr" response?

scamo

[yianno]

Digital Video Respnce it is your teacher going through your work and sending you a video back o him doing this

[Matt Shadetek]

hey guys,

I just saw this thread and figured I'd speak up. I'm Matt Shadetek, I created the Logic course for Dubspot Online and teach it. If anyone has any specific questions about the course feel free to hit me up here or on twitter, I'm @mattshadetek.

As to the people who question whether it's a good use of their time and money, it's a question that you really have to answer personally for yourself. Some people have the time and energy to figure things out the hard way and now with things like YouTube, forums like this, etc the hard way is a lot less hard.

Some people want to have things laid out in a step by step, accurate fashion by a person they can talk back to when they have a problem. For that group, we're here to help them. We get a wide range of people, some are established DJs who need to get their production skills to a pro level fast, some are hobbyists who haven't been making the progress they wanted to on their own.

I've been making music for about fourteen years and have released on some pretty well known (and less well known) labels, toured off my music and achieved a lot of my musical goals. I believe the Dubspot Online course is the best thing I can offer to help people avoid all the struggle and misery I had trying to figure out how to produce music. If that sounds like it might work for you, come check it out. It's not cheap, but it's also not crappy.

best,
M.

[DavidLeeChung]

Hi guys,

Iv just seen this thread as am doing research into schools. I was thinking of going to dubspot la but I heard that one of their instructors walked out of the class mid-session and said a bunch of stuff about how terrible the DS organiztion is. i don’t know what to think – does anyone know about this?

David