Robert Hill
SHORT REVIEW: I’m working on a project now. Every few seconds my brain goes Steve showed me that / Jason showed me that / Ryan showed me that / Connor showed me that / Mario showed me that / Eric showed me that. LONG REVIEW: I started at Pyramind during lockdown and the staff bent over backwards to make the experience engaging, enriching, and effective. Fortunately, we were on-site for my final term and things got even better. I'd been studying music and experimenting with software for years, using a trial-and-error approach before I found the Pyramind program. I now know that, on my own, I never would have been able to: 1) select the right equipment and software for the task at hand; 2) understand digital & analog signaling, and how sound works in our atmosphere; 3) learn the vocabulary of sound engineering; 4) hear, I mean really HEAR compression and know what that means; 5) experiment with genres in an intentional way; 6) get curious about my own goals and see how they might be monetized in the future; 7) learn from other students' creative processes, hearing new things through their ears; 8) get unstuck from using only one DAW; 9) learn how to ask better questions, observing (and sometimes breaking free from) my own listening habits; 10) appreciate & patiently work with my own tunes, knowing when to ask for help in the process. I've said to friends, family, and colleagues, choosing Pyramind was one of the best moves I've made for myself. My wish is that everyone has a chance to benefit from mentorship of this kind, whatever their pursuit.