Ex’pression College for Digital Arts
Congratulations, classes 42 & 43! As Ex'pression Alumni you now belong to a network of over 1,100 professionals working in gaming, animation, design, audio engineering and various other related fields. You will receive a monthly alumni newsletter which includes featured student profiles, Insider Day information and periodic invitations to events. Please be sure to keep in touch! If you have comments or suggestions, email Alumni Profile Immediately after graduating Ex'pression, Ryan got an internship in Northern California for a promotion and production company called Nuthouse Productions. Ryan had the hip-hop bug and it was not long before he began doing his own valuable research. Ryan compiled a list of Los Angeles studios that specialized in hip-hop and contacted them all. He was turned down everywhere, but kept pushing. After several conversations with one studio manager, he was invited to interview at Encore Studios in Los Angeles. “I basically bugged him in to hiring me,” says Ryan of the former owner. He worked there for a couple years, starting at the bottom. As Ryan says, “I was just really persistent and willing to do anything, starting with janitorial work.”
Ryan’s foundation from Ex'pression has served him well, he is quite flexible in all aspects of the studio environment. A bulk of his work is in programming, although he also engineers and produces. “I work with Pro Tools totally differently now, four years later, but the framework came from Ex’pression,” says Ryan. Also, the work ethic, being willing to work any time, day or night, a schedule Ryan became comfortable with all the demanding time in school. What is Ryan looking forward to right now? “I am getting ready to move in to my first condo. I think, look what music bought me!” Subscribe or unsubscribe from the alumni newsletter at any time by visiting the following link: |