Victoria James Review of London Sound Academy
All in all the teachers are mostly experienced DJ ...
All in all the teachers are mostly experienced DJ s however the organisation per se lacks quite a few things. I feel it is righteous you know there is no lesson-planning. Usually the teachers do back-to-back lessons and will leave you practice alone every now and again to get get something to eat and/or toilet. Which is ok if done in between the 2 hour lesson as a break but is incredibly unprofessional and I felt I wasn t quite getting what I paid for.
They are all very welcoming at first but don t expect there is any organisation behind the lessons delivered. In fact, having completed all beginner, intermediate and advanced I was still being asked what my name was and having to reintroduce myself every time to every new teacher as I changed a few and was a bit frustrating when they kept asking me my favourite genres over again. Also having to repeat what you had done already in past lessons every time because none of the teachers really knew at what point of the course you were at and what lesson number so again.. repetitive and disappointing you pay a substantial amount of money with little to no recognition of your efforts.
I tested this when I purposely missed the last intermediate lesson where you were supposed to record your set. So when I payed for the advanced course and went to my first lesson they asked me if it was my first lesson (again) as it was a new teacher and I said it was my first advanced. Nobody mentioned anything about the lesson prior. So I informed them I had missed it but the teacher left the room and came back as if I had not said anything.
Furthermore, you will NOT have anything to take home with you or any written sheets to document what you have done during every lesson as they do not provide any resources since as I said nothing is planned and is all very vague and varies from teacher to teacher. I asked one of the teachers if I could record (voice record) the lesson so I could go back and listen to is since you can t take home a full 100% of what is being said during a 2 hour lesson.
The rooms are tiny and the air con wasn t working most of the time so room gets stuffy and smelly.
I m another note:
Once you eventually get a gig at ministry or whatever you will face a bunch of bossy lowlifes who think they are the Gods of the universe (bouncers especially fermale ones) and it is a very stomach-churning experience as they treat you like criminals most of the time (doesn t matter if you re there to DJ or do the hokey pokey they don t care and you will be treated like an inmate). On the night, you will have a supervisor. You need to understand that their liking toward you is incredibly important as well as having the money you got from the tickets you sold for the night (because you will have to sell somewhat 20tickets to friends and people to get a gig or else you will be kicked out of their prestigious DJ group). If you fail to do so (like myself) and trust me selling tickets isn t as easy as it seems as well as expecting a good group to turn up is quite a stressful effort. It worked great first time but the 2 later times when the supervisor was another guy ( a very intolerant supervisor and I know it s an opinion but you kind of sense when someone doesn t really like you) who made my night hell.
This was due to the fact they had stolen my purse inclusive of pen drives and I had told him I would have got the money from a friend that was arriving. Stressful as the situation was and it being my birthday on top as I chose that date specifically (but again nobody really cares it s all about the money). the guy started shouting at me right in my face and said he wasn t going to wait 10 minutes and that he was going to follow me to the friend who was going to lend me the money till he got the money. I get a bit panicky at that point and as I was trying to calm him down saying I would have gotten the money by now and there was no need to shout I eventually lost it as well as I didn t understand the need for the row n the heavy words.
Mediocre and needs work. No humanity just a business.
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