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Musicians Institute 4-Week Online Music Courses: A Faster Way to Learn Music
4-Week Online Music Courses With No Admissions: A Faster Way to Learn Music What if you could start learning music today, without applications, registration fees, or waiting periods? That’s the idea behind MI Online Short Courses: flexible, 4-week online music courses...
Interpolation vs. Sampling, Public Domain Explained
If you make music today, you have probably heard producers throw around terms like sampling, interpolation, clearance, and public domain as if they all mean roughly the same thing. They do not. And if you are writing, producing, remixing, or building tracks from older...
What Should I Look for in a Drum School? Key Things to Compare
Choosing a drum school can feel simple at first. You want strong teachers, good facilities, and a program that helps you improve. But once you start comparing schools, it gets harder to know what actually matters. One school talks about world-class faculty. Another...
Musicians Institute Launches MI Online Short Courses for Flexible, Fully Online Music Education
Los Angeles, CA — Musicians Institute (MI) is proud to announce the launch of MI Online Short Courses, a new suite of fully online, 4-week classes designed to meet the needs of today’s musicians, with the first courses beginning April 20. These short-format, online...
How to Become a Session Bassist in 2026: What Actually Gets You Hired
How to Become a Session Bassist in 2026: What Actually Gets You Hired The image of a session bassist getting a call from a major label and walking into a world-class studio the next morning still exists. But in 2026, it's one of many ways working bassists are booking...
7 Female Music Producers You Should Know
7 Female Music Producers You Should Know in 2026 Music production continues to evolve, blending genres and technologies from immersive audio to hybrid studio workflows. As the industry grows, female music producers are stepping into increasingly influential roles...
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#TBT Black Veil Brides Conversation Series
Back in early 2015, Hollywood based band Black Veil Brides came by to the Concert Hall at MI to discuss the untold stories and secrets to success in the music industry from a band walking the walk. Black Veil Brides talked about breaking in, the recording process, and...
#TBT Panic! At The Disco Conversation Series
Check out Parts 1-5 of our Conversation Series when Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie stopped by MI!
#TBT MI Through The Years
As the ultimate throwback, we gathered tons of awesome photos from MI's past and put them all in this video! This slideshow really shows how many legends have roamed through these halls and all of the opportunities that are available to students after graduation. As a...