On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:22:02 -0400, "Phildo" wrote:

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/soundrec/php/tonmeister.php

He would be much better off trying to find a university in Italy that offers
the same course.

There's not Only some courses to become a "sound technician", but I
was looking for something higher, that let me a wider range of jobs
involved in sound recording, acoustic, and stuff like that.

Unless his English is good he will find life very hard
there.

What do you mean? For the language or something else?

There used to be a requirement to be a very capable musician as well
but I don't know if that is still in place. Used to be grade 5 on one
instrument and grade 8 on another, at least one of which had to be keyboard
based.

Well this is the biggest problem for me I think.

The site says: "The Tonmeister course is structured in such a way that
it assumes that all first-year students have a reasonable level of
musical performance ability, and good theoretical knowledge and
understanding of Mathematics, Music and Physics. Our entrance
requirements are therefore good A-level passes in those three subjects
(typically AAB), and ideally a pass at Grade 7 or 8 (ABRSM, Trinity or
Guildhall) in musical performance."

First of all I don't know what is an A-level in something. School
system here in Italy is really different.
Well, in September I'll get a degree in Aerospace Engineering here in
Italy, so I think I have the knowledge of Phisics and Maths, I just
don't know how to demonstrate it for English system.
Music. Well I can play guitar, bass and I'm learning piano, but by
private lessons, so I don't have any attestation about my music
knowledge. And where can I find what I'm supposed to know to have an
A-level in Music? And where and how can I demonstarate my knowledges?
This is the main problem for me now.

I think he hasn't thought this through properly anyway. Just deciding you
want to be a sound engineer is not good enough. You do need to have some
natural talent for the job. He's also obviously not clear on what the job
actually involves by his engineer and technician comments. Getting a degree
in sound will not make him an engineer by default and there are many more
things to take into consideration.

The more info he can give us the more we can help him.

Phildo

Thank you all!!!

Gianluca