Money, Money, Money

The world revolves around money…money, money, money. Yes my friend nothing is free in this world even if Janet Jackson claims that “the best things in life are free”. What ever happened to having a passion to do something without having a hefty price tag attached to it. You are probably wandering what the hell I am ranting on about…gone are the days when we want learn something or broaden our skill set without having to fork out an arm and a leg to pay for it. I have just faced this hurdle and here are the outcomes.

 

I have recently enrolled in a course. Just by randomly reading an email and following one link after an other I came across a web page “Melbourne Radio School” and I was extremely excited about the courses they had to offer as they were specifically related to my interests.

They offered:

-          Intro to radio course

-          Voiceover course for TV & Radio Commercials

-          Creative writing for radio commercials

-          News reading and writing for radio

 

Of course the next most important thing that would determine my enrolment was pricing. How much would I have to fork out to pay for the pleasure of learning about radio for one hour each week for a total of ten weeks? Let’s play a guessing game shall we…

 

Who places their bet on $249 ok how about $399, anyone for $499, $699??

How about I just give you the answer, guessing games are for teenagers anyway (drum roll)…the cost was $1090. Now you must sympathise with me and forgive me for ranting on in this post. What type of uni student can afford to pay that?…honestly, luckily for concession card holders which brought the price down to $990 AND they had a promotion on at the time which resulted in becoming $890 for the ten weeks!!!

 

Coincidently I was approached with another fantastic opportunity; NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) will be going on tour to a destination near you. This was what my booking agent forwarded to me. Courses ranging from a day up until 8 weeks, starting prices from $220 to $2,000. For those who have dipped their toe in the acting world of knowledge would know that NIDA is Australia’s national theatre school; a centre of excellence in training for theatre, film and television.

The fact that they are touring is an opportunity not to be missed but who can afford these pleasures, I certainly cannot.

 

Now that I have that off my chest I can say that I am really looking forward to learning about commercial radio. The Melbourne radio school guarantees you work experience in a commercial radio station as well as teaching you the latest broadcast software (Next Gen) and has affiliation with AFTRS (Australian Film Television and Radio School). I shall keep you posted about my progress and switch from community to commercial.