The
Music Industry Arts Program
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Fanshawe College was the first school of its kind in
Canada, (and one of the first 3 in the world), to train young people for
careers in the
contemporary music industry. It was started in 1970 as Creative Electronics by former
Radio Caroline DJ Tom Lodge, but when the college demanded that Creative Electronics become a career program, he had the students build a recording studio, gathered music industry executives for an advisory group and changed the name of the program to Music Industry Arts. The program has been the starting point for hundreds of the world's top
recording engineers,
record producers, live performers, sound editors and
entertainment industry executives. The program is highly competitive with only about 115 students being accepted out of 800 applications every year. Students in the MIA program are also eligible for membership in a Student Section of the
Audio Engineering Society.