Winter Park, FL (FULL SAIL REAL WORLD EDUCATION) - On Thursday, May 11, 2006 Full Sail Real World Education welcomed legendary Producer/Engineer, Bruce Swedien, to the Full Sail campus.
Swedien is best known for his work with artists such as: Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones, Jennifer Lopez, Duke Ellington and Michael Jackson, who he worked with on the album "Thriller" which was the biggest selling record of all time. Swedien spoke to the students of the Full Sail Recording Arts Degree Program, and was presented with an honorary Full Sail degree by President, Garry Jones. Swedien is the third recipient of an honorary degree from Full Sail's Recording Arts Program. Previous honorees include Re-Recording Mixer, Ken Teaney and Producer/Engineer, Bob Ezrin.
In addition, Swedien reunited with former studio intern and Full Sail graduate, Ashish Manchanda, who traveled back to the United States from his successful career in India. Manchanda has mixed, recorded and mastered a long and impressive list of movie soundtracks and music albums in India and currently runs his music production company, Flying Carpet Productions. In the U.S., Manchanda served as an intern with Swedien and worked with him on the highly talented girl group, "Les Go," and songs for the Indo-Italian Film, "Senso-Unico."
Known as the 'Godfather of Recording,' Swedien is also a local resident of Central Florida, and currently owns a farm in the area of Ocala.
'We could not be more excited to welcome back both Bruce and Ashish to visit Full Sail and address our students,' said Garry Jones, President of Full Sail. 'His passion for the music industry and incredible talents are simply unmatched. Full Sail is extremely fortunate to have this opportunity and we are looking forward to presenting him with an honorary Full Sail degree!'
Since 1979, Full Sail Real World Education, a college outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader for those pursuing a career in the entertainment industry. With over 20,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on Oscar and GRAMMY-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the No 1 grossing U.S. concert tour five out of the last five years. Full Sail's 91-acre campus proudly welcomes over 5,000 students from all 50 states and 37 countries worldwide. Currently, Full Sail offers degrees in the following disciplines: Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design, Entertainment Business, Film, Game Development, Recording Arts, and Show Production & Touring.
Students experience a 'real world' education, with a professional class structure of 8-12 hours per day, and a 24-hour round the clock schedule which earned Full Sail the 'Most Innovative Program' Award by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. Full Sail has also been named one of the top three entertainment media colleges by Shift Magazine alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (No. 1) and New York University (No. 2); Electronic Gaming Monthly named Full Sail one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs in the world; Rolling Stone Magazine recently named Full Sail one of the 'Best Music Programs' in the country, in addition to one of the 'Best Music Business Departments' in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide, and UNleashed Magazine has just named Full Sail one of the Best Film Programs in the country.
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