TRC Academy Open Enrollment launches August 24th!
Free, 12-week training built for ages 14 to 24, and open to the 55 Morrissey community. Choose music business, sound engineering, or music production.
Free · 12 Weeks · Ages 14–24 · Open to the 55 Morrissey community
Every person is an artist. The Record Co. is the pathway that proves it — and the Academy is where that pathway starts.
Nothing but your commitment. No tuition. No debt. The only thing between you and these skills is whether you show up and finish.
Not just craft — survival. How to price your work, read a contract, build a client base, and stop giving your talent away. You graduate with a business model, not just a certificate.
Every track is hands-on from week one. You don't watch videos — you do the work, in the room, with people who do this for a living.
Turn your music into income you can count on. Learn how to price your work, quote it without flinching, read the contract before you sign it, and set up the business behind the artist.
Run a professional session from load-in to final bounce. Learn signal flow so well that troubleshooting becomes instinct, not panic — and learn what to do when something goes wrong, because it will.
Build finished tracks, not half-ideas. Learn the DAWs Boston studios actually run, produce start to finish, and turn the sound in your head into something you can release.
A short assessment. Signing up doesn't hold your spot — showing commitment does. Spots go to people who mean it.
Everyone starts together. The fundamentals every music career runs on, no matter which track you picked.
Weeks 3 to 12 are hands-on, in the room, building real work alongside people doing this professionally right now.
A TRC Academy certificate that means something. Graduates 18 and older get job-placement support toward real wages.
Students learn by doing the work in professional studios, with guidance from people working in the field.
Anupe finished TRC Academy, built his audio production business in our studios, and now works on the TRC team. This fall he came back to share his story with the newest cohort.
Jawuan's story can return once his written permission is on file.
Year-one outcomes from TRC Academy graduates.
Nelson Corea — better known as Nelly Pro-Tools — is a heavyweight of the Boston music scene, with the resume to back it up. For more than a decade he's engineered, produced, and mixed for some of Boston's top Hip Hop and R&B artists — and for artists around the globe. He co-owned The REC Room, a full commercial tracking studio in Boston, from 2012 to 2021, and co-founded Halcyon Music Group.
The Pro Tools mastery is in the name; so is the range — recording, tuning, mixing, mastering, hybrid analog/digital workflows, beat making, and vocal comping. Everything it takes to turn a rough idea into a finished record.
"I'm extremely excited to be teaching the next generation of creatives."
Music Business instructor announced soon.
Advanced, next-level, and built for graduates who want more out of their track.
Explore Academy 201Three tracks. Twelve weeks. Built for ages 14 to 24 and open to the 55 Morrissey community.
TRC Academy is a free, 12-week program in sound engineering, music production, and music business, built for ages 14 to 24 and open to the 55 Morrissey community. Students learn hands-on from working professionals and finish with practical skills for a creative career. TRC Academy is part of The Record Co.'s pathway from learning to working to building: free training, affordable professional studios at 960 Mass Ave, and a community of 400+ creative businesses at 55 Morrissey.