Kishore Banan
Head of Sound Engineering
The True School of Music (TSM) was founded in 2013 by Ashu Pathak and Nitin Chandy, both of whom worked extensively within the entertainment business, Ashu as a composer and performer and Nitin as an audio engineer. During their careers they noticed that many of their colleagues were self-taught and were aware that there were very few skilled practitioners. Realizing this, they set about creating a school in the heart of India's entertainment business Lower Parel, Mumbai to help create the next generation of musicians and producers. With the core purpose to educate musicians, producers, sound engineers and DJ's both in their musicality and commercial development, so that they can maximize their abilities and make music long-term career goal, TSM has imbibed in a unique educational philosophy that empowers a learner to achieve their personal aspirations.
Delineating the Progression
Laying a significant focus on developing skills on music production, music performance (vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass and drums), sound engineering and Djing, TSM equip students with highly relevant practical and creative skills backed by a solid foundation of theoretical concepts and principles. "These courses also lay significant focus on developing communication, collaborative and analytical skills that are highly essential for artistic professions in the media & entertainment industry. In sound engineering, we offer only one program, which is a 2 year pro-sound engineering course and it is designed with degree-level learning goals. The course places equal emphasis on developing transferable skills along with extensive domain skills. After completing this program, the students are qualified to attempt skill assessment by the Media and Entertainment Skills Council of India to earn a NSQF level 4 skill certificate for sound engineering