Music & Sound Production

Hi Rashmi,
If you are passionate about music and love entertaining the crowd by playing and mixing music tracks, disk jockey could be a career option worth pursuing. Once considered as just a fad in India, it slowly staked its claim as a viable career with multiple options and good money to make. All you need is to have an ear for music, be well versed with cueing, equalization and audio-mixing, beat-matching, scratching and beat juggling.
A wannabe DJ must also have an outgoing personality, ability to mix with people and know their mood. He must be well versed with the music in vogue I. e. the hit songs, how to make them trendy by mixing them up etc. Depending on your credentials and experience, a stint at an event can earn a DJ anything between Rs 30,000 - Rs 70,000 per night.
There also several DJs who are employed full-time in the broadcast and hospitality industry. Salaries here vary between Rs 3 Lacs - Rs 8 Lacs per annum, depending on experience and popularity. Speaking about Electronic Music Production course, yes it is a also a good career option. Infact it is more extensive and elaborates course but the career opportunities are less. Also, very few institutes offer the course.

Music production has infinite scope as media industry is growing rapidly, and so is the need of new music. Music production includes programming music in a DAW (Digital audio workstation) as for now maximum of the work is done in a DAW. Music production for Games, trailors, Youtube, film Scores, advertisements etc. Are popular scopes in Music production. Please refer to the link provided below for a detailed list of colleges in India which offer courses in music and sound production. You should be able to navigate to a college of your choice using the filters on the web page. Regards. https://www.shiksha.com/mass-communication-media/music-sound-production/colleges/colleges-india.

Hi Rashmi!
I would say sound engineering is a better option as it is an extensive course and has better job opportunities than a DJ certificate course. Sound engineering is a challenging field, yet very rewarding. Sound Engineers develop a high quality recording of music, speech and sound effects in studios. They use technical instruments to produce sound for film, radio, television. The potential for growth is huge for a sound engineer. Career opportunities for sound engineer and technicians are available in various fields like radio stations, tv channels, studios, multimedia design, animation, advertising firms, movies and more. One can opt for specialised courses in technical skills such as sequencing, mastering, editing and recording. With proper experience, he / she can become studio managers as well.