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Specialties
Dark Horse Institute is a premier Audio Engineering, Recording Arts and Music Business school that offers intensive, hands-on courses in a small class format with real-world, award-winning instructors at state-of-the-art facilities. Our graduates are sought after and our graduation levels are exceptionally high for recording and music business schools. Click on one of the programs below to learn more about the path you can take to land your dream job in the music industry
History
Established in 2010.
Dark Horse Institute was born from the tradition of our world-famous studio, Dark Horse Recording. Started by Robin Crow and recording place to albums by Taylor Swift, One Republic, Keith Urban, Matchbox 20, The Frey, Hunter Hayes and many more, our engineers pass on our their years of experience and knowledge to our students and give them hands-on training with professional studio equipment.
Meet the Business Owner
Robin C.
Business Owner
Robin Crow’s journey from struggling musician, to RCA recording artist, to best-selling author and accomplished entrepreneur is an American success story. As a business leader, he is the CEO of Dark Horse recording, a four-studio complex he built from the ground up. Now in its 20th year, Dark Horse Recording has attracted some of the most celebrated artists in the world.
In 2010, Robin founded Dark Horse Institute, now considered the most comprehensive audio engineering and music production school in the country. DHI has now expanded to a second campus and has produced graduates with successes that include Grammy awards and Platinum albums.
As an author and speaker Robin has directly impacted the lives of millions with his best-selling books, CDs, audio programs, and public speaking engagements. His best-selling books include Evolve or Die.