SAE Institute Amsterdam — Local services in Amsterdam

Ok, something needs to be done about these negative reviews because they absolutly do no truth to what SAE offers.

Yes, there is always room for improvement, especially in these difficult times, but I see a lot of reviews here and on Springtest that SAE does not offer high quality lessons and unexperienced teachers wich are simply false claims.

I'm speaking from my experiences as an audio student right now. Currently I'm in my last year, and thanks to SAE I kicked the door in of the music industry and I'm here to stay.

SAE offered me enough resources to start my own company and to gain knowledge of the field I wanted to work in.

Most people here believe that SAE will provide them with everything, from the networks, gigs, etc, but let me tell you, you will never come far in the creative industries with a mindset like that.

SAE merely provides the tools, and 99,99 percent is your responsibility. Working in this industry requires a mentality of stone casted in iron, be prepared to face a lot of dissapointments and harsh words in your path to success, because I can guartantee you, you will fail again and again.

But from those failures, you will grow stronger and become the very best you can possibly be.

SAE allowed me to get into contact with a director here in NL, resulting in two albums for two movies that are now spinning in the cinema and are coming to Netflix and Disney Plus. Besides that, I aqquired via them the skills to produce music for some of the biggest music publishers in the world from the likes of Warner Chappell in Los Angeles and BMG here in the Netherlands.

So if you think that you can do it without SAE, absolutly go for it, but don't spread false claims just because you had a bad experience with the courses, because SAE has proven themselves on numerous occasions to be a good school to gain networks, and experience.

And no, I'm not funded by SAE or something, just a guy that want's to share...

video production - this course did not give me anything, not even the graduation course. I finished the course at the end of January. unprofessional, not involving teachers, poor equipment. unfortunately, but my group mates and I had a similar opinion to this. a lot of lost hours where they refused to pay us back. The only person who got involved in it was Jao (super human). the rest is a mistake! waste of my hard earned money - I want to erase it from my mind. no thanks and I do not recommend it! very little practical exercises, and if that's the case, please, you have the camera, have fun! I still don't know how to operate my Canon 6d - this camera was supposed to be used in the course description, but in fact we didn't use it even once. I felt cheated by SAE...

The people you meet are inspiring, including the tutors, who are extremely friendly and helpful. The events held are great! I could always bring in some friends to those. We met many professionals who work with important labels/ artists. If you wish to network in the creative industry and learn music production in a short period of time, this is the place to be to make a step toward your dream career. Highly recommended!...