Back in my twenties, I chaperoned an underage indie rock group from Iceland to England while they were on tour.

The town council owed the parents a favor, so they sent me to make sure certain members didn't fall prey to liquor, vice, and sin.

How well I did is a story for another day, but the trip taught me a valuable lesson about my career in audio.

I was a live engineer at the time so I doubled as their roadie and occasional sound tech because that's what I thought I wanted to do for the rest of my career.

During the tour, they recorded one song at two different studios because they were trying out different producers to record their next album. I remember how different each production sounded even though it was the exact same song.

But if you were to ask me how the producers at each studio recorded and produced the song to sound like that, I wouldn't be able to tell you!

Here's how stupid I was in those days:

I thought I was just a live sound engineer so whenever they were recording in the studio I went galavanting off as a dumb tourist, exploring the sights and seeing what London had to offer.

At the same time I was missing a huge educational experience in music production just because I didn't think I would ever need to know anything about studio engineering.

I cringe just thinking back at it...

Instead of snapping a picture of Big Ben I'd never look at again, I could've learned how to record drums. Instead of bumbling around Buckingham Palace, I could've learned to get rocking bass and guitar sounds. Instead of reading a book underneath the lions at Trafalgar Square, I could've learned how to track kick-ass vocals.

I could've literally gotten an audio education from two high-class producers for free. But no, I thought I was just a live sound engineer. I didn't need to know how to work in a real studio.

What an idiot. 

Imagine how much more I could've taught you if I'd just stayed in the studio and embraced the education that was readily available.

That brings me to my point: If you're worried about joining Hardcore Tracking (which closes TONIGHT) because you don't think you'll learn anything from recording hardcore music, let my story above be a lesson to you.

You never know where your career will take you so make sure you acquire as much knowledge about your craft as possible. That means knowing how to record any genre, regardless of what you're working in at this moment. Hardcore Tracking isn't just about recording hardcore music. If you record bands with real instruments - drums, bass, guitars, vocals - then everything in this course will apply to you.  As Jordan says, "if you put mics in front of things, this course is for you."

In England, I was just a live engineer, so all I have from that experience is my memory of the Tate Modern Museum of Art instead of an education in music production.

Don't make the same mistakes as I did. Embrace the education when it's right in front of you, even if you're not sure if you'll use it right this second.

Compared to a fancy audio school, Hardcore Tracking is incredibly cheap.

David Pietila took Jordan's course and had this to say:

"I went to audio school for 4 years. I did 5 videos of Jordan's so far and learned more in 2 hours than in 4 years for a lot less money."

An audio school will cost about $30,000, in addition to the years of your life you need to get through it. In contrast, Hardcore Tracking is less than 2% of that cost and you'll start getting results in less than a month, not years.

You may not get a chance of refusing a high-end audio internship twice in a week like I did, but don't let Hardcore Tracking pass you by just because you think you won't learn anything from the genre.

Hardcore Tracking closes TONIGHT (in less than 12 hours), so make sure you make the right choice and invest in your education right now.