- Jurisdiction
- California
I started an audio recording school this week(which is fully accredited by the national private schools association), which is run out of a music studio. I have attended only two sessions and I am unhappy with the atmosphere of the school, as well as the teachers disregard to my personal style of music creation. The teacher insists on pushing his own personal production style with disregard to the way I personally create music. It was discussed that as a student I wouldn't be starting from square one considering I have prior 15 years music experience, and basic recording knowledge. He has ignored my wishes not to conform to his production style, a style which is not a requirement to learn audio engineering techniques. I realize that it's going to be a big waste of time and money, when the techniques I am there to learn could in reality take me only a few weeks instead of 20 weeks (20 weeks of included production and mixing techniques), which is how long the course is. I previously discussed with him I was interested in the techniques of "Mixing and Mastering" only, and not "production". A week ago I signed the contract and paid the course fee in full, which was $7,800. The contract doesn't state anything about a refund policy. The only thing listed is that a refund is not permitted if a student has 3 or 4 unexcused absences. I called the professor and told him I was unhappy with his services, and that i felt it was not a good artistic fit, and that I wanted a partial refund. I would compensate him for the materials and sessions I have already completed. Since the initial phone call, he has been ignoring me. Do I have legal jurisdiction to claim a refund? Or am I going to walk away from this loosing the money I spent a week ago. Can I take this to small claims court? Or did I screw myself over?
