New Game? Audio technology for games in 2018
Thursday May 17th, 2018 by
Abbey Staff
This Month. Abbey Road Institute’s David Weaver takes a look at how sound and music for gaming applications has evolved for the planet’s biggest media releases… The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association released 2017’s figures on video game consumption in Australia – $3.23 billion, up nine percent from 2016. Sporting similar trajectories are Esports […]
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Lecturer Spotlight – David Weaver
Wednesday March 28th, 2018 by
Abbey Staff
Born and bred in Melbourne, David Weaver’s musical career began early when he first discovered the love of composition as a clarinet player. Expanding his instrumentation to include double bass, violin, saxophone and eventually piano, David soon began exploring a more diverse range of genres and styles. From art music through electro-pop and even punk, […]
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Graduate Spotlight – Charlotte Rochecouste heads to Studios 301
Wednesday February 28th, 2018 by
Abbey Staff
Abbey Road Institute Melbourne was thrilled with the news that recent graduate, Charlotte Rochecouste, has just secured an intern role at Studios 301 as assistant engineer to Simon Cohen (Justin Bieber, Jessica Mauboy, Illy, Will.I.Am). Beginning her musical career as a vocalist at the age of 11, Charlotte’s repertoire expanded to classical instrumentation by way of the oboe and piano. While […]
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We’ve been busy!
Wednesday February 7th, 2018 by
jessicableijie
It’s been a busy few weeks here at Abbey Road Institute Melbourne. As we gear up for our February intake we’ve opened the Institute doors for our first Mic Night, Open Day and Study For a Day for 2018. We kicked off January with our inaugural Mic Night– Not to be confused with an Open […]
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Student Spotlight – Alex Mraz
Monday January 29th, 2018 by
jessicableijie
Alex has been a busy lady lately building her work portfolio and industry network by working with the sound crew at the Northcote Social Club. She is busy on the networking side of things regularly meeting up with a group of like minded women called Soundgirls where they chat about all things music and […]
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OPEN DAY Producers Panel
Monday January 15th, 2018 by
jessicableijie
On Saturday the 20th of January aspiring producers have the opportunity to get the inside scoop on what it takes to make a career in the Australian music industry at the Abbey Road Institute Open Day. Our panelists will be discussing the ins and outs of production and providing their own analysis and advice on […]
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UAD PLUGINS AND INTERFACES – PART II
Wednesday January 10th, 2018 by
jessicableijie
Welcome to part II of our favourites from the team at Universal Audio. We will follow the same process as the previous post. As we discussed, UA has a huge range of plugins, this though will be the last post, for now, regarding UA. I highly recommend taking your time and looking through Universal […]
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UAD Part 1
Wednesday January 3rd, 2018 by
jessicableijie
As you may be aware, at Abbey Road Institute we have access to a huge list of plugins. This can be quite intimidating at first, so we thought putting together a list of plugins every couple of weeks for you to check out and have a play with! We will focus on a different […]
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Student Spotlight – Jaime Fuentes
Wednesday December 20th, 2017 by
jessicableijie
Jaime is busy in the studio today working on a drum track for his latest single to be released in early 2018. Jaime began his production journey in March 2017 when he became a full time student at the Melbourne campus. While learning the engineering, music production and business aspects of the curriculum, Jaime has […]
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Abbey Road Institute Announces Studios 301 Women in Music Scholarship
Thursday November 16th, 2017 by
jessicableijie
Melbourne 16/11/17- As part of an ongoing commitment and dedication to foster greater gender diversity in the production sphere of the music industry, Abbey Road Institute is proud to partner alongside Studios 301 and APRA AMCOS to offer this award to women who demonstrate their commitment and passion to music who are wishing to undertake […]
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London Graduation
Friday November 10th, 2017 by
jessicableijie
October 2017 will be remembered as the first time students from Abbey Road Melbourne travelled to London for a graduation ceremony at the iconic Abbey Road Studios. Our students were buzzing with excitement as they entered the hallowed halls of Abbey Road Studios. To be able to spend the morning touring one of the world’s […]
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Interview with Emily Toner
Tuesday October 3rd, 2017 by
gianni
Recently we sat down with current Abbey Road Institute student Emily Toner and asked her some questions about her trip to London and what her experience was like walking the hallowed halls of the iconic Abbey Road Studios! Emily is a self-taught singer and guitarist who was looking to understand the whole of the music […]
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September Study for a Day Wrap-up
Wednesday September 20th, 2017 by
gianni
Last Saturday 16th of September, Abbey Road Institute once again opened its doors to Melbourne’s most enthusiastic, aspiring producers to experience life as an Abbey Road student at our Study for a Day event. The day was jammed packed with information and structured around hands-on, one-on-one mentoring work-shop styled sessions. The day started out with […]
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August Open Day Wrap up
Thursday August 31st, 2017 by
gianni
Guests arrived early and eager to jump into the tour of our amazing purpose built studios. Lecturers Lance Krive and Paul Edwards introduced the industry standard recording and mixing equipment to the guests and were thrilled by the responsiveness of the crowd. After an informative address by ARI’s CEO Paul Ledingham and an extended Q […]
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Abbey Road Institute at the Spotjobs Melbourne Career Expo!
Friday July 21st, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
The first day of the Spotjobs Melbourne Careers Expo was a huge success for Abbey Road Institute. Abbey Road Institute Head Trainer and internationally renowned sound engineer, Lance Krivé, together with staff member and DJ Carly Gray, hosted an impressive display at this major event, the first stand to meet your eyes after entering the […]
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Producers Panel August 26!
Wednesday July 5th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute Australia is honoured to present Beau McKee, Alex Braithwaite and Jimi Maroudas as the speakers on our producers’ panel for our upcoming Open Day on August 26th. These three producers between them bring years of experience from multiple genres across the global music industry. Having earned numerous ARIA and Grammy nominations and […]
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Meet Jimi Maroudas at the Abbey Road Institute Open Day!
Monday July 3rd, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute is proud and excited to announce that multi platinum awarded, Aria & Golden Guitar nominated producer, mixer and engineer Jimi Maroudas will be joining us on our Producer Panel at our upcoming Open Day on August 26th! A multi-instrumentalist from childhood, Jimi’s skills on the guitar, bass, drums, singing and songwriting helped […]
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VINYLIZED WINNER ANNOUNCED
Thursday June 15th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
And the winner is… Abbey Road Institute would like to extend a huge congratulations to MIKI aka Aleks Mikić for winning the Abbey Road Institute Vinylized Production Contest with his original track, “Discussed”. A singer, rapper and producer hailing from Sydney, MIKI wowed the panel of judges with his creative use of the samples provided […]
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JUNE STUDY FOR A DAY WRAP-UP
Thursday June 15th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Last Saturday 3rd of June, Abbey Road Institute once again opened it’s doors to Melbourne’s most enthusiastic, aspiring producers to experience life as an Abbey Road student for a day. The day was jammed packed with a new format designed to give attendees more hands-on, one-on-one mentoring in specialised areas of music production. The […]
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APRA AMCOS MASTERCLASS WRAP-UP
Thursday June 15th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
On Friday the 26th of May, Glenn Bennie an APRA AMCOS writer services representative visited our Melbourne Campus and delivered an informative and interesting masterclass to our knowledge-thirsty Abbey Road Institute students. The presentation was designed by APRA AMCOS to assist writers and composers in all musical fields to better understand the different streams of […]
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OPEN DAY WRAP-UP
Thursday June 15th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
The Open Day at Abbey Road Institute on Saturday 13th of May was a huge success, with more potential students through the door than ever before. A wonderful group of enthusiastic people of all ages greatly enjoyed meeting tutors, students, and producers. A special highlight was touring the facilities and experiencing demonstrations of our […]
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Expo Weekend wrap up from Abbey Road Institute
Monday May 8th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Well, once again we’ve come to the end of Expo and WOW, what an absolute fantastic 4 days! Over 30,000 career seekers have been through the door over the last 4 days and I’m pretty sure we met most of them! What a fantastic forum to hear everyones stories and have conversations about their passions […]
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Expo day 2
Friday May 5th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Friday was another exciting day at The Age VCE Careers Expo with Kelli Wright and ARI students Sunshine and Alex manning the Abbey Road display. Today’s expo attendees – VCE students and coordinators – were in for extra fun today, with ARI bringing along a Novation Circuit: a synthesiser and drum machine. Attendees declared […]
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Expo Day 1
Thursday May 4th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
The first day of The Age Careers Expo was a huge success for Abbey Road Institute. Student Advisor and National Engagement Manager Kelli Wright hosted a high tech display at the in-demand event, alongside current Abbey Rd students Logan and Rochelle. Thousands of high school students attended the event, and all three Abbey […]
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Kelli Wright Masterclass
Monday May 1st, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
ARI Melbourne are excited to announce one of our very own as our next guest masterclass presenter: Kelli Wright. Joining the list of experienced and well known industry professionals to present to the students of Abbey Road Institute, Kelli’s masterclass will be on Friday the 12th of May. Kelli Wright has over 20 years […]
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Grow my Music
Thursday April 27th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Grow my Music’s Managing Director Martin Brown is a rockstar when it comes to creative directives and resources for the music Industry via the phenomenal interactive platform that is Grow My Music. Abbey Road Institute was lucky enough to have Martin visit this week and what a great time was had by all. So much […]
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Jane Elizabeth Hanley Masterclass Wrap-Up
Friday April 21st, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Last Friday, 7th of April Jane Elizabeth Hanley stopped by Abbey Road Institute’s Melbourne campus to deliver a compelling masterclass to the students. Working under the moniker Kids at Midnight, Jane creates lovestruck electro-ballad romantic-jams that has gained her a worldwide audience and collectively over one million plays on spotify. Jane covered many topics […]
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Abbey Road Institute Student Panel at our upcoming May Open Day
Thursday April 6th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute is so proud and excited to introduce our student panel for our upcoming May Open Day! Students from all genre’s and trimesters of our Advanced Diploma Of Sound Production Course will present on a Student panel talking about their experiences with Abbey Road Institute, their learning experience and the facilities in Melbourne. […]
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Mitch Cairns at The Abbey Road Institute May Open Day
Thursday April 6th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute is so proud and excited to announce that ARIA award winning producer Mitch Cairns will be joining us on our Producer Panel at our upcoming Open Day on 13/5! Mitch Cairns is an ARIA Award winning Producer, Mix Engineer, Writer and Musician. Mitch has a passion for tones, feels, textures and […]
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Chris Arnott at The Abbey Road Institute May Open Day
Thursday April 6th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute in conjunction with Studios 301 is so proud and excited to announce that Electronic superstar Chris Arnott will be joining us on our Producer Panel at our upcoming Open Day on 13/5! Chris has recently joined the legendary Studios 301 team in Sydney and is continuing his dominance of the Australian Electronic […]
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Jane Elizabeth Hanley Masterclass
Wednesday April 5th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
ARI Melbourne are so excited to welcome our next guest masterclass presenter Jane Elizabeth Hanley. Joining the recent slew of talented producers who have delivered thrilling masterclasses for the students at Abbey Road Institute, Jane will present for Abbey Road student on Friday the 7th of April, 2017. Working under the moniker Kids at […]
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Chris Pettifer Masterclass Wrap-Up
Wednesday April 5th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
On Friday, 31st of March Abbey Road Students were treated to a masterclass from television and film producer, Chris Pettifer. Chris Pettifer is a prolific and accomplished screen composer, songwriter, musician, arranger, music supervisor and producer who also runs his own music business Ritzland Music, which has a label and publishing division. During the masterclass […]
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ELLIOT DUNN – ABBEY ROAD ALUMNI
Friday March 17th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Studying at Abbey Road Institute was one of the best decisions for me to get a solid push into the industry. It was all very overwhelming at first, as previously I had a more academic-based education but I found myself surrounded by people who have had extensive industry experience in their respective fields. As the […]
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Abbey Road Institute’s First intake of 2017
Wednesday March 15th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
On the 6th of March, 2017 our first intake of students for the year was welcomed into the Abbey Road Institute family. Nine eager and excited students, all from extremely varied backgrounds, arrived on campus to enjoy a catered lunch together before beginning their orientation of what life will be like for the next year. […]
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Chris masterclass
Wednesday March 15th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
On Friday 31st of March, Chris Pettifer will be delivering an exclusive masterclass to the students of Abbey Road Institute on the topic of producing audio for film and television. Chris Pettifer is a prolific and accomplished screen composer, songwriter, musician, arranger, music supervisor and producer and has been working in the Australian music and […]
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ARI’s Inaugural Australian Graduation
Wednesday March 8th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
On Thursday, 23rd of February 2017, Abbey Road Institute graduated it’s foundation cohort of students at the Malthouse Theatre in Southbank. Family, friends, and Abbey Road staff gathered together to celebrate the great achievements of the graduands completing their Advanced Diploma of Sound Production. The night kicked off with casual drinks as guests and students […]
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Study for a Day February
Wednesday March 1st, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute was thrilled to have offered Study for a Day twice in the month of February due to unprecedented demand. Last Saturday proved that once again, there’s certainly no shortage of passionate and talented lovers of music production in Melbourne! Our students for the day were treated to a morning with rock royalty’s […]
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Alex Interview
Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Hi, my name’s Alex and I am an Audio engineer. I do mixing and mastering work. From a young age i was always exposed to music. My mother always jokes about having no musical talent whatsoever, except for a good shower voice I guess. But she would always play records to me. My father was […]
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Feb 11th Study for a Day Wrap Up
Wednesday February 15th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
We at Abbey Road Institute were thrilled with the full house in attendance for Study for a Day last Saturday. There is certainly no shortage of passionate and talented lovers of music production in Melbourne! Our students for the day were treated to a morning with rock royalty’s Lance Krive and briefly looked at the […]
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Arlo Enemark Masterclass Wrap Up
Wednesday February 15th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Last week Abbey Road Students attended a masterclass from electronic music producer and A&R industry specialist, Arlo Enemark. Arlo’s shared his understanding and experiences of his both processes in the studio and a producer – renowned for some of the country’s most engaging club tracks – to his work in the production and development of […]
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Meet our senior lecturer at our Melbourne Campus, Lance Krive.
Tuesday January 31st, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Lance Krive (Senior Lecturer) I come from the touring background, i’ve been touring with bands for over 35 years. I’m a sound man, I do front-of-house sound and also monitors for them. And now I teach at Abbey Road. Who did you tour with? I toured with Stevie Nix, I was with her for […]
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Remix competition winner
Tuesday January 31st, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute is proud to announce that our “Telling Lies” remix competition has come to a close and we have our winner! Congratulations to Bnszo Bsnzo will be receive an exclusive one on one mentoring session with topline and electronic music royalty Paul Brandoli, has been invited to spend a day alongside the […]
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Bianca Whirl interview
Monday January 30th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Hi, i’m Bianca, and i’m a DJ and a music producer. So i was probably 18 -19. The whole dance music thing was probably not as big as it is today. I remember distinctly one night I went out and I saw, i’d never seen a female DJ before basically. I went out to a […]
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Arlo Enemark Masterclass
Thursday January 26th, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
On the 10th of February Abbey Road students will be treated to a exclusive masterclass from Arlo Enemark. Arlo is both a music producer and music industry professional, whose understanding of the process stretches from the studio to the sales/streaming platforms. Under his moniker Watermelon Boy, Arlo creates sophisticated electronica over infectious carnival grooves. His […]
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January Open Day 2017
Monday January 23rd, 2017 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute’s January Open Day was such a huge success that the guests, students, and staff stayed for an extra 2 hours longer than the day was scheduled. Everyone who attended was curious to know more about our unique approach to teaching production and the “mind blowing”. equipment in-house. We’re proud to announce that […]
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Meet Paul Brandoli
Wednesday December 28th, 2016 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute Australia is honoured to present Paul Brandoli on our producers panel for our upcoming Open Day on January 21st. Paul brings with him an arsenal of experience working with the most talented DJ’s and artists in the Electronic Music Industry as a Topline Writer and Vocal Producer. Paul will join the likes […]
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January 21st Producer Panel Summary
Wednesday December 28th, 2016 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
ABBEY ROAD INSTITUTE INVITES YOU TO JOIN US FOR OUR JANUARY OPEN DAY! OUR ADVANCED DIPLOMA IS AN ABBEY ROAD BLUEPRINT THAT HAS 80 YEARS OF LEGENDARY PROVEN RESULTS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE. Abbey Road Institute Australia is honoured to present Simon Cohen, Beau Mckee, Paul Brandoli and Alex Braithwaite on our producers panel for our […]
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Meet Simon Cohen
Wednesday December 28th, 2016 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute Australia is honoured to present Grammy Nominated and global number one producer Simon Cohen on our Producers Panel for our upcoming Open Day on January 21st. Simon’s work on Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself”. producing Vocals has been nominated for the upcoming Grammy Awards. Simon’s precise and detailed approach to vocal recordings […]
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Meet Alex Braithwaite
Wednesday December 28th, 2016 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute Australia is honoured to present Alex Braithwaite on our Producers Panel for our upcoming Open Day on January 21st. My career in the music industry started eight years ago with the release of my first song into the blogosphere. Through the ”˜Trumpdisco’ project, which I took solo control of in 2012, […]
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Student Producer Panel January
Tuesday December 27th, 2016 by
Abbey Road Institute Australia
Abbey Road Institute Australia is proud to present our students Eric Kordabalos, Joel Robinson, Tim Shearmen & Rochelle Bartlett on our Student Producers Panel for our upcoming Open Day on January 21st. Our students work will be on showcase all day throughout the campus and there will be open recording sessions on display throughout the […]
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