Masterclass & Events

Abbey Road Institute Melbourne regularly hosts masterclasses where we open up the campus to the wider community. We bring in the best artists, songwriters and audio engineers to talk about their craft and careers. Last month we had the pleasure of hosting Paul Brandoli, a master songwriter and top-liner, now based at acclaimed Studios 301 […]

Broadcast as a career pathway Abbey Road Institute Melbourne is dedicated to creating industry opportunities, internships and experiences for its students. The changing audio industry constantly creates new career possibilities and we introduce our students to the cutting edge elements at play for the audio professional today. Our students ventured to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation […]

The days of music performance with only a guitar seems like it was a lifetime ago. Now, that artists like Ed Sheeran are selling out arenas all over the world without a band and using only a looper. Music technology hasn’t just given rise to the home music producer but has enabled the samples and […]

Sound Design for Video Games My name is David Weaver. I am one of the sound designers and lecturer in the Sound Design for Video Games Short Course provided by the Abbey Road Institute. When I work in games, my job is to create and implement sound and voice over that grounds a character in […]

abbey road institute melbourne to abbey road london As one of the highlights of the year, at the end of October we were delighted to be travelling to Abbey Road Studios in London with our graduating music production students from Melbourne. Our committed and hard-working graduates, with the support of their families, made the long […]

learn the pathway to a career in games and interactive media. In this Abbey Road Institute masterclass find out how to build and maintain a successful career in games and interactive media. There is no one right way to succeed in the entertainment industry, and often we have not even defined what we mean by […]

  Ready to throwdown a remix? Abbey Road Institute is super excited to welcome aspiring producers to our campus where they get to create a remix in our studio for our remix competition. We have assembled an incredible judging panel consisting of Australian Music Industry heavyweights to pick the winner. Many of the finest developers are […]

  Chris Corby is currently the Audio Director at Channel Nine. Former house engineer at Sing Sing studios, Chris was a founding member of commercial electronic group Deep Face. Earlier this month the Abbey Road Institute hosted an informative Chris Corby Masterclass where he discussed audio in broadcasting, songwriting, and applying production techniques. Check out the […]

what is your career pathway? Students and aspiring sound engineers, producers, songwriters and sound design thinkers rarely hear about the different pathways when looking at career options. But simply knowing your craft alone is usually not enough for building a successful career. It’s why an industry masterclass provides fantastic insight for students to ask questions […]

Our August masterclass was a great success. Joel Quatermain commenced the first half discussing his influences and his path with Eskimo Joe and his evolution into production. Producing his own band, and speaking about the role of a producer, Joel discussed recording techniques, songwriting, and the mentoring of an artist. Joel talked about the work […]