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Broadcast as a career pathway Abbey Road Institute 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 (ABC) […]

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 […]

Written by David Weaver Music and Audio in Video Games; Since the early days in the field, music has held an important place in video game audio. Both technical and creative restraints featured as strong influences in early video game audio, with the earliest game music tracks being relegated to a tiny chip on an […]

Through the months of September and November, Abbey Road Institute students were embedded in two of the premier events on Australia’s music industry calendar. Our first group of interns were placed with Specific Music’s ‘50 Songs in 5 Days’  in partnership with APRA AMCOS and Studios 301. 50 Songs in 5 Days is an intensive songwriting […]

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 […]

Recently we were lucky enough to be invited to the Avid Space Melbourne and visit our friend from Avid, Drew Parsons. Drew set up this space to host training sessions and showcasing Avid’s equipment. The Avid Space Melbourne currently has an Avid S6, set up in 7.1.2 monitoring configuration, an Avid S6L and two workstations […]

have you graduated? Abbey Road Institute is about giving our alumni continuous support after graduation. We understand that any education doesn’t just end with a qualification but regular practice and refinement. This is why we strongly support our Alumni access program. The commencement of the next access in coming on October 6th and this occurs […]

  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 […]

Which Chord Next? A Simple Approach to Chord Progressions. By Paul Edwards Planning to get a diploma in music soon? Are you checking out audio production courses and music production courses in Melbourne now? Several articles such as this one have been prepared to refresh your knowledge in music. Read on to familiarise yourself with […]