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  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 […]

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 […]

intersted in an industry scholarship Abbey Road Institute is proud to announce the “Future Generation Scholarship”. The scholarship, to the value of $5,000.00, is provided by Studios 301. Studios 301 is Australia’s busiest recording, mixing and mastering studio complex, helping the Australian and international music communities to shape the future sound of music. 301 is […]

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 […]

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, […]

student success 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 […]

Welcome to part I of our favourites from the team at Universal Audio.   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 […]

Jaime Fuentes 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 student at Abbey Road Institute Australia. Creating his Portfolio while studying While learning engineering, music production and business aspects of […]

Women in Music Scholarship   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 scholarship to women who demonstrate their commitment and passion to music who are wishing […]