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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 […]

Producers Panel 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 […]

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 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 full time student at the Melbourne campus.  While learning the engineering, music production and business aspects of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Study For A Day 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 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 beautiful […]