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Written by Eileen McDonald Sparks There has never been a better time in history to be a woman or NGC person pursuing a career in music production, and it is our responsibility to ensure this environment will only continue to evolve into a more inclusive and supportive industry. “…there’s room for everyone, so not seeing […]

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 […]

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 […]

Date: 7th September Location: Abbey Road Institute Australia Cost: Free   Chris Corby Chris Corby is an ARIA nominated producer and Audio Director at Channel Nine. He is also a former house engineer at Sing Sing studios and a founding member of commercial electronic group Deep Face. Subsequently, Chris has worked with You AM I, […]

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 […]

  Meet Alex Mraz Graduate Alex Mraz 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]