The Red Bull Music Academy brings together DJs and music producers from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds to exchange their ideas about music and their knowledge of how life in the music industry works.
The two-week term schedules aim to cover all major aspects of DJ culture, including music history, technology and production, business and skills. We invite a variety of accomplished international guests - from industry movers and shakers to pirate radio station operators, from turntablists to sonic theorists - to meet our students and tell their own stories in their own words.
Background
The first Red Bull Music Academy took place in Berlin in 1998. 50 DJ/producers from Germany and Austria were chosen to attend 2 fortnightly workshops on music history, technology and business. After two years in Berlin, we moved to Dublin, to New York, to London, to Sao Paulo, then to Cape Town, Rome and Seattle, increasing the international mix of our students to 28 countries. The purpose of the Academy is to provide a platform for the exchange of musical knowledge and ideas - a familiar atmosphere in which guest lecturers and participants can talk about the experiences and fascinations that make up their musical lives. The participants can also learn a lot from one another, sampling each other's styles and exchanging new ideas and techniques throughout the two weeks they're together.
The Academy doesn't give out any certificates or diplomas, and attending it won't buy anyone a career in the music industry. But it's a valuable experience for everyone; sharing in the successes and failures of the other guests and participants leaving them with a new understanding and approach towards music.
This year the yellow brick road leads to Oz: Melbourne, the jewel of Australia’s South. Melbourne is a multi-cultural and arts-oriented city of 3.2 million, and has long been a favourite outpost for musicians and artists of all kinds. The ideal place for the gifted to gather and trade tips? No doubt! Imagine the chance to gather with 30 of your peers from 28 countries, to stay up late swapping samples and crazy tales – or jamming with one of your musical heroes in an impromptu session at the custom-built Academy studios. Then to blow the roof off the joint as you all get down to each other’s sets in clubs across the city. The vibe is incomparable, and for all who attend, life-changing - a musical utopia cookin’ with gas. |
