10/07/2024
This one's for all you aspiring DJs and Producers 💚💯👽
This is for anyone who is interested in making or mixing music for our underground scene 🔈🔊 Don't miss out on this great opportunity to accelerate your journey 🚀
We are considering starting an unusual project - a day event at Eiger Studios with a trial later this year focusing on aspiring music producers and DJs of all levels - from beginners who want to start their journey in the right way - to seasoned live acts who want to come and learn some extra techniques, share some additional knowledge and have some fun together.
The aim is to grow new talent within our region, inspire and connect people, encourage open knowledge sharing, collaboration and also allow a new generation of artists to join our community and help us to push our creative boundaries
Whether or not we go ahead depends on the level of interest, so do fill out the questionnaire at the bottom and share this to anyone who you think would be interested.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenvZoInoH39xS5-cFaJk6KIKMiReQbnybub0Mj9Nd_A5BGOQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
For music producers, this might involve established and often international level producers coming in and going through how a previous track was made, breaking down some of their favourite techniques, talking through arrangement and structure of tracks for releases and live sets, making a slamming kick/bass, looking at specific sounds (e.g acid lines or fm squelches) and how to start to implement them in your tracks.
For absolute beginners, we will tailor something special so that you can learn the basics with some ready made sounds to play with, with opportunities to play with both digital and analog gear.
The production classes would be split between a few groups and then would have a live Q&A, with opportunities for the class to ask questions, request feedback and then group work where we can all experiment with a mixture of analog and digital gear to make a track
For DJs, this might involve some tutorials and open decks, teaching on how to play the latest club Pioneer gear or choosing to go right back to the roots and playing on analog vinyl turntables, sharing everyones different techniques for blending, effects, structuring sets, using Rekordbox, recovering from mistakes, ensuring the decks are set up correctly, working around faults, promoting yourself and then a group workshop and chat where those who wish can share their favourite ideas and techniques. We are open to all styles of mixing and are looking forward to some focused classes plus allowing everyone who can to share their knowledge and experiences.
The event would culminate in a session on the main stage for the final few hours where the group can hear a sample of the sounds they have created and understand how it translates into a full sound system and then allow the DJs who are comfortable to play back to back in front of a small and open audience.
Most of all, we want the classes to be as fun as possible, with plenty of opportunities to have a laugh and get hands on, and see just how much joy we can get when it comes to making sound.
All projects / presets / sounds created would be available to the group to take home at the end of the session, and we may look to record the presentations too.
If you are interested, fill this in to make sure you are first in the queue, otherwise please share to help support!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenvZoInoH39xS5-cFaJk6KIKMiReQbnybub0Mj9Nd_A5BGOQ/viewform?usp=sf_link