Two weeks.
The skills to
finish records.
An in-person masterclass for producers who’ve outgrown the bedroom. Work a real track through the full process — tracking, production, mixing and mastering — alongside producers behind ARIA #1s and ARIA-nominated releases, and walk out with the skills to finish your own.
*Make records, not debt.
You can make a beat.You can't finish a record.
You’ve dabbled. You’ve recorded. You’ve watched the tutorials. And you’re still stuck at the same ceiling — because nobody with real credits has ever sat next to you and shown you how the pros actually do it.
Your mixes don’t translate
Sounds huge in your headphones, falls apart in the car. You can’t tell why.
Tutorial purgatory
400 hours of YouTube and you still second-guess every fader move and plugin.
No real feedback
No working engineer has ever heard your work, let alone told you what’s holding it back.
The uni temptation
A three-year degree and $40–70k of debt for skills you could build in two weeks.
The mathsis brutal.
Same dream. Wildly different route. Here’s what three years of theory costs you — against two weeks of records.
You’ll need that $40–70k for your career — gear, sessions, releases. Not repayments.
The craft tofinish your own.
Not exercises. Not theory. You work a real track through every stage of the process — and leave with a repeatable way of working that holds up the next time you’re alone with the session.
- The full record-making process, start to master
- How the pros work an SSL console and outboard
- A production workflow you can repeat at home
- Direct feedback from a credited engineer
- The release & royalties know-how to put music out
Taught by peoplewith the credits.
Some of our instructors trained under Grammy-winning engineers Michael Brauer and David Kahne. In a room of twelve, you learn the moves that made the records you grew up on — directly.
Ten days.Track to master.
Two weeks in the room, learning the full process from a blank session to a finished master — the way the pros actually work.
Signal flow
From source to speaker — the console, patchbay, routing and gain staging that keep a session clean.
Microphones
Mic types and polar patterns, placement, and choosing the right mic for the source.
Recording a band
Tracking a full band in the live room: setup, headphone mixes and capturing takes that need less fixing.
DAW editing
Comping, editing, timing and tuning to a professional standard.
Processing
EQ, compression and effects as both corrective and creative tools.
Mixing
Balance, depth and translation — turning raw tracks into a finished mix.
Production
What producing a record actually takes — timelines, studio scheduling, session players, and the calls that get it made.
Sound design & synthesis
Synthesizers and sound design — building original tones and textures.
Mastering
Final-stage processing, loudness and prepping a track for streaming and release.
Music theory
The theory that actually helps you produce — keys, chords and movement.
Songcraft
Arrangement, song structure, hooks and the writing choices behind a record.
Launch strategy
Branding, marketing and a release strategy to put your music out.
Records, notregrets.
Hear it straight from a student who came through the course.
“Listening back a week later I went, ‘Wow — I can’t believe I was in the same room as those people.’”
“I’ve been producing for four or five years, getting to a certain level in my mixes but not going beyond. Now I’m really excited to get into the studio.”
One fee.No debt.
One-off fee. No debt, no lock-in.
Inc GST. Optional 12-month mentoring available as an add-on.
- 10 days in a working studio, max 12 students
- Every stage, hands-on — tracking to mastering
- 1:1 feedback from a credited engineer
- The skills to finish your own records
- Access to the online platform + producer tools
- Release & royalties playbook
- Lifetime access to the alumni network
Straightanswers.
You should have dabbled — recorded something, made a beat, opened a DAW. You don't need to be good yet. This masterclass takes people from 'I can make sounds' to 'I can finish records.'
The studio is fully equipped, but bring your own laptop, headphones and audio interface. We work DAW-agnostically, so the workflow transfers to whatever you run at home.
At The Avenue Recording Studio in Melbourne — a real working studio with an SSL console and outboard gear on hand, not a simulation.
Yes. Full days in the room — not building one record start to finish, but learning the whole process: the trade secrets of making a record and how to release it. It's intensive on purpose — that's how professional sessions actually run.
Not at this stage — we don't currently offer payment plans. If the fee is a hurdle, say so in your enquiry and we'll have an honest conversation.
Jan 2027. Cohorts are capped at 12, so enquire early to hold a place.
See the fullten days.
Drop your details and we’ll send the complete curriculum PDF, the next intake dates and fees — and answer whether you’re a fit. No obligation.