Open Studio Day @ Abbey Road Institute Berlin
On Friday, April 7 from 6pm to 9pm we will once again open our doors at the Abbey Road Institute Berlin, Salzufer 15-16, to inform you about our course concept, our technical and musical equipment, offer tours around the location and answer all your questions about our programme in person.
There also will be showcases by students and staff in our studios:
In Studio one #INSTANTBONER, the longterm project of Matthias Millhoff (Modular Synthesizer) and Joe Steyer (Drum Engineer) will perform a Live Modular Session and in Studios two and three our students from the September 2016 class will work on their current course projects in HipHop and Pop.
We will be at the Superbooth 17 at FEZ in Berlin
From April 20-22 2017 the second Superbooth will take place in Berlin and this year we will take over the Tonregie der Landes Musikakademie Berlin-Brandenburg (Room 0420) and hold workshops with #INSTANTBONER, Sebastien Vaillancourt and DJ Kabuki about different aspects of creating electronic music. The official program and tickets will be up on the Superbooth website soon, but for now here´s what you´ll be able to learn from us:
Thursday April 20, Friday April 21 and Saturday April 22 there will be two different Workshops each. One at 11am and the other at 4pm:
Thursday and Friday 11:00 am: Reaktor 101 - Creating a Groovebox from Scratch DnB-DJ Kabuki ( Jan Hennig ) shows you how to create Drum Sounds from the scratch with Reaktor. The Drum Kit will be triggered through a sequencer and pushed by a simple Bass Line. All programming happens inside Reaktor.
Saturday 11:00 am: Stereo Microphone Techniques Introduction into Stereo Microphone Techniques with Abbey Road Institute Berlin Head Coach Stefan Weiser.
Thursday and Saturday 04:00 pm: Live Composing with #Instantboner realtime production - producing electronic music in realtime. haptic workflow - create your very own instrument. appealing contrasts - how to combine hard and software.
An insight look into the liveset of #INSTANTBONER. Presenting a different approach to perform electronic music live. They will be focusing on how to create your own instrument and how to increase creativity and productivity in a studio- or live environment. By using a lot of modular synths.
Friday 04:00 pm: 101 - Max for Live - Introduction and Exercises Introduction into Ableton Max for Live with Sebastien Vaillancourt
During Workshop breaks we are there to talk shop, nerd out about analog and digital equipment and obviously answer any questions about our courses.
All Workshops will be in English and ticketed so make sure to reserve yours soon.
Best regards
Your team at Abbey Road Institute Germany
PS: We decided to not have a booth at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt this year. But if you are in Frankfurt feel you´re invited to come by our school on any day between 10 am and 6 pm for a look around and a cup of coffee.
