Recently we had the opportunity to bring in one of our past graduates who is doing quite well for themselves. Steve Elswoth (AKA Audiophile 021) popped in for a visit yesterday reveling some of his secrets to our Modern music production course students. Steve has been busy since he left us over 8 years ago. As Audiophile 021 he has performed all over the country and at most of your favorite festivals. Steve is now head engineer at Red Bull studios in Cape Town, a community development studio that has become a huge support mechanism for our local industry. The Red Bull studios are about community upliftment through music. The main players are Richard Rumney – Studio Manager, Jake Lipman – Studio Communications, Steve Elsworth – Head Read more »
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Events, News, Past Grad | Richard Harriman April 17, 2012 | 
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The second day of the Red Bull studio workshops went underway yesterday as part of the build up to the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival hosted at the V&A Waterfront. The festival itself will be running over this weekend and should be an amazing experience for the more electronically minded of us. The discussions last night focused on a few different aspects of the electronic music industry with a focus on local talent. South Africa possesses a truly underground electronic music scene that Read more »
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Events, Music | Devon March 29, 2012 | Comments Off
The first day of the CTEMF (Cape Town Electronic Music Festival), workshop held at Red Bull studios, was primarily focused on the music industry. First on the coach was Hilton “Roach” Roth (African Dope / Gigham), Hagar Graiser (Jump Media / Cape MIC) and Maximillian Kaizen (Creative Commons South Africa). Having the opportunity to have 3 such knowledgeable and open speakers covering topic’s from publishing, performance rights, music copy right and creative commons opened up great debates and dialogue. With a close spotlight on SAMRO which is South Africa’s only music royalties collection agency, the artists and students had their say, with some negative and positive results beings discussed and analyzed by the 3 experts. Read more »
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Events, News | Richard Harriman March 28, 2012 | Comments Off
