Rock Academy Melbourne

Rock Academy Summer 2024 – Bookings Open

After a couple of monster shows at The Espy in the famous Gershwin Room, we’re back in 2024 with the next instalment of Rock Academy Melbourne – RAM34, a week of music madness, starting Monday, January 8 and January 15.

If you’re aged 12-19 years old and keen to write, rehearse, record and perform music, then Rock Academy is the place for you. Now in our 9th year of rocking, you’ll meet like minded teenagers to write, jam and perform with and create networks that may last a lifetime.

There are limited numbers, so be quick and lock in your place.

The Dates

Week 1

• Mon-Thu, January 8th-11th, Songwriting & Rehearsals @ Bakehouse Studios, Richmond.
• Friday, January 12th, Live recording (audio and video) @ Bakehouse Studios, Richmond.
• Saturday, January 13th, Live Show, The Leadbeater Hotel, Richmond

Week 2

• Mon-Thu, January 15th-18th, Songwriting & Rehearsals @ Bakehouse Studios, Richmond.
• Friday, January 19th, Live recording (audio and video) @ Bakehouse Studios, Richmond.
• Saturday, January 20th, Live Show, The Leadbeater Hotel, Richmond

Rock Academy is the most unique band initiatives ever created with all creative decisions made by the participants, no pre-approved song lists to choose from, choose what you and your band mates want to play to amaze your friends and family at the end of week show on a fair dinkum Melbourne Rock stage.

So if you haven’t been to Rock Academy before or sat out the Covid challenged 2020 and 2021, it’s time to step up and rock.

Bookings will be open on Tuesday, October 1 for the Summer session in January 2024.

The lowdown

On the first day, we kick it off with a spotlight session, where everyone gets to play, meet each other, and mingle.

The mentors will construct the bands and then you’ll head off to a rehearsal room with your bandmates and start working up a cover song, get creative and feel free to bend the genres and the rules.

On Tuesday morning we kick off with a Songwriting workshop led by our amazing mentors, getting you started on your way to writing your original song. After the workshop, you’ll join a different band and with your new bandmates head to your rehearsal room to co-write your original song.

On Wednesday morning we have some instrument workshops with specialist pro players, then it’s back to rehearsals of originals and covers.

Thursday is a day to polish both your cover and original, get to the finer points of each song in readiness for recording and the live performance.

On Friday we will set up in Scrap Museum at Bakehouse Studios and bring in our audio and video crews for record and film your performances. These performances will be mixed, edited and polished in preparation for premiering as The Big Show on YouTube three weeks later.

On Saturday afternoon you’ll be on stage at one of Melbourne great band rooms in front of an adoring audience of over 200 people.

Mentors for our 34th Rock Academy include Craig Johnston (Delsinki) and Brooke Taylor in Week One and the second week will be led by Phil Ceberano. More mentor announcements will be shared closer to the commencement of the week.

Fees for the week are $575 (incl gst), payable either wholly, or in two parts – deposit ($200) and balance ($375)

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