Join us at the Schuim bar on Thursday the 19th October where we will be holding hourly music workshops during the day and partying like it's going out of fashion in the night. There you will find a bunch of likeminded music professional musicians who will be happy to share their extensive knowledge of all aspects of the world of music with you. Form writing and creating tracks, the creative process, workflows, software, hardware and mixing and mastering, we will be covering just about everything to do with music production for beginniers and advanced levels. We will also be touching on the business side of music, with a couple of workshops about DJ agencies and marketing. Demo Review Send us your demos!! and we will pick the best 5 to be reviewed on the day by the panel. Send us demos on Soundcloud or whatever, just drop a link into the comments or send it via FB messenger. Our Experts Dave the Drummer Long time London Techno producer and underground techno DJ Dave The Drummer will be showing mixing techniques in Ableton live, using the APC40 basic mastering using Isotopes Ozone and some synth tips and tricks. Mark EG A main player in the music industry for almost 25 years, Mark EG has transmitted his musical message across the globe many times over, reaching several different generations with countless different styles of electronic music. He has achieved this with a unique and anarchic approach to music that have won him many awards and accolades. His energy and passion for sound is quite simply unparalleled. Mark will be teaching us about his DJ/ Production academy and showing us his personal tips and tricks. Diarmaid O Meara Berlin based Diarmaid is an incredibly talented producer who's recent LP In Your head and it’s accompanying videos have been turning heads for the last few months. Diarmaid will be lifting the lid on some of his production techniques for us all to enjoy. Patrick DSP Neptune Mastering is the home of another Berlin based Patrick DSP, when he is not out gigging live or rocking it on the decks in a dark club somewhere you can find Patrick working away mastering. Crystal Distortion The man the myth the legend that is Simon Crystal distortion. An original member of Spiral Tribe Simons sound is synonymous with the French fee party scene and indeed the free party scene in general. Playing just a bout any tempo you care to imagine and throwing all sorts of stuff into his live set and manipulating it on the fly, it will be incredible to learn some lives tips from this man. Chicagoloop Chicagoloop has been producing electronic music for over 20 years, he cut his teeth on the London free party scene before going on to work in the studio for Kinetic records where he was creating music for MTV and many other clients. Ant’s recent output on Funk nDeep and Techburst has seen his tracks sitting at the top of the beatport charts for many weeks, this is the man to go to if you want to know how to make a techno track sound amazing! Ant also currently works a vinyl cutting engineer for vinyl carvers. Rachel Rakitt The wonderful Rachel Rakitt, who has tirelessly worked as a DJ agent for the best part of 15 years. What Rachel doesn’t know about DJs, Performers, Promoters, Gigs and getting everyone there and getting everyone paid isn’t worth knowing. Rachel will be telling us about her new agency, why she started it and what she thinks new DJs should be doing if they want to get work. Jon Connor When he’s not out in the middle of the ocean working on massive wind turbines Jon is in the studio banging out tracks and working on his label Bubblejam. Jon will be shedding light on his creative process within running a record label and how to market a new techno label to and already saturated market. More info to come very soon..