Screen Music: Compose, Produce, Sync with Amara Primero

Join us to learn from composer, founder and CEO of Primerchord Production Music, Amara Primero on how to maximise your sync opportunities in the industry. This 2 day course will take you through in detail what it takes to go from writing, composing and producing music to landing it in the hands of the right people who can get your music placed in film, tv and radio.

What do you need to bring along?

To get the most out of the course, please bring:

• A laptop with a DAW installed (we’ll be using Logic Pro but any DAW you’re familiar with will work).
• Headphones supplied, unless own preferred.

What will be covered?

Session 1: Saturday 11th May

An introductory session; Understanding the Brief: establishing genre and mood + practical, live in-person compositional examples.

Writing an Effective Cue + live in-person example. Students will have an opportunity to begin writing in-class.

Create: this session is a practical class. Amara and other instructors will be available to guide students through the composing process.

Session 2: Saturday 18th May

Getting down to business: A session focussing on turning the musical “product” into a business. How to practically go about writing music and staying consistent, for maximum placement. Also an opportunity to submit final compositions for sync consideration as well as hear stories and industry insight from a Film/TV editor.

What you’ll learn

By the end of this Screen Music: Compose, Produce, Sync course, you will be able to:

• Understand the requirements of an industry brief.
• Understand and apply compositional techniques and musical concepts to genre and mood.
• Compose a cue with an understanding of style, musical contour and suitable compositional techniques associated with writing an effective cue.
• Understand and apply basic production techniques, specs and deliverables for the industry.
• Understand fundamental practices in the music business and what it takes to maximise your sync opportunities.

Opportunities

“Primerchord is always open to having composers pitch their work and finding ways that we can collaborate together. This workshop will be the perfect opportunity to work with the Primerchord team to create works that will be suited for immediate pitch to the library.”

Amara Primero – Primerchord

Dates

2 day Masterclass. Sat 11th and Sat 18th May

• 2 sessions, 12 hours total + Networking
• 10PM – 4PM

About Amara Primero

Founder & CEO of Primerchord Production Music / APRA AMCOS Ambassador

Amara Primero is a screen composer, currently working on a slate of shows in Australia and the USA, where she has worked and collaborated with some of the industry’s most acclaimed TV directors and producers. Amara was the Winner of the Los Angeles Cinematography Awards (LACA) 2019 for Best Original Music Score (Stille Nacht) and a Finalist in the 2019 Music + Sounds Awards. She was the composer on the 2022 feature documentary, “Shane,” on the late Shane Warne (Amazon Prime Video).

Amara is also the founder and director of Primerchord Production Music. Primerchord has supplied music for TV shows, including Bondi Rescue, Discovery’s, Sydney Harbour Force, Outback Car Hunters, The Repair Shop Australia and Amazon’s Making the Cut (a Project Runway Spinoff).

What is Abbey Road Institute?

Abbey Road Institute (RTO ID 41377) in collaboration with Studios 301 is the training ground for the next generation of music producers and sound engineers providing industry-leading music production education.

By harnessing the expertise and innovation created from Abbey Road Studios in London, as well as collaborating with experts in the industry, we offer a variety of practical and hands-on courses to assist you in your career in Audio.

These courses include:

• 301 Academy - 3 month short course & intensives
• Masterclasses
• Professional Development Workshops
• CUA60520 Advanced Diploma of Music (specialising in Music Production)

We look forward to welcoming you at Studios 301!

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