Applications open for the Red Bull Music Academy 2012
Event Dates: September 30 - November 2, 2012
Applications: February 2 - April 2, 2012
Application form and info at www.redbullmusicacademy.com
Having
traversed the globe with previous stops including Berlin, Toronto, London,
Madrid, Melbourne, and Cape Town among others, the Red Bull Music Academy is
excited to be landing in New York for 2012. Music makers of all styles,
methodologies and levels of experience are invited to apply until April 2,
2012, for what will be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
For all
information, FAQs and to download the application form, click on the website: www.redbullmusicacademy.com
One of the
most iconic cities on the planet, NYC has been immortalized in the pantheon of
music - incubating genres like hip hop, disco, house, bop, no-wave, and
post-punk among others. NYC is inspiration central: a
place where people from all nations collide, bringing music, culture, and
attitude with them. Music is everywhere, from cars cruising the block banging
hip hop mix shows to the indie rock stars of tomorrow mashing drums in East
Village practice spaces. Boomboxes blasting Willie Colón soundtrack outdoor
domino games, and hipster troubadours play fiddles in the subway while kids
shout the words to the latest A$AP Rocky single down the train aisles. After
all, nothing’s equivalent to the New York state of mind.
The Red Bull Music
Academy is excited to become part of this sonic kaleidoscope this fall. From
September 30 through November 2, 2012, the world-travelling music lab and
festival will set up shop in the city for five weeks' worth of workshops,
concerts, club nights, and all-round musical extravaganzas held all across the
boroughs.
Producers,
vocalists, instrumentalists and DJs across all genres who will be at least 21
years of age by September 30, 2012 are eligible to take part and can download
an application form from www.redbullmusicacademy.com and send it off with a
selection of their tunes before April 2, 2012.
To find out
more, musicians can attend one of the Red Bull Music Academy’s three-day ‘Bass
Camp’ sessions in Moscow, Warsaw, Rome, Madrid, Beirut and Antwerp, amongst
other cities. Participants will receive a full-fledged mini-Academy experience
including studio facilities for collaboration, inspiring international
lecturers, and a host of club nights. In addition, interested applicants can
also attend one of the many introductory one-day sessions being held throughout
February and March in over 50 countries worldwide. More information on the
whereabouts of these events can be found on www.redbullmusicacademy.com/events.
The Red Bull
Music Academy’s yearly compilation entitled ‘Various Assets’ is set to be
released at the end of February. Containing 35 tracks (all recorded at the 2011
Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid), this “audio yearbook” is just a sampling of
the once-in-a-lifetime moments that came out of the Jurassic Park-like Academy
compound at Matadero Madrid: from arpeggiated acid to experimental exotica. The
compilation will have a physical release and will be distributed to music
shops, clubs and cultural institutions the world over. In addition, a different
song each day will be available for download on www.redbullmusicacademy.com/va
from February 2 on.
A series of
mixes and podcasts on RBMA Radio as well as the Academy’s Mixcloud channel will
also highlight the diversity of music makers participating in the Red Bull
Music Academy. Lectures from previous editions can be viewed via Vimeo or
downloaded as audio podcasts from Soundcloud. Find all links below.
Red Bull Music Academy on the web:
www.twitter.com/RBMA (#rbma2012)
About the Red Bull Music Academy:
The Red Bull
Music Academy is an international workshop that was founded in 1998, and
touches down in a different city each year. Over two fortnight-long 'Terms',
some of the finest purveyors of rhythm and sound from all over the world gather
between the Academy's walls. Two groups of 30 successful applicants, themselves
representing a diverse range of music styles and methodologies, attend lectures
by musical pioneers, and work on their own tunes in custom-built studios. By
night, they have the chance to perform in some of the host city's most iconic
clubs and concert halls.
“The Red Bull Music Academy is the most progressive entity
of music education. I wanna be chosen for this!” (Ahmir ‘?uestlove’ Thompson,
The Roots)
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