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Private lessons open in Melbourne

One-on-one production, DJ and mixing lessons in Melbourne, built around the music you want to make.

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Southbank and Abbotsford studios

Hold to play

Hold, then move. Every note is in key.

idle

Make a beat

Pick a groove, tap the pads, then play the synth over the top. Everything runs through one mixer with delay, reverb, filter and drive.

Kick sound
Drums
Synth
Master

Private lessons

Learn one-on-one Lessons are booked around you and shaped around what you want to make. Bring your laptop, your unfinished tracks and your questions.

  • Production

    Sound design, arrangement and finishing tracks, in the software you already use: Ableton Live or Logic.

  • DJ

    Beatmatching, track selection and building a set that holds a room, on decks and controllers.

  • Mixing and mastering

    Get your own tracks sounding finished, and learn why the changes work.

How it works

Email. Pick a time. Start making.

Tell us what you want to learn and roughly when you are free. We reply with times that suit you, then you work one-on-one on your music, at your pace.

  • Email us with what you want to learn
  • We reply with times that suit you
  • Work one-on-one at your pace
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Producer's desk with a laptop open on a music arrangement, a MIDI keyboard and studio monitors in cyan light
Bring your unfinished tracks

What we teach

Lit channels can be booked now. The rest are muted until group classes come back.

  • ProductionAbleton LivePrivate
  • ProductionLogicPrivate
  • ProductionMixing and masteringPrivate
  • ProductionProduction crash course1 day
  • ProductionNI Maschine crash course1 day
  • ProductionMasterclass seriesMonthly
  • PerformanceDJ lessonsPrivate
  • PerformanceDJ crash course1 day
  • PerformanceVocal coachingPaused
  • PerformancePiano and keyboardPaused
  • PerformanceGuitarPaused

Lesson one was always the same. Make the music, don't read about it.

lessons in a full course
8
from first session to finished track
2 mo
for the crash course
1 day
original track, mastered, to take home
1

Your teacher

MoodMachine

Private lessons are one-on-one with Joel Kino, who produces and DJs as MoodMachine.

Bring the track you are stuck on, the set you want to tighten, or the software you want to finally understand, and work through it in the studio together.

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Studio control room with a large mixing console and monitors, lit violet and cyan

Questions

Are group classes running?

Group classes are paused for now. We might pick them back up in 2027. Private lessons are open.

What software do you teach?

Ableton Live and Logic for production, plus Native Instruments Maschine. Bring the software you already use.

What should I bring?

Your laptop, your unfinished tracks and your questions.

Where are lessons held?

Southbank, at 440 City Road next to the City Road stop on tram route 96, and Mycelium Studios on Johnston Street, Abbotsford.

Book a private lesson

Tell us what you want to learn and when you are free. We reply from info@electronicmusicacademy.com.

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