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It exists and is alive and well, I’ve seen Music Production in London taken place in some of the, NO, the BEST facilities in the country for learning music production.

Whichever way you look at it, music production is something which takes time to learn, it’s as much about the experience as it is being told. Sure you can be told about new techniques, you can be informed about new tricks and tips, but quite honestly nothing compares to locking yourself away in a purpose built studio and tweaking away at your hearts content.

This is where SAE London excels from a user experience perspective, the gear is state of the art, and the students have 24 hour access to literally spend every waking hour sitting in that experiential zone, that important place we all know to be essential for deepened learnt experiences.

You see to really “get-it” you have to have “done-it”, you have to have made mistakes, you have to have come back from a break only to realise your mix stinks, and then when the “penny drops” you put it right, you approach the production with new fresh ears and more clairty – you’ve moved onwards and upwards.

I spend a few hours a month at SAE London and I’m hoping to show you more content over time concerning their Music Production.

If you are a regular reader of this Blog you’ll have read some previous posts about MediaCamps.

MediaCamps are a series of FREE unconferences aimed at raising awareness of new-media, or Web 2.0 tools for a variety of people. The camps are organised by the Social Media Mafia and have proven to be popular events with lots of people.

AC has a connection with MediaCampLondon in that the camp is being hosted at SAE London and shaping up to be a buzzing event to say the least.

What you can expect at a MediaCamp

Well, the people who sign up to attend the camp are also the people who run the sessions, or workshops, anyone can list their name down to run a session, sharing their experience. Themes are wide and varied including how to run e-mail campaigns, building virtual communities, selling your wares on the internet, blogging, web advertising, using social media in business etc.

If you are working in the music business, or aim to be, you have much to gain from attending and taking part in the camp, it is of course paramount that your business gets involved, or is at least aware of some of those above themes.

Assets

The camp will produce a lot of assets in the shape of pictures, blogs and vlogs, much of it taking place live on the day, you can watch the wiki for information on that. Many of the rooms at MediaCampLondon will have a web cam that will be beaming the sessions out onto utream.tv.

Register 

All you need to do to attend is register your name on the wiki, by going along to this url: http://mediacamplondon.pbwiki.com and browsing to the register section and adding your name.

For those of you in UK there is another exciting MediaCamp in the pipeline taking place on May 17 at Buckinghamshire New University, or BNU.

Last years event was a great success and attracted a variety of bloggers, marketing types, vloggers, PR people, musicians and studio engineers into a melting pot of an unconference.

Unconference?

Yes, the “un” in unconference means that you can expect everything that a conference isn’t. So nobody will be standing talking to you for an hour, you won’t have to sit there becoming bored with the content, you are actively encouraged to get up and walk to another “session” if you find it boring or non-relevant.

Unconferences are powerful and interactive, people travel from afar, book into hotels and make a weekend of it. It’s all about participation and sharing good practice, and as you can imagine slots perfectly into the style of learning we are so proud of on AC here, “open” and immersive.

So pop along to MediaCampBucks and register to attend, it’s completely free!