Apply for the Red Bull Music Academy

The Red Bull Music Academy unfolds as follows. Two groups of promising producers, musicians and DJs from around 30 different countries gather at a new location each year. In an open, friendly forum and in the comfort of well-equipped studios, they meet and make beats with crucial characters in the story of music: from yesterday’s most brilliant funk composers, to today’s techno and hip hop protégées. Together, they explore aural possibilities via DJ-mixing set-ups and an incredible selection of the latest keyboards, gadgets and software. Each group of thirty takes part in one of two two-week semesters. During each semester, lectures are followed with studio time. With the help of a team of critically acclaimed producers, a number of quality tracks are made at the Academy. Participants also have the chance to broadcast live on the Academy’s web-based Red Bull Music Academy Radio. The musical activity and new friendships create an amazing energy, which catches fire in the nightspots of the city. There, everybody has a chance to perform, and to take their own spot on the dancefloor.

Anyone interested in joining this year’s Academy in Melbourne must follow a few simple steps. Prospective applicants should send a completed questionnaire along with a mix-CD or selection of his/her own music, and a current photo to the Red Bull Music Academy between April 14 and June 3, 2006.

Once the application period has ended, sixty of the most promising applicants will be invited to the workshops in Melbourne. Flights and accommodations will be covered by the Red Bull Music Academy. If invited, participants should plan on being a part of either Term 1 (Sept 24 – Oct 6, 2006) or Term 2 (Oct 15 – Oct 27, 2006).

By July 14, 2006, all applicants will be notified via email whether they have been invited or not. Those who have applied previously but have yet to be invited are certainly encouraged to give it another shot. As quite a few second- and third-time applicants have learned, perseverance can most definitely pay off.

Application forms and all the vital info are available at www.redbullmusicacademy.com . There you can also find Diary entries from Academies past, video footage from memorable sessions, the Red Bull Music Academy Radio stream, forums for your thoughts and of course a list of all the star studded folks who’ve passed through our doors to pass down their knowledge.