UNDERGROUND MUSIC
ACADEMY

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MUSIC: FINDING YOUR VOICE. DEVELOPING YOUR PRACTICE.​ 

 

• How do we develop a creative process that moves us towards innovation?

• What skills must one cultivate to create a practice that works for them?

• How do you position your practice and independent artistry within the music industries?

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We inspire our students to identify their unique creative processes.

Students receive an expert, personalized education in production and DJing, including the use of tools, software, and equipment, while our Our Eco-System focuses on wellness, empowerment, and community help students further develop and sustain vibrant creative practices.

FOCUSES:
 

Practice: 

• Finding your Sound

• Collaboration in Practice 

• Workflows & Organization

• Sourcing Inspiration

• Iterative Processes & Experimentation

• Independent Artistry

 

Skill Building: 

• Workflow & Practice Development 

• DJing

• Hardware Equipment & Software

• Music Production

• Branding / Marketing

 

Speculative Futures: 

• Am I an Architect? Who am I Building with?

• Future Casting. New Sounds. New Visions
   

WELLNESS: THE POTENTIALITY OF FREQUENCIES

 

• What impact does music have on us?

• How do we maintain wellness within our personal practices, communities, and industry?

• What is the role of the musician in wellness?

 

Our students leave our courses with a deeper understanding of the power of music. We investigate the ways music impacts those who make it and their audiences, safe practices, and financial Well-being.

 

FOCUSES:

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Wellness in Practice:
 

• Scientific Basis (Examples / Applied)

• Sustainable & Safe Collaboration  in Practice

• Financial Wellness & Business Practices

The Impact We Create:
 

• Facilitating Healing

• The Artist's Impact

• The Impact of a Song

Impact on the Musician / Individual:
 

• Personal Practice, Embodiment, Mixing as Mediation, Discipline 

• Play, Creativity, & Mixing as Magic

• Trauma-Informed Safety

 

COMMUNITY: AMPLIFYING CONNECTION. CULTIVATING COLLABORATION

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• What does safety and accountability look like in practice?

• What role does community play in education and development?

• How does collaboration help us to foster collective growth as artists?

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As artists, we engage with communities in a multitude of beautiful ways, whether that be the communities we form with audiences, neighbors, or fellow musicians. Our curriculum uplifts and guides those connections, encouraging students to collaborate and grow, together.

 

FOCUSES:
 

• Community-Centered Economies:
   

  • Building Networks & Mutual Aid 

  • Business in Community

  • Resourcing
     

• Engaging with Community:
   

  • Community Event Practices

  • Safety & Accessibility in Event Planning

  • Engagement in Practice
     

• Safety & Accountability:
   

  • Accessibility 

  • Sustainable Practices  

  • Diverse Learning & Processes
    
     

Equity: Uplifting the History. Uplifting the Anti-Hero.

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• How can understanding the past guide us toward equity in the present?

• What is the role of music in archiving the past, representing the present, and creating new futures?

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We want our students to leave with a deeper connection to past and present architects of electronic music. We believe history empowers our community to understand their individual and collective power. It lays a blueprint, offering frameworks of movement, equity, and genre building. Students leave us grounded in legacy and ready to innovate.

FOCUSES:

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1. Connectivity: 

   1. Historical & Contemporary Examples of Collaboration

   2. Peer-to-Peer Skill Sharing  

   3. Collective Movements & Building

2. Social Justice Values: 

   1. Frameworks of Equity 

   2. Applied Practice 

   3. History of Social Justice Movement in Electronic Music

3. Music History: 

   1. Architects

   2. Detroit Origins

   3. Legacy, Lineage & The Future

   4. Afro-Futurism

   5.  World Building