The Aotearoa Music Producer Series (AMPS) The Session: February 12th-16th 2025
The Aotearoa Music Producer Series (AMPS) The Session: February 12th-16th 2025
January 14th, 2025
Guest Producer: Carmen Rizzo (with engineer Scott Seabright)
Location: Roundhead Studio A, February 12th to 16th, 2025
Session Times 10.30am to 5.30pm (lunch provided between 1pm and 2pm)
Ticket Price $250 plus GST ($225 plus GST for full MPG Aotearoa members)
About AMPS:
The Aotearoa Music Producer Series (AMPS) has been running since 2017 and was designed to up-skill Aotearoa’s music production sector. AMPS has attracted the participation of many formidable international producers including: Andrew Scheps, Sylvia Massy, Gil Norton, David Wrench, Anna Laverty, Romesh Dodangoda, Dave Eringa, Guy Massey, James K Lewis and Mark Rankin.
About AMPS: The Session
The five-day recording session is intended to prepare producers for all aspects of the recording process. The first meeting of producer, engineer and artist will be on day one and start with listening to the guest artist demos, choosing the song to track along with discussion and planning of the recording methods. Tracking will continue throughout the week with deep dives into song structures, instrument, mic and format choices, with all aspects played out in real time. The session will culminate with mixing of the song with time set aside to discuss and critique the work of the chosen attendees.
All producers and engineers in attendance are encouraged to exchange ideas and discuss decisions.
How to Apply
As places are highly limited applications will be dealt with on a first come, first served basis. Please send the following details to greghaver@icloud.com
Your interest in attending
Your dietary requirements
Any band (or solo artist with musicians) you’d like to be considered as the guest artist with streaming links to their work
About: Carmen Rizzo
Carmen is a two-time GRAMMY-nominated producer, engineer, and artist from Los Angeles, now based in Prague, Czech Republic. His eclectic list of credits includes Seal, Coldplay, Michael Jackson, Robbie Robertson, Paul Oakenfold, Dido, AR Rahman, Pete Townshend, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dhani Harrison, Anoushka Shankar, Huun Huur Tu, and Niyaz. Carmen has also collaborated with top producers such as Trevor Horn, David Foster, Don Was, Richard Perry, and Rob Cavallo. As a composer, he has scored films for Oscar-nominated directors Michael Apted and Stanley Brooks and wrote the end title for the Sony PlayStation hit video game Uncharted 2. A voting member of the Grammys, Carmen has served as both Governor and Trustee, co-writing the Best Electronic Album category and writing the Technical GRAMMY Awards for Apple and Roger Linn (the inventor of the drum machine). In addition to lecturing worldwide, including a TEDx talk in the U.S., Carmen runs his own music label, Electrofone Music. He also served as Head of Artist Relations for North America at Native Instruments for seven years.