Alumni

Ramera Abraham is a London-based vocal producer, recording engineer, and songwriter. Having spent her younger years studying music in the Philippines, Abraham is now classically trained in piano, vocals, and drums. After completing her undergraduate degree in Canada, the multi-faceted created moved to London in 2017 to study our Advanced Diploma in Sound Engineering and Music Production course at Abbey Road Institute.

Upon graduating from the Institute, Abraham earned an engineering residency at Spotify’s Noteable studio, under the mentorship of Berklee College of Music. It was there that she dealt with daily studio operations and delved into the world of vocal production and engineering. After her Spotify residency, Abraham became a runner and then assistant engineer at Metropolis Studios, where she assisted on several projects. Including: Little Mix’s last two albums, Grammy-nominated musical theatre album “Cinderella” with Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ album, Carnage.

Abraham has since progressed into a freelance role, primarily at music distribution and artist services company, Platoon. Some of her biggest career highlights include working with Saint Harison, TianaMajor9, RAYE, Luz, Ms Banks, Henry Moodie, Kamille, and Matt Taylor. She was also included in SheSaid.So’s Alternative Power 100 List 2021 as one to watch, and is the Music Producers Guild’s Vocal Producer of the Year 2023.

Abraham has also taught several vocal production masterclasses with MPW, ICMP, University of Winchester, and at her alma mater, Abbey Road Institute. She has been creating vocal arrangements and writing harmonies from a very young age and has been in the professional recording industry for nearly six years. The majority of her work spans across the pop and R&B genres. Find out more about Ramera Abraham on her website. 

Abigail Adams is a musician and producer who completed our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2022.

Originally from Massachusetts (USA), Abigail grew up playing classical and folk violin, becoming interested in live sound engineering and production in high school. After participating in the Boston Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, performing in their New York Times critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut, Abigail attended Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied Classical Violin Performance and Sound Production. She moved to London in 2018 to pursue a Master’s Certificate in Jazz Violin at the Guildhall School of Music.

Some of Abigail’s highlights whilst studying with us include producing classical sessions alongside John Dunkerley in Abbey Road’s Studio One and Two, arranging string quartets for artist Le Montais, and engineering for Jazz drummer Romarna Campbell and spoken word artist DemiMa Nokusa Mseleku. She also recorded two of her original tracks with producer Haydn Bendall in Studio Two at Abbey Road and Studio One at Angel Studios.

She now works freelance as an artist, engineer and producer as well as a session musician and string arranger. A couple of recent projects on her roster include working for the Royal Opera House, arranging and performing strings for Yung Blud’s BBC and ITV Live Lounge sessions, aswell as for his headline set at Bludfest, playing Viola with Nu Civilisation Orchestra supporting Chaka Khan at Meltdown Festival and working for the Olympic Broadcasting Services in Paris 2024. Alongside her other work, Abigail performs under the name Sloane Monroe, combining blues-rock sounds and vocals with folk-classical string arrangements.

Forbes Anderson worked as part of the London team between September 2020 – August 2021. He is a seasoned producer, composer/arranger and classically-trained pianist. Before studying with us, Forbes studied Law, specialising in Intellectual Property, at the University of Cambridge, previously studying at the Junior Royal Academy of Music. Working primarily as a pop producer and vocal engineer, his work has been featured on multiple Spotify editorial playlists, amassing more than 200,000 streams. 

Highlights of studying our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering for Forbes were songwriting workshops with Bernard Butler and Julian Marshall. Additionally, recording piano in a band with fellow technicians and friends Giacomo Vianello and Raphael Sater in Abbey Road Studio Two. Another highlight includes shadowing multi-Grammy-award-winning producer Stephen Johns in Abbey Road Studio One for a full orchestral session.

Since graduating, Forbes’ plate has been full of projects. Portfolio highlights include engineering for critically acclaimed indie rock band Amber Run,. His ongoing partnership with alt-pop singer-songwriter Ewan J Phillips, who has signed to Sony/ATV.  Producing the Royal College of Music violin-piano duet of Maria Gîlicel and Tolga Atalay Ün in Abbey Road’s Studio Two, under the stewardship of Decca legend John Dunkerley. Forbes has also enjoyed many collaborations within the ARI family, including remixing for alumni Harimau and starting a band with alumnus James Li.

Following an internship at Australia’s largest recording studio, Studios 301, Becky Arnold took up an assistant engineer position at Dean Street Studios in Soho London. Becky’s role is varied; her can responsibilties range from assisting with setting up sessions, patching outboard gear and operating pro-tools to building baffles and making shelves for microphones. Becky says, “I would love to progress into running sessions myself as an engineer, and also mixing tracks that are recorded there. The atmosphere of the studio is so great, I’m very glad I got the opportunity to be a part of their team and I’m looking forward to my future there.” Becky has also recently launched her own company Amplifindr for which she is raising funds on Kickstarter. Amplifindr is an online studio rental portal for emerging producers, engineers, and artists. Becky hopes to ‘make music more accessible for young and amateur creatives since commercial studios are usually too expensive for people getting started in the business.’ And if that isn’t enough, in her own time, Becky Arnold is also busy developing her artist profile under the alias Violet Bec, and a debut EP is in the works for her.

Lizzie Arnold graduated from her studies with us in 2019, went onto work at the BBC and now works as a Studio Intern at Platoon in Tileyard. Her work at Platoon includes assisting on recording sessions, prepping sessions for mixing, and ensuring all studio equipment is properly maintained. She also supports Platoon artists with any technical issues they may have during sessions.

Before landing this role, she worked as a Sound Engineer at the BBC, across Radio Two and Radio Three. Some highlights from her work at the BBC include Late Junction, Proms 2019, The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum, The Listening Service, Radio 3 Breakfast, In Tune. For Radio Two her favourite session was with Jeff Goldblum.

Lizzie has worked on sessions at Maida Vale Studios and also on the Proms, which was a childhood dream of hers. Today, alongside her work at Platoon, she also continues to freelance in radio and live sound.

Domenico Autuori graduated in 2017 and now works as both a freelance music producer with other artists as well as making music as part of the band Screams from the Sun and as a solo artist under the name ‘Mimi Out’. Domenico’s work with his clients is multi-faceted and typically includes production, instrumentation and mixing. He also supports artists to create a visual brand through photography and video content.  He is based in Florence, Italy, and works from his home studio, The Pleasuredome, which is named as a tribute to one of his favourite producers, Trevor Horn.

Domenico has experienced great success as a member of the band Screams from the Sun, where he plays the drums. The band has released an EP and many singles, and have played around the UK and in London regularly. Prior to the release of their first single release, the band were featured in the French Rolling Stone magazine. In addition to this, Domenico works as a session and live drummer for artists and tribute bands. He developed his skills as a drummer at the Conservatory of Music in Salerno where he studied Percussion Instruments. In 2022, Domenico released his first singles as a solo artist ‘La Stanza Piena’ and ‘Sorry is not Enough’. These singles are also available on vinyl 7” inch as apart of his project named ‘SHOUT’. He is now working for multiple artists as a producer and is finishing more new tracks to come.

Moving forward, Domenico Autuori hopes to continue his work with his band, building their profile, as well as collaborating with and producing many more artists.

Oscar Bailey is a Producer and Musician who completed our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in January 2023.

He picked up the guitar at just age 17, then, during lockdown, his inspiration grew into collaboration, and as his love for music production began. Whilst on the course, Oscar recorded a variety of artists including Hiding Places, Bsmnt J, Seb Bonner, and fellow course-mate Jessi McDonald.

Oscar worked as a Technician at Abbey Road Institute between 2023 – 2024. Now he assists at Slide Studios in Peckham. Co-founded by Abbey Road Institute alumni, Will Bassett and Lucas Boydell-Loftus.

Following the completion of his studies with us and graduating in 2018 Zak Baker now works as a recording engineer, mix engineer and Dolby Atmos Mix engineer at Blue Bell Hill Studios, a residential recording studio in Kent which is part of the Miloco network of studios. Zak engineers most of the sessions that come through the studio which can sometimes involve taking on the producer role, as well as mixing the projects. On other bookings where the artist brings their own engineer, he takes on the role of assistant. The studio is run by Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Sam Fender) and Zak works with Barny as his mix engineer and works on mixes in the box before spreading them across the SSL console to be worked on.

After finishing his studies with us Zak travelled to Australia to take up an internship at Studios 301 alongside his fellow student Becky Arnold.

A couple of career highlights so far for Zak include engineering 4 tracks on the J Hus album, Big Conspiracy which went to number 1 in the album charts as well as assisting on the You Me At Six album and engineering for The Dualers and Octavian. You can find out more about Zak on his website.

Following his graduation in 2017, Ashyar Balsara secured a job at Island City Studios in Mumbai as a Recording & Mixing Engineer. Joining the team at Island City before the studio was even functional, meant Ashyar played a key part in assisting with the final stages of construction as well as planning and setting up all of the audio equipment. He also supported with training the assistant engineers, which he says was a great learning experience.

Now, his primary responsibility is recording and mixing. He’s worked on many projects, including mixing Netflix true crime documentaries such as ‘Indian Predator’, wildlife documentaries, radio plays for BBC Radio 4 such as ‘The Jungle Book’, recording with independent artists on acclaimed, commercial Bollywood projects, movie background scores, podcasts and audiobooks. A highlight for Ashyar Balsara is the vast variety of work he gets to be involved with, and he hopes that going forward he will be able to continue helping facilitate a great studio experience to all his clients/ artists. He also aims to be continuously working to improve his studios’ systems and processes, a number of which have been adapted from the way the Custom 75 studio at the Institute is operated.

Sam Bates graduated with our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2021 and spent the following year as one of our technicians. During this role, Sam supported our students on a day-to-day basis. Prior to studying with us, he spent several years DJing across London, producing electronic music, and playing in live bands. He is a keen DJ and dance music producer, with a number of club-focused projects in the works. 

Sam plays Keys, Viola and Saxophone, and has considerable experience performing Classical, Jazz and Contemporary Music. Additionally, Sam freelances as an engineer and continues to write and perform. 

During his time on the course, Sam announced two exciting projects – his post-punk band, In Tongues, and his Hip-Hop production moniker, Rival. He continues to develop these projects, alongside his work for artists as a producer and mix engineer. 

Moving forward, Sam Bates aims to keep releasing new music for his various creative outlets and develop his brand. He also seeks to establish himself as a producer and mix engineer who specialises in electronic and hybrid styles of music. 

Completing our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in September 2023, Jack Belcher is another talented and driven alumnus. Following his studies, Jack spent a year on our technician team.

Speaking about his new role, Jack tells us that he “looks forward to providing support for our students so that they can get the most out of their independent studio time.”

A talented saxophonist, pianist and flute player, Jack finds that his strengths mostly lie within classical production and editing. Throughout his studies, the alumnus has had a few early-stage, career-defining highlights. One that stands out the most is the time he produced a Chamber music session at Abbey Road Studio Two in collaboration with guest lecturer John Dunkerley. 

Moving forward, Jack’s aspirations for the future include producing classical and film score sessions. Although this is something that he has experience with, Jack Belcher is eager to expand his clientele with similar opportunities within the industry.

Alex Bennett is a skilled mix engineer and producer. After completing our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in October 2022, Alex signed his first record deal with Common Knowledge in 2024.

Before his role at Common Knowledge, Alex spent a year at Abbey Road Institute as a technician and runner across Angel One and Abbey Road Studios.  During his studies with us, Alex worked with several producers in our Custom 75 Studio, including Ed Nash and Zach Fogarty. 

While building his portfolio, Alex has dabbled in freelancing as a podcast engineer and producer. He has also previously worked with Studio 13, (Damon Albarn’s studio) and VoxPod – run by the mix engineer James Reynolds. Prior to joining our programme, he received a Bachelor’s in English and Music from the University of Leeds. 

After taking a momentary songwriting break, the alumnus is back and has spent the last six months finishing and mixing his first three singles with Common Knowledge. 

Speaking about this, Alex says: “It’s quite nice to be back making music again with Daniel (fellow Abbey Road graduate) – there’s nothing I enjoy more. We’re both older now and our perspectives have changed and the music coming from that is really cool to me.”

Looking ahead, Alex is focusing on writing something special, and cohesive – a project that his friends and family will love, equally. Additionally, he has plans to put a live show together. 

Alex Bennett releases his original music under the name, Alex Ivy. Tune into his music on Spotify.

Since graduating from Abbey Road Institute, Jonnie Berlevy currently works as a freelance Recordist & Mix Engineer.

He works all over London to record bands, as well as mobile recording and mixing from his home studio. Every session is different, however, Jonnie keeps the end goal the same every time. He likes to ensure that all sessions are smooth running and that the artists are happy with the final product.

Going freelance has meant that Jonnie has finally been able to record drums again – a passion of his that he missed since leaving Abbey Road Institute. Some of Jonnie’s most notable projects include: producing the jingle and theme for Sky Arts ‘Book Club’ and recording for Sky Arts ‘The Numan Method.’ 

As for what’s next, Jonnie says: “I want to record more bands!”

Check Jonnie Berlevy’s current production.

After finishing our Music Production course in 2024, Seth Betman moved to LA to work as a Runner at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood. In this role, Seth contributes to the studio’s everyday tasks. This includes maintaining the facility and working closely with second engineers to provide amenities and set up/tear down equipment.

Outside of his studio work, Seth is mastering projects for various artists he met through Abbey Road Institute. This includes an EP for Split the Dealer and an EP for K. Dene.

As for career highlights, Seth tells us he’s, “very proud of my master for Astrobenja called ‘Falling for You,’ produced by ARI alumnus Augusto Errázuriz. It was also featured on Astrobenja’s new album.” Additionally, he is also proud of his master for Fé’s nonchalant R&B release ‘Keep A Place.’ 

Musically, Seth is a seasoned jazz trumpet player. Although it’s not something he plays often anymore, he still enjoys the rare moments of playing on others’ tracks. When he’s not engineering, Seth tells us that he, “loves sampling LPs and creating on the SP-404.”

In the future, Seth plans to build a client base in LA. He also wants to continue working with creatives in London and eventually strengthen his focus on mastering for clients across the USA and UK.

Following graduating in 2019, Mia Bradley is now working as a Product Manager for dance record label Anjunadeep. After working as a Label Assistant, Mia was promoted to Product Manager, overseeing album campaigns and releases from some of dance music’s biggest stars. Mia’s main role is planning all aspects of a campaign, including working closely with artists and industry-leading companies to ensure the success of every release.

This role has allowed Mia to delve further into all the different genres of electronic music, not only getting a better understanding of the business side of the industry, but also allowing her to pursue her own musical endeavors. She releases music under the alias ‘Mia Aurora’, as well as becoming a globally touring DJ. 2022 saw Mia Bradley take over Ibiza, Berlin, Dubai, Israel, Albania and more with her iconic DJ sets. Mia says that her experience working for a global dance label has helped her greatly when developing her own musical projects.

Since completing our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2017, Richard Bradshaw spent two years working as an Audio Producer at the Royal National Institute of Blind People. The job entailed recording audiobooks, magazines and podcasts for both commercial clients and for the RNIB itself. Since 2021, he has been the Senior Audio Producer at RNIB, and as part of the management team manages a team of 7 audio producer and the London based RNIB studios. Outside of his day job Richard Bradshaw has been working on many projects such as developing a fully mobile 32 channel UAD/ Pro Tools rig which he has been taking out to record bands in situ as well as working on various solo projects. This definitely keeps him busy and he says the experience and learning he gained on our music production course has been invaluable in his career since leaving.

James Brennan is an Abbey Road Institute graduate and previous member of our Technician team! While studying our Music Production course, James produced, mixed and mastered a single titled ‘Moon Project.’ The track was made for multi-faceted folk artist Dan Ottewell and featured plays across BBC Introducing and Radio X.

He plays as a drummer for various acts in London and beyond. Some clientele include Brooke Law, Matt and the Night Walkers, Jessi Mac and more. He’s played previous live dates at renowned festivals Boomtown festival and Black Deer Festival. He has also had sold-out performances at Rough Trade Nottingham and Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney.

Additionally, James is a member of the London-based group Rolo Vango. The band is working on a new EP, which is scheduled for release in 2024. The EP was recorded at our Custom 75 studio at Abbey Road Studios and was co-produced by James amongst fellow technician Yago Fernández.

Moving forward, James is excited to assist students with technical support in this role. In addition, he is also thrilled by the opportunity to work as a runner on sessions in Angel One and is eager to find ways to help engineers and producers in the studio.

Carlos Bricio graduated in 2017 and went on to join our team in London as a technician where he was then promoted to Head Technician. Following his return to Madrid, Carlos is now working as a freelance engineer and producer.

His work focuses mainly on engineering (recording, mixing and mastering), remote drum recording and content writing. He set up his own studio in Madrid that he works out of, whilst also working as an assist engineer at GG producciones.

As well as his regular clients such as Abbey Road Institute or Sonimus, his clients as of late have included artists such as Miguel Ganzo, SudhaChandran, and even fellow alumni James Li and Ramera Abraham. He has worked with companies such as Antelope Audio and Scienseed and Universities / research centres like Universidad Carlos III and CENIEH. His podcast production La Lupa Sónica was even awarded twice in 2022, with a special mention to the sound design work Carlos did for it.

Continuing his career as an educator Carlos also offers one-on-one teaching sessions in music production and sound engineering whilst also writing articles for several online platforms. He collaborates with the plugin company Sonimus as content creator, making videos, audio examples and writing articles about their products and audio production techniques.

Collaborating with Eres Ciencia and Herstoricas, Carlos enjoys participating in educational projects where he can contribute with his insight knowledge on audio and video production. 

You can find out more about Carlos Bricio in this interview on our blog and on his website where he posts his own educational content. There, he talks about audio, sound and share production and recording tips. Carlos regularly contributes to our blog and you can also read his articles on The Decca Tree, Studio Etiquette and much more.

Thomas Briggs is a Recording & Mix Engineer, Producer, Multi-Instrumentalist and Studio Runner at Abbey Road Studios. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas moved to London in 2020 to study our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering. 

After graduating, he spent one year as a Technician at Abbey Road Institute and a runner for our commercial space, Angel Recording Studios, where he worked on projects with the likes of Little Simz, Inflo, Chronixx and soundtracks for movies such as Suzume. There, he developed his skills as a Sound Engineer and his knowledge of working in a professional studio.

After his year-long contract as a Technician came to an end, Thomas went on to work for high-end audio equipment distributor KMR Audio. This enabled him to further develop his skills as a Technical Assistant through fixing gear for clients, troubleshooting, and travelling to recording studios all across London to deliver and set up equipment.

Now, Thomas Briggs works as a Studio Runner for Abbey Road Studios. Since working at Abbey Road, Thomas says he has expanded his studio knowledge a tenfold. Working on orchestral sessions, pop sessions and events, some of his personal highlights to date include Sam Fender, Sheku-Kanneh-Mason and Kojey Radical to name a few.

Miguel Brierley is a skilled multi-instrumentalist who works as an Assistant Engineer for 2200 Studios, (formerly Record Plant in Sausalito, California). Famously home to the recordings of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, The Eagles’ Hotel California and Kanye West’s The College Dropout, (to list a few). 

His role at 2200 often includes preparing the studio for recording sessions and assisting the Acting Engineer with necessary changes in the live and control rooms. This involves managing microphones, the patchbay, headphones, the room set up, and sometimes prepping a ProTools session. 

Since completing our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering, Miguel has been developing his connections and experiences in the music industry. A personal career highlight for him was working on a voice-over session for an animated film with Emmy-nominated Sound Designer, Bob Edwards.

Miguel tells us: “I’m so excited to elevate the sound of any artist that enters our doors,” about working at 2200 Studios. In addition to working there, he is also a Composer on an up-and-coming PBS documentary called Climate California. It’s a docu-series about climate change through the lens of activists and native people in California. 

In between composing and working as an assistant engineer, the alumnus also runs a local business on Instagram for homegrown guitar pedals.

 In the future, Miguel Brierley hopes to become an established engineer in the music industry.

Since graduating from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in the summer of 2022, Justina Bryce has gone on to work at Abbey Road Studios as a Runner.

During her time at the Studio, she has acted as an assistant engineer on sessions for Stormzy and on the highly anticipated new Wonka film amongst many other projects.

Outside of her work at Abbey Road, she has worked on multiple projects for upcoming artists, short films, and adverts and has also edited music for sync. She releases her own music productions which have been featured on notable platforms such as MTV Base & BET. Justina has worked with artists such as Ling Hussle, Capella Grey, Chase Young, Charlie Is Ready, Amahla, Dainá and many more.

One of Justina’s most notable highlights in her career so far is the GRAMMY-nominated Chris Brown album ‘Breezy’, on which she is credited as a recording engineer on the first track ‘Till The Wheels Fall Off’ featuring Capella Grey & Lil Durk. Find out more about Justina over on the Abbey Road Studios website.

After graduating from Abbey Road Institute, Guy Buisson went straight into the third year of university at the University of West London. There, he studied ‘Recording, Mixing and Production’, and has since graduated with a 1:1. 

Whilst in his third year of university, he actually began working as the Front of House Sound Engineer at the notorious Amersham Arms, where he still works to this day. He is also a part-time runner at Dean Street Studios in Soho, where he is quickly learning everything he can about engineer commercial recording sessions. Buisson does all of this whilst also doing freelance mixing and mastering and is finding that the more he is progressing, the more projects he gets to work on.

As a FOH Sound Engineer, Buisson is responsible for managing all elements of running a live show. Working with various equipment and people, he says that he can sometimes set up and mix up to 9 bands a night! As a runner at Dean Street Studios, he is mostly assisting with the setup and pack down of sessions. He also spends a great deal of time assisting with file prep for mix sessions (including for Dolby Atmos mixes). 

Guy works frequently with fellow producer and Abbey Road Institute alumi, Daisy Rutter. They also have a song out together titled ”Bitch Boy Red Wine.” Buisson says they are working on more music to release together, and are co-producing for several artists they met through live sound work. 

The Alumni wishes to continue writing and producing, as well as learning more about how to be the best studio engineer possible! With an end goal to create his studio work to become full time and say a sweet goodbye to his career in live sound. 

APG-signed producer Ben Bull is a successful graduate of our Music Production and Sound Engineering course. Since completing his studies, Ben has become a full-time self-employed music producer under the musical moniker BSQUARED.

His musical project, BSQUARED, has so far seen him achieve a plethora of success, including, but not limited to, credits with Lil Durk, Rod Wave, Yungeen Ace, and others. 

A career highlight that Ben is most proud of, is Rod Wave’s single “Alone” which he produced in 2022. Since then, “Alone” has reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has gone on to achieve Gold and Platinum — a notable milestone for Ben, as his first major release.

A typical day in the life for Ben includes building beats around acapellas sent from artists, as well as creating original beats with different vibes. From there, he crafts unique sounds tailored to various types of rappers — whether it’s melodic, pain, or trap. Sometimes, he collaborates with artists to get their input on the vibe, but other times, he has full creative freedom to experiment with new ideas and styles.

As of current, most of Ben’s productions are for major artists, primarily in the U.S. Moving forward Ben wants to continue expanding his work and collaborating with more artists. In addition to breaking into the U.K. scene. 

Further down the line, Ben Bull’s ultimate goal is to release his debut album with multiple artist features.

You can stay up to date with BSQUARED here.

Since 2019, alumnus Lucas Christoff has been working as a Producer and Sound Engineer in France. Starting at Dime On Music in the South of France then moving on to Ever Estudio Sound in Paris where he is working currently. In this role, Lucas is responsible for engineering on all the sessions organised by the label as well as mixing the majority of tracks.

Outside of this, Lucas works as a freelance producer with a number of different artists, recording and arranging their tracks and working across a wide range of genres such as funk, pop and hip hop. His band ‘Bird Voices’ continue to release music, having released their debut album ‘Mirage’ in 2022. Despite completing the course and moving countries, Lucas still finds ways to work with other alumni across Europe, saying they make a great team having both been trained together at the Institute. Some of these projects include the recording of his album ‘Pigeons & Rats’ in Rome, producing an upcoming hip hop release and starting a new project ‘Band and Breakfast’ in collaboration with fellow alumni Francesco Putorti.

Jack Chown graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2016 and now works as a freelance music producer, composer and music supervisor.

Straight after graduation, he started working as an assistant/engineer at Baltic Studios. During this time he worked with an impressive client list of artists and producers such as Liam Gallagher, James Bay, MIA and Kid Harpoon, Stint and Andrew Wyatt. Following his work at Baltic, he also spent some time working for Spitfire Audio as a developer.

Jack now splits his time between being a producer, composer and creating music for sync, which often intersect. As a producer, he has recently started a solo project under the moniker kiskadee; as well as collaborating with artists such as Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Tycho Jones + Haelos on their own releases. He started working in sync as a composer and supervisor in 2018 with brands such as Asahi, Adidas, Sony, American Express, Levi’s, Nike and Puma. This led him to co-found Underscore, a sync-focused label, and publisher. Outside of this Jack is also working on various non-sync-related projects such as an upcoming VICE/HBO documentary series.

In 2020, he also launched his own solo project : kiskadee, a collection of bittersweet beats and electronic soundscapes. The project has garnered support from BBC 6music, Complex and Clash. Here, he is also able to explore new ways of experiencing audio-visual works in clubs, galleries and the metaverse; and is currently developing an album project for release later this year, 2023.You can find out more about Jack on his website. 

Carmel Comiskey is a producer, engineer and musician, who graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering course in 2023. Prior to coming to the UK, she spent many years studying and performing piano, cello and harp in Ireland and internationally. Since moving to London, Carmel has freelanced in a range of studios including TYE, The Park and Platoon.

Comiskey has recorded and produced many UK-based and Irish artists. Following the completion of her studies here, Carmel joined our technician team between 2024 and 2025. During this period, Carmel worked as a runner and assistant for a variety of sessions, most notably with Sylvia Massy. Additionally, she is currently working on two film scores for short films set to be released next year.

A hard-working alumna and emerging talent, Carmel Comiskey, is always looking for ways to advocate for more diversity within the music industry. It’s with her work as Communications Manager for ‘Music Production for Women,’ that she’s keen to encourage more women and non-binary people into the music production and tech space.

From Abbey Road Institute to Abbey Road Studios, Marta Di Nozzi has been working as a runner at the world-famous recording studios since she graduated in 2019. Marta is responsible for preparing the studios for each client’s arrival and making sure they are comfortable during sessions. This includes helping the engineering team to set up the rooms and making sure that all the gear is working at its best. The job also entails supporting the engineer and assistant engineer during sessions, from taking notes during recording, to patching and operating a DAW.

Since starting at Abbey Road Studios, Marta has been involved in projects across a wide range of music genres, from classic music and movie scores to rock albums. A highlight has been assisting the recording of Joe Bonamassa’s album in Studio One where she shared the live room with musicians including Reese Wynans, Anton Fig, Michael Rhodes, Jools Holland and Bernie Marsden. Her ambitions for the future are to continue and build upon her career as a sound engineer/record producer in a studio environment and ‘to keep learning from the best people in this industry while strongly supporting equality in the music industry’.

Since graduating from us, Kevin Douglas, has continued to work as a freelancer in London. He has since embarked on a new journey working as a Studio Assistant and Assistant Engineer at the renowned Studio 13.

Throughout his career, the alumnus has worked at a range of recording studios worldwide. He’s also been incredibly fortunate to work with a plethora of talented artists, from Tems, to Labrinth and The Cavemen (to list a few).

Some of his most memorable highlights include: working with Damon Albarn on the Gorillaz ‘Cracker Island’ album, collaborating with Jorja Smith, and working with Grammy Award-winning audio engineer Ricky Damien.

Touching upon his journey in his own words, Kevin says, “working in these studios has been an incredible introduction to the recording world.” Amongst this, the alumnus has also been producing and writing his forthcoming highly-anticipated music project.

Working from his home studios in Barcelona, Kevin Douglas, looks forward to focusing on not only producing for himself, but for artists from all over the world.

Within 18 months of graduating from us in 2018, Music Production alumnus, Harry Edelsten signed two major deals with Capitol UK (UMG) and Sony ATV Publishing. Harry now works full-time as an artist, writer and producer. 

On top of releasing music under the alias Harry Stone, Harry has collaborated with well-known artists such as Skepta, Rudimental, Kenny Beats, Lil Silva, and Paul Epworth throughout his career. Talking about his feature as a writer and vocalist on Skepta’s “Smoke In Your Eyes,” Harry tells us, “It’s incredible to see the potential collaboration gives us to create something unique.”

In 2022 he approved the rights for his song ‘Daydreaming’ to feature in the internal EA playlist of the video game Fifa ’23. 

Since then, the alumnus has continued to work with Sony ATV, for himself, and other artists as a writer. He often hosts them at his studio in South London or travels to sessions to write and record as a vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist. 

Constantly working to improve his creativity and writing ability, Harry tells us that he, “finds joy in the process.” 

Stay updated with Harry Edelsten’s (Stone’s) latest releases here!

Since graduating in 2018, Antonio Esposito has been working as a freelance producer, songwriter and mix engineer out of his studio in Italy. He regularly collaborates with both Italian and international artists, as well as being part of a songwriting and production duo with fellow alumnus, Ramera Abraham. Some of his latest works are for ARI alumna Gianna Lei, for whom he produced and mixed her latest single ’Tie Dye’, and Italian artist Adriana whose songs reached over 500k streams on all streaming platforms.

As well as working from his own studio, Antonio has travelled to Dublin and London multiple times, coming back to Abbey Road to record artists like Hawke, and recording in studios like the Spotify Secret Genius Studio, based at Metropolis Studio. 
His latest works include releasing two singles in 2022 as a producer, under the artist name of N-TONE, and he is working to release more in 2023. Antonio has mixed for the likes of Matt Taylor, producer duo Afterparty and Hawke. Antonio has just begun teaching in Italy, including some masterclasses about synthesis, and for the future, he would like to further expand his freelancing activity, working with more and more artists from all over the world.

Yago Fernández is a composer, producer and engineer. He graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in October 2023, with a Distinction. Prior to studying with us, Fernández studied Music and Sound Design at London South Bank University, where he finished with a first-class honours degree.

Since graduating from our Advanced Diploma in Audio Post Production for Film and TV, Alex Gordon has continued to freelance as an audio engineer/mixer.

Predominantly working at Electric Studios, Brighton, Alex’s day-to-day routine usually involves recording and mixing bands. Having worked across several projects in the film and TV industry, so far, Alex has built a credible portfolio as a freelance audio engineer/mixer. Some of his biggest jobs include VO work and most recently a Foley and Sound FX editing project for an independent feature film. 

As for career highlights, Alex has a couple that spring to mind. Whether working with The Cure on their production rehearsals for their tours over the last few years or engineering Tigercub’s album The Perfume of Decay – Alex reflects on these experiences beamingly. 

Since completing our Audio Post Production course, Alex says he’s “enjoying the challenge of doing something new!” Keen to continue working with musicians and recording/mixing, Alex is looking for more jobs in the film industry moving forward.

Listen to “Your Silhouette” by Comforts
Produced and mixed by Alex Gordon – Out Now!

kityiu grace, a London-based artist-producer, has amassed an impressive list of achievements and accomplishments since graduating. She currently holds the position of International Digital Manager at a London-based record label while volunteering with ESEA Music as an A&R and project manager, dedicated to elevating East and Southeast Asian artists and professionals in the UK music scene.

She works closely with major DSPs like Spotify, Apple Music and many indie labels. Her work involves digital music marketing and creative campaigns planning for notable projects like Arlo Parks, Cigarettes After Sex, PJ Harvey, and recent Mercury Prize-Winner Ezra Collective. She also took the lead in project-managing two writing camps for ESEA Music in 2023, one of which was partnered with Platoon, contributing to diversity promotion and cultural exchange within the industry.

kityiu grace, as an artist-producer, made her debut with ‘hey hey butterflies‘, known for its intimate and delicate sound. The track garnered recognition on various radio plays and earned her an invitation to be the opening artist for mui zyu’s sold-out headline show at Servant Jazz Quarters in March 2023. kityiu is currently working on finalizing her debut EP and preparing for more upcoming live performances.

Being able to contribute her skills and knowledge within the heart of the music industry as an East and Southeast Asian representative has always been a dream of hers, for which we are so incredibly proud of and cannot wait to see kityiu take the music industry by storm.

Alice Haine graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2020. Since then Haine has worked at DMY as a Publishing A&R Manager & Head of Sync, and is now on a new venture with Pitch & Sync as a Music Supervisor / Creative.  On top of this, she also freelances as a producer and releases her own music under the moniker, ‘Naughty Alice’. Haine built up a client base during her studies and quickly took the leap into freelancing from the moment she graduated.

Her work as a producer varies depending on the artist’s needs. Typically she works with an artist from initial demo through up to post-production at which point she then hands over the reins to a mixing/mastering engineer.

This journey typically includes; studying the structure of the song and seeing if any changes are needed, potentially re-recording anything that needs to be, adding instruments, removing instruments, timing, tuning, and effects. The variety of the work she is involved in is one of the things she enjoys most and the different needs and expectations of the artists mean she’s always kept on her toes.

Having graduated from Abbey Road Institute studying music production and sound engineering in October 2019, Jessica Heap moved onto an exciting role as Broadcast Engineer at the leading UK media company Global. Whilst working there, Jess has had the opportunity to work for some of the biggest UK radio brands such as Capital, Heart, Radio X, LBC and Classic FM to name a few.

Some of the most recent highlights of her career have been from being the only sound engineer at the Queen’s funeral for LBC at Buckingham Palace to trying to broadcast a Radio X show from the Jungle Cave Cafe.

Alongside this, Jessica has also been working as a freelance sound engineer for podcasts and an assistant engineer at studios in London, Peckham. In her spare time, she is a member of a four-piece band formed with a fellow classmate from the Institute who are aiming to release their first EP in 2022.

Lorette Helou is a graduate of our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering. Since completing her studies with us, Lorette Helou has been busy working on vocal post-production for TV. Additionally, she has worked on music production, playback for live concerts and editing audiobooks.⁠

Throughout her career, Lorette has worked on a variety of projects. She recently supported Hiba Tawaji’s concerts at Cadogan Hall, London and L’Olympia, Paris. “This gave me another opportunity to work with an orchestra, as well as a gospel choir and best-selling international guest artists,” she says. 

Whilst studying with us, Lorette focused on developing her technical skills and how to bring her thoughts into physical practice. Keen to explore a range of roles, Lorette often finds herself working with the studio or musical director to enhance, edit and sync recorded audio. A speciality of hers is working with vocals. 

Lorette’s portfolio extends far and beyond, as she has secured studio work for advertising, music and movies. She’s also previously been a vocal coach for the X-Factor MENA International Singing Team.

Looking ahead, Lorette Helou wants to explore more opportunities in playback engineering and continue focusing on vocal post-production, audio, and music editing.

Tom Hunt is a songwriter, producer and mix engineer, who graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2022.

Before studying with us, Tom studied at Bath Spa University and achieved a first-class honours in Commercial Music.  He has been actively performing live in various bands, playing festivals that include Dot to Dot, Tramlines, Barn on the Farm, Bath Festivals, and Left of the Dial to name a few. He has also written and produced music for media, including the Teach a Man to Fish campaign for Mayhem Creative x Jigsaw, which won the Gold Arrow at the 2016 British Arrows Craft Awards. Tom has produced work in some of the UK’s leading recording studios, including Real World Studios, and Rockfield Studios.

During his time at Abbey Road Institute, Tom recorded and produced artists of a variety of genres, including multiple live sessions and had some of his original work produced and recorded by Bernard Butler. After finishing the course Tom joined our team as a technician supporting our students. He also continues to work while writing and releasing music with his current project, White House Down.

Igor Jankovski graduated from our Advanced Diploma in 2018, and now works freelance as a producer out of his home studio, with his current projects including a 5-track EP, as well his album, Cultivation.

One of Igor’s career highlights so far has been producing two records with help from music producer and guest lecturer Martin “Youth” Glover, whose previous work includes hit records with Kate Bush, The Verve, The Cult and Dido. Igor found this an incredibly rewarding experience, where he was able to learn a lot about music production in a very short period of time. ‘I’ve learned that music has to come from the heart and that you don’t have to impress anyone but yourself’.

Igor plans to continue working on improving his production and mixing skills, taking on new clients and opportunities that allow him to explore all the skills he has learnt as well as building up his artist profile. You can find out more about Igor on his website.

Tristan Holmes-Jefferd graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2019 and has been pursuing his career in live sound since then. He is currently working at Britannia Row Productions as a Warehouse Operative as well as working across various freelance jobs, be it in production or live sound. His role at Britannia Row is focussed on managing equipment, which means that on a daily basis he is testing equipment, loading in and out from trucks, maintaining speakers and looming cables, for clients such as the BRIT Awards. Outside of this work, he has mixed front-of-house for Sofar Sounds in Portsmouth and produced for a fashion-themed horror escape maze in Paris by Jean Paul Gaultier. Moving forward he would love to continue branching out into the live sound industry and will be releasing music he has mixed on label K7 Records in 2020.

You can read our interview with Tristan on our blog here.

Tom Larner graduated from Abbey Road Institute in 2017 and now works as an Agent in the Music department at WME.

Following his graduation, Tom decided to gear his career ambitions towards the music business/label & management areas of the industry, rather than production and engineering. This decision was partly inspired by his music business lecturer, Ian Ramage, whose lectures provided a compelling insight into business aspects of the music industry. Six years ago, an amazing opportunity arose to work at one of the world’s leading booking agencies, WME.

Since joining WME in 2017, Tom has had the opportunity to work across several of the various music departments. Beginning in the international festival sector, Tom assisted in booking WME’s diverse roster of clients onto 50+ major festivals across the UK & Europe, from London’s All Points East festival to Sziget Festival in Hungary. Since then, Tom has worked alongside agents James Simmons and Ella Street, whom he assisted in booking global tours for a variety of headline artists such as Hot Chip, James Blake, Kaiser Chiefs, LP, Madness, Nilufer Yanya, Rick Astley, Teddy Swims and many more.

In the spring of 2022, Tom’s ambition was realised, and he was promoted to Agent. He now works closely alongside WME Partner David Levy on clients, including international artists such as Bjork, Calvin Harris, Janelle Monae, Matteo Bocelli, Vince Staples and more. Tom is continuing to build his own roster of artists at WME, recently signing rising star Erin LeCount, a London-based alt-pop artist.

Cory Lawrence is a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist who graduated in 2023 after having completed the Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering.

As a composer, Cory specialises in composing video game music in a variety of styles such as orchestral and jazz. Cory regularly composes for video game projects, such as the announcement trailer for the highly regarded community video game, Project: Eden’s Garden. He has also taken part in several video game jams as a composer and works on music for sync. Cory is also a content creator and has a YouTube channel with over 1 million views. Everything Fantasy is dedicated to video game arrangements, compositions and education, utilising skills such as video editing and coding.

Some of Cory’s career highlights include creating a video game inspired by Abbey Road for the artist business presentations. Performing keys at Abbey Road Studio Two for a song written by Jessi McDonald, produced by Haydn Bendall. And lastly, inviting over a dozen artists to feature on an original piece produced by Cory, inspired by Wade in the Water.

Cory is also a school governor and avid public speaker. He has provided speeches at schools and organisations aiming to inspire young people. In January and March 2023, Cory ran sessions for the Arts Council funded project Unsigned and Gifted. Here he discussed the world of video game music.

His future ambitions are to open up more platforms for people to achieve their creative dreams. He also seeks to establish a studio to provide creative spaces for those without access. Separately, Cory aspires to compose for larger video game projects and continue pursuing a career in sync.

Cory spent 2023 – 2024 as a technician at the Abbey Road Institute, which involved supporting students and being a runner in commercial sessions at Angel One. Cory will also be delivering lectures on video game music.

Gianna Lei was born in Switzerland and raised in the Czech Republic. In school, she started playing instruments such as guitar and piano which led her to her to discover her ability to become a singer-songwriter. Having spent most of her childhood watching music channel MTV she started admiring performers such as Rihanna and Taylor Swift.

As she approached high-school, Gianna started to pursue her music further by studying music production in Prague. Soon after, she continued following her passion by studying in London at the Abbey Road Institute. After completing the course, she worked as an A&R and has since been exposed to various musicians and artists.

As she works on broadening her audience and fanbase, Gianna continues to focus on her ultimate dream of becoming a recording artist by releasing her own music and developing her artistry. Using social platforms  Tik Tok, Instagram and Youtube, she is focusing on engaging with her audience as well as marketing her music.

With the release of her debut single “Falling Through” featuring on BBC Music Introducing London, Gianna Lei plans to continue releasing new music whilst collaborating with previous Abbey Road Institute Graduates. 

Since graduating in 2023, Rebecca Lewis has been working as a freelance producer and writer. She moved into her own studio in Stoke Newington in 2022 and has been working on live sessions with various artists. Rebecca likes to keep busy with a range of projects and has been working with Sony ATV-Score and HYPH. Here she creates various pieces of library and royalty free music. 

In order to make sure her sessions run as smoothly as possible, the Alumni has discussions with the artists ahead of their sessions. Here she talks about the direction of the session, their influences, goals and so on. Talking about this, Rebecca says, “every session is different, which “keeps it interesting!”  

The alumni keeps busy with the help of her management team ‘No Quarter Management.’ She often works with an artist called Maeve, who has supported BANKS on tour, and incredible up-and-coming artits such as Charlotte Plank, Lily Moore and Cloudy June.

Rebecca recently had a release with Izzi De Rosa titled ‘Cinderella.’ The track received playlistings on New Music Friday, New Pop UK and Our Generation. In addition to regular spins on BBC Radio 1. She has also recently taken on a change in pattern with pitch work for euro-dance and K-pop music. 

In 2023, Rebecca went to Amsterdam with the help of BMG publishing, to write and record with artists/writers/producers. She also had the chance to work with a variety of credible Dutch writers who came to London. Including dance producer CMC$, who invited her back to the Netherlands for more writing camps. Rebecca says, “It was a mad week, with a few songs being passed around some big names.”

Rebecca feels incredibly blessed that she’s been able to step out of our Institute and make music every day. For now, she’s preparing for her trip LA and is determined to make a name for herself out there. 

James Li graduated in 2020 and since then has been working across a number of projects and roles in the music industry. He’s recently started working as a music consultant as well as balancing ongoing work freelancing as a mixing engineer. Collaborating with clients in both the UK and the US James is working predominantly on alternative/indie music.

In addition to his client work, James is also a recording artist, writing, recording and mixing his own music under the name ‘Liance’ and also ‘Ministry of Interior Spaces’. After finishing his studies with us James wrote, mixed, and recorded his new album “This Painting Doesn’t Dry” during the lockdown from his home. It was mastered by fellow alumnus Forbes Anderson at Studio 13. This was James’ first album to be published on vinyl and it was featured on the American syndicated radio show ‘Snap Judgement’.

In summer 2021 James joined a number of other ARI graduates to work as part of the team behind Abbey Road’s first Open House event. He was on hand throughout the week-long studio opening imparting his knowledge about the studio and helping guide visitors around.

His plans for the future are to continue building on the knowledge and skills he has. James continues exploring different ways of writing lyrics that incorporate humour, universal truths and other intriguing themes. With new music planned to be released this year, including a song workshopped with Bernard Butler titled “Distorted Dog World” there’s lots happening and coming soon for James.

Shannon Mahoney is a freelance editor and sound designer who recently graduated with a distinction on our Advanced Diploma in Audio Post Production for Film and TV.

Growing up in New Hampshire, Shannon developed a love for art, music, and theatre. Before completing our course, she studied for a BA degree in Filmmaking and Anthropology at Bennington College and an MA in filmmaking at the London Film School. 

While studying here, Shannon developed skills in dialogue, SFX, music editing, foley, surround mixing and Dolby Atmos. Since then, she has continued to build an extensive portfolio working across various genres and formats. Including documentaries, narrative fiction and trailers. She has edited over 20 short films and has gone on to sound edit and mix short films, features and more. Additionally, she has worked on films in seven languages – increasing her intuitive communication and collaboration. 

Throughout the years, Shannon has lived and worked in various places, including, Portland, Oregon, London and Chicago. Working hard to develop her craft as a specialist certified in Avid Pro Tools, Shannon has also worked on successful projects viewed at film festivals all around the world. Including Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, London Seasonal Short Film Festival and Sydney Lift-off Film Festival. 

She recently completed a dialogue edit on Joe Swanberg’s produced film Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round.

Right now, Shannon resides in Brooklyn, NY and is in the process of editing a small podcast while she continues her search for more freelance opportunities. As for what the future holds, Shannon Mahoney hopes to find a position as a Mix Assistant or Mix Technician in a post house. However, still seeks to pursue her freelance gigs in the meantime.

Daniels responsibilities can range from recording, producing and mixing, to working closely with artists from the Electronic and R&B genre, to working on sessions with Jorja Smith, Stormzy and Wale. As well as working sessions, he works closely with Riccardo Damian as part of a group at Studio 13. He is in charge of inventory, redesigning, preparing studios for sessions, cleaning and rewiring.

Daniel considers every project he works on to be a highlight. He says he is extremely grateful for the music he was able to create at ARI using his skills in writing, recording, engineering, producing and mixing and is excited to release in the near future. Other highlights include the Jorja Smith sessions at Studio 13, and overall just getting to utilise his time in the studio environment with valuable mentorship from Riccardo Damian.

Daniel’s goals for the future are to release more music and to focus on his own artistry whilst still freelancing.  He is constantly looking for new artists to collaborate with whilst also aiming to keep a long-standing relationship with his current collaborators.

Since graduating, Boris Massot currently works as a self-employed Sound Engineer. This mostly entails recording or mixing projects for local clients and artists with a hybrid mix of in-person and remote sessions. At the moment, Boris works either out of his home studio, or at a studio located in Geneva, which he’s sharing with other fellow musicians. However it is a goal of Boris’s to own his own studio in the near future.

As well as sound engineering, Boris harbours a plethora of other skills. He produces instrumentals and beats for a company named ‘Lalason’ that sells free of rights music to content creators, he has dabbled in the world of sound designing, which he has since developed a love for and is passionate about finding more work in this field, and drumming wise, Boris is still playing gigs here and there for some local bands.

Boris’s job all depends on the clients or artists that he’s working with. One day he could just be recording a vocal take, the next he’s recording a drum groove for someone, and then another day he’ll be producing a beat/instrumental for a rapper. It does keep things interesting, however right now, he mostly produces royalty free music, records vocals and mixes singles, EPs and albums.

One highlight from the past year the stands out in particular for Boris, was working for world renowned Swiss watch brand, Certina. He was given the chance to compose the sound design, music and fxs for three of their advertisements. Boris also has plans to do the sound design for a documentary set in Tanzania.

Most of Boris’s ambitions for the forthcoming year revolve around his own music as an artist, which he is adamant on making a priority. Boris says that he’s been a victim of postponing but that now is finally the time. His first album ‘Mood Chronicles’ graced our ears early 2024 and features other incredible musicians such as Charlie Stacey (played with Yussef Dayes), Tom Driessler (played for Oscar Jerome & Tom Misch), and many more musician friends that he either made from his time in London or back home in Geneva.For this album, Boris did almost everything by himself just to prove to himself that he could do it, and he did. This includes, the composition, production and mixing and mastering. Boris says that he’d like to give a ‘special thanks to Abbey Road Institute and to the great teachers, who he misses, and who taught him so much about audio manipulation.’

Boris says that he is constantly learning and perfecting his craft but with one album already out, it’s now time for him to prepare for his second one. Having applied for financial help amongst Swiss institutions and several grants to help create it, Boris is hoping for a bigger budget and more collaborations for this one, which we’re so excited to see come to life.

You can find more examples of Boris Massot’s work, keep up to date with future releases and shows on his website. Don’t hesitate to get in touch, Boris is always keen to explore more work as a sound designer!

Since graduating from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering, Andrea Mastroiacovo now works as as a freelance Producer, Engineer and Mixer, collaborating with world-class songwriters, artists, and producers. He has worked with Amaarae, Burna Boy, Olivia Dean, Sigrid, BMTH, FCTR, Lewis Capaldi, Arctic Monkeys, Rina Sawayama, James Bay, Sampha and more, with a Grammy Nomination under his belt for his contribution as engineer on Burna Boy’s record “I Told Them..”, in the ‘Best Global Music Album’ category.

Prior to his freelance career, Andrea was the Head-Engineer and Studio Manager at Baltic Studios, contributing greatly to its expansion. There, he made sure that the studios were curated, running smoothly and as up to date as possible, making sure that it was a welcoming, cutting edge, and safe space for creators to experience.

Andrea says he is privileged to make music with amazing artists and that it is a joy to be involved in such creative projects. Find out more about Andrea on his website. 

Since graduating from Abbey Road Institute, Thomas McConnell has become a self-employed musician. He spends most of his time working on recordings, gigs, art, videos and anything else required for his project, Novelty Island.

Thomas records mostly out of his own home but has done several sessions for the Abbey Road Institute since leaving the course. Those recordings have ended up on Novelty Island records alongside many others that he’s worked on with course-leader Carlos Lellis – who he says has been a great support to him.

Right now Thomas is studying a degree at the University Of Liverpool on Music Theory and Music History. Developing Novelty Island whilst studying at Abbey Road Institute opened many doors for the alumni. He later went onto perform a range of gigs in London in 2020. In 2021, he wrote and released an album titled ‘How Are You Coping With This Century?’ This album went onto receive support by BBC Radio 6 and others.

As we emerged from the pandemic, Novelty Island live-band re-emerged and within a year toured the UK supporting The Pale White. In addition to opening the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury 2022.

As for what’s next, Thomas is gearing up for the release of his forthcoming EP ‘Taped Over.’ Out via 9X9 Records on vinyl, cd, cassette and streaming.

Stay tuned for more future Novelty Island plans…

After graduating from our Music Production and Sound Engineering course in May of 2023, Jessi McDonald progressed as a Technician and Runner at our Angel Studios in 2024.

Jessi’s main roles and responsibilities include helping students with technical support, but also using her background as a musician and songwriter to connect and assist in more creative ways.

Jesse herself says, ‘I loved my time at ARI as a student, and I feel my acquired production and sound engineering knowledge has only helped me become a better artist’, which excites us as Jessi is currently working on her second EP under the stage name, Jessi Mac. The EP is in its final stages, and she is very much looking forward to releasing it out into the world! Especially seeing as lots of songs were written during her time at Abbey Road Institute…

Arthur Navarro graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound engineering in 2018. During his time on the course, he met producer Youth and signed to his label, Suriya recordings, and released his debut solo album, Polyphonic Omnipresence. Now, based back in his home country of Brasil, Arthur has started his own company Atlantis Music & Sound, in which he works in a multi-faced role as composer, music producer and sound engineer, and is now starting to establish partnerships with movie directors and cinema producers.

Some of his projects to date include work on an original sound track as well as sound design for a 3D short-film animation called “Centaura” and an original track for an environmentalist documentary for the Institute Last Refuges (Instituto Últimos Refúgios). Arthur continues to work with his Institute peers, including regular work with Natalia Rodrigues Milanezi, and is looking to release a solo album in the future.

You can find out more about Arthur’s time on the course and what he’s been upto since then, in this interview on our blog.

Since graduating, Neil O’Hagan now currently works at The Harbour School, Hong Kong as a High School/Middle School Music Technology Teacher. Here, Neil teaches Music Tech classes to Middle School Students (Grade 6 GarageBand, Grades 7 & 8 Logic Pro X) and for High School students (Grades 9-12) he teaches two subjects: Music Production & Songwriting + Audio Composition & Post Production for Film & TV.

Following his graduation, Dominic Parry worked as a full-time apprentice at leading audio equipment rental company Britannia Row Productions. Founded by Pink Floyd, Britannia Row has grown to become a global leader providing equipment for the London Olympics, Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons and The Cure‘s tour. Dominic assisted in the 2019 Brit Awards as a stage technician for numerous performing acts including James Bay, Calvin Harris, Hugh Jackman, and P!NK. He has also worked on Andrea Bocelli’s world tour and the MTV European Music Awards. Dominic’s apprenticeship scheme at Britannia Row Productions continued the training he started at Abbey Road Institute. He worked for several months in each of the companies departments (Maintenance, Speakers, Cables, Rigging, RF, Digital, Warehouse Manager Assistant & Prep) whilst taking part in two 15 week training courses; Live Sound fundamentals and Live Sound Intermediate graduating with distinctions in both.

Despite COVID having cleared his calendar of potential work in 2020, Dominic was not disheartened but instead moved to New Zealand, who were COVID free at the time, to find stable audio work. There he freelanced for Oceania Productions on: All Blacks vs Australia Bledisloe Cup (Corporate Lounge), Aotearoa Music Awards (mic & backstage management) and Plane Sailing festival 2022 (stage tech). He also started as a Production Technician for Streamliner Productions where he was then promoted to Head Venue Technician for Sky City.

Dominic is extremely proud of his work in New Zealand, working on projects that hold extreme significance to Māori culture such as operating the audio for The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care in 2022.

Dominic is currently taking the Ableton Professional Certificate with Berklee Online, hoping to break into playback engineer roles in the future.

George Papadopoulos is a mixing engineer and composer who graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in June 2022.

Prior to joining our programme in 2021, George was the head engineer of the Thessaloniki Piano Festival, recording renowned pianists, chamber music ensembles and a full-scale symphonic orchestra.

In addition, George is a classically trained pianist with a BA in Applied Music which he gained at the University of Macedonia and a Master’s Degree in Composition for Film and Performing Arts which he also achieved at Ionian University.

During his time studying with us, he recorded more than twenty artists across a wide range of genres including Elua Percussion and The Migdalia van der Hoven Quartet’s new album. He also recorded an original track, co-written with alumna Abigail Adams and produced by Haydn Bendall in Studio Two at Abbey Road.

George work’s as a freelance mixing engineer and composer. You can some of his work over on YouTube in the documentary “Julie-Mehretu-Palimpsest”.

Gili Portal is a Sound Engineer, Music Producer, Mixing Engineer, and Artist. She began her career as a vocal coach for eight years before completing the Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering Diploma at Abbey Road Institute in October 2021. Gili’s professional journey led her to Rak Studios in London, where she started as a runner and quickly advanced to become an Assistant Engineer.

Throughout her tenure at Rak Studios, Gili has worked alongside acclaimed artists such as Coldplay, J Balvin, Elton John, Jess Glyne, Stormzy, Stromae, Chase and the Status, Amber Run, The Smile, Arctic Monkeys, ect. Her credits include various projects involving vocal producing and recording, band recordings, film scoring and orchestral recordings.

Francesco Putorti enrolled at Abbey Road Institute London having completed a Masters in Sound Engineering in his home country of Italy. Straight after his graduation he started working as an intern at Forum Music Village, a studio in Rome which was founded by Ennio Morricone. Having worked as a Chinese translator prior to studying audio engineering he was invited to go on tour with an orchestra across many cities in China during this period.

Today he works at Forward Studios, where his role involves engineering for both established and upcoming artists. He works on a Neve 88R on a day to day basis, managing and ensuring the smooth running of the sessions in the studio. As part of his work at the Forward he is also developing a recording format called Band and Breakfast which aims to provide an immersive music experience.

Since graduating in 2021, Sam Robins now works at Universal Music Group as an Audience Development Intern. Sam’s main responsibilities involve Digital Marketing: finding new ways in which he can bring the UMG catalogue to a new global audience.

Even though Sam is relatively new to his job role, he is quickly settling in and thoroughly enjoying working within the music industry.

Sams goal for the future is to move across into the A&R department very soon. Eventually, he hopes to work as a Senior A&R, specialising in Dance and Jazz music, as well as achieving success as an artist/producer and DJ with his project BVNQUET made up of himself and his friend Pete.

Their single, ‘Sublime’, has amassed over 130,000 streams on Spotify alone.

BVNQUET have since been featured on BBC Radio 1, Kiss FM, Spotify & Apple Music Editorial playlists and the Beatport homepage. They aim to bring the soul back to dance music through fusing jazz guitar with UKG drums.

Ollie Robinson graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2019 and is now working as the Director of Armistice Records, the record company he set up before studying at the institute. The company has now entered into a joint partnership with Apex Studios in Hampshire to form Arcadia Music Group, and Ollie is also one of the two directors of the joint venture company.

His main responsibilities within this role are the recording and mixing of clients projects as well as arranging. He also does day to day management and client A&R for Arcadia Music Group and the respective subsidiaries under it, centered around the growth of the company.

A highlight for Ollie in his work is the variety of songs, artists and projects he gets work on, especially track recorded and produced at the studio called “She Knows” by Donny Brook. He says his greatest achievement to date is building the studio and says the Institute course equipped him with the skills to identify any problems that arose to immediately deal with it and fix it. His goals for the future are to start to work with more established bands and to develop the company brand as well as start working with clients and artists from countries all over the world.

Natalia Rodrigues Milanezi graduated from our Advanced Diploma in September 2017 after also completing a course in Music Production from the Institute of Arts and Communication Techniques in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2015.
As a certified software operator in Logic Pro X and Pro Tools 12 she joined the Abbey Road Institute team as a technician early in 2018.
Outside of her role at the Institute Natalia works as an audio engineer, personal production assistant for producer Martin “Youth” Glover and as label manager at his record label Painted Words Records.
Natalia’s portfolio of work includes work with various bands and artists such as Jaz Coleman (Killing Joke), Steve Diggle (Buzzcocks), Zoe Devlin (Alabama 3 and X-Factor), Kandle Osrbourne, Kiranpal Singh (maestro in Indian music) and many more. Alongside these different roles, Natalia is a freelance music producer, audio engineer, mixer, composer, arranger, musical director and artwork designer.

UK-based, Canadian alumna Hayley Roscoe graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2019, having previously studied at Berklee in the USA. She now works as Client and Societies Administrator at Lime Blue Music, an industry leader in neighbouring rights as well as continuing her work as a songwriter, producer and musician.

Among her many freelance projects, Hayley co-wrote debut EP ‘Product of Procrastination’ with London-based artist Am.i, and is a featured vocalist on 80s synth-wave tune ‘Savour’ with DUETT. Her ambitions for the next couple of years are to release further solo projects as well as continue to collaborate with other artists.

Read more about Hayley’s career in our interview with her here.

Ryan Rusconi is a talented composer and audio designer who graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Audio Post Production for Film and TV in 2022. Since completing his studies at our Angel Studios, the alumnus has attained the position of a Technician at Soho Theatre. 

Here, Ryan has a range of responsibilities, including sound engineering, working on light design, and show programming. In addition to ensuring the technical aspects of each performance meet the vision of the company and supporting artists effectively. 

Talking about his role at Soho Theatre, Ryan says: “It’s a fantastic environment to expand my skills and collaborate with other creatives.”

Alongside his job at Soho Theatre, Ryan is also the co-founder of NCProduction a multi-media organisation committed to championing young creatives.

Ryan has worked on a variety of projects that have helped him develop his skills as a sound designer. Some of his career highlights include Benchwarmers for the Roundhouse Film Fund, ‘Fighting Chance’ and ‘You’re a FOB’. 

As for what’s next, Ryan is focusing on musical production as a freelancer, growing NCProductions and kickstarting OpenEarsMagazine. The latter is a platform for musicians and those passionate about sound. Moving forward, Ryan is excited to expand into independent projects and collaborations and aims to bring more creative visions to life in both theatre and film/TV.

Learn more about Ryan Rusoni in his portfolio.

Raphaël Sater is a talented guitarist, songwriter and producer based in London. The alumni studied our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering course after completing a Level 3 Diploma in Songwriting from BIMM London. He’s also previously studied at Berklee College Of Music for a summer program in Guitar and has a Diploma in Guitar from Music Academy International in Nancy, France.

After graduating from us, the Alumni went onto work a year-long placement as one of our Technicians, where he excelled at assisting students with their technical problems. Since then, Raphaël  has worked on song and film production.

As far as collaborations go, Raphaël  is no stranger to this, as he frequently works with South African singer Kileza. He has also previously worked alongside alumni David Dargahi (DARGZ) on his track “Hold On, Pt.2” from David’s successful album ‘Happiness’. One of Raphaël’s career highlights include recording at Abbey Road Studio 2 and The Gatehouse.

Moving forward, Raphaël Sater is excited to see the short films he recently scored finally come to life, across film festivals in Spain.

Recently graduating with a Distinction in our Advanced Diploma in Audio Post Production for Film and TV, Gabi Seaton now works as a freelance foley artist and sound designer in Essex/London.

With extensive experience and training in all aspects of audio post-production, including Foley performance, sound effects editing, dialogue/ADR recording and music editing. Gabi is an advanced film sound editor with proficient experience using Avid’s S6 console.

With previous experience working as a music teacher in both primary and secondary schools, right now Gabi is continuing that path and is mentoring and tutoring students throughout Essex in various areas, including instrumental performance, music production, composition, and band performance.

She always has her recording equipment and laptop at hand. In between work finding and creating sounds whenever she can, and builds her sound library for future projects. “I try to use my time wisely, when there’s a gap in my schedule, I look around and see what I can record, from classroom equipment to background sounds”.

Learn more about Gabi Seaton on her website!

Joana Selome graduated in 2018 and is now based in her home country France. She is focusing on writing and developing herself as an artist in her own right.  Through her time at Abbey Road Institute Joana found working with her peers really pushed her forward creatively. Since finishing the course Joana has collaborated with other alumni from her class. These including composing and recording with Balazs Zalan Szabo at Pannonia Studio in Budapest. This also led to Joana working with Hungarian musicians – drummer, Iván Ágoston, and guitarist, Martinkó Tamás. Her experience studying music production and engineering really helped her get the most out of each session and understand the dynamics of the full recording process.

Joana is now working on multiple projects as an artist, including releasing music with fellow alumni Shez and as part of London based trip-hop band. Joana says: ‘The two years after the course taught me patience, gratitude and how to be realistic though indulgent with myself. And the latter actually made me create more. Eager to see what 2020 is going to teach me.”

Since graduating in 2022, Oscar Simons currently works full-time on his alias project ‘Loren‘, with highly anticipated releases to come, paired with videos, press and radio-play. Not only is Loren a personal project, it’s also a production company that he is in the process of building. Oscar plans to write and produce for other artists and Loren will be a means of doing so, much like MXM and the Wolf Cousins, The Monsters and the Strangerz and TMS. He is always on the look for collaborations from a wide range of genres such as drill, rock, pop or house.

Oscar is the definition of a DIY artist, being completely independent and unsigned. He says that he is lucky to have befriended some like-minded creatives including film makers, radio pluggers and sync licensing folk. All of the musicians, co-writers and co-producers that he works with, he met at Abbey Road Institute, and he says they will always be a core part of his team. Sessions are always a highlight of his career, especially when they’re successful. Other highlights include growing his network, building the business and meeting new talent.

Future plans for Oscar are for the business to take off and he is also aiming to sign to a publisher/management company to help take his artistry to the next level.

Ed Shaw joined us to study music production and change the direction of his career. He had previously spent years performing in the West End in musicals such as Billy Elliot. Ed graduated from the Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in October 2019 and has been working across multiple jobs since then. 

During his studies Ed was already working within the industry composing music for Milwaukee Ballet company and for the Japanese fashion brand, John Lawrence Sullivan for their shows at London Fashion Week and assisting record producer/engineer, Ian Tregoning (YELLO, Fella Kuti).

After graduating, Ed began working out of The Biscuit Factory, then moving on to his own studio within Strongroom Studios. He has since worked with, Dawn Penn, helping her with vocal production; producing and engineering for many independent artists such as Ewan Jackson, Tommo and Sober Seven.

He worked for two years as a verification engineer for Warner Music Group working on records like ‘Crash’ – Charlie XCX and ‘Reason to Smile’ – Kojey Radical. He has recently released a remix for Warner artist, Selin under E.C.S an artist duo with Christie Stanislas.

Ed Shaw still composes music, for brands such as the Dutch ballet company Introdans and the fashion label Max Zara Sterck at London & Milan Fashion Weeks, all whilst shaping his craft and striving to push the boundaries and explore new dimensions within modern music.

After graduating from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering, Gabriëlle Stok joined the team at SARM studio as an assistant engineer. She worked her way up to become an engineer, working with many artists, including Little Mix, most notably assisting on Madonna’s album, ‘Madame X.’

Whilst at SARM, her first producer cut, Koffee ft. Gunna ‘W’, was released. She is now signed under her producer name ‘GG’ to Warner/Chappell and is Grammy nominated for her work on Masego’s album ‘Studying Abroad: Extended Stay’.

Some of her highlights at SARM include working with American producer Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, Jay Z, Mark Ronson) and engineering during his writing sessions.

After leaving SARM to work freelance, Gabi has steadily built her career as a producer, engineer, songwriter, musician and more. Discover some of Gabi’s strongest influences in the May 2024 Issue of Sound on Sound.

You can learn more about Gabrielle’s experience at SARM in her interview on our blog.

Sinéad Storey graduated from Abbey Road Institute London in 2019 and went on to enrol on a degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering at the University of London. She says this was due to her being particularly inspired by her electronics lectures, taught by Nikolay Georgiev, so she decided to pursue this particular subject further. During her time studying with us, Sinead collaborated with her fellow students and went onto form band Harimau with class members Boris Massot and John Butcher. Their music is inspired by a variety of artists and genres from Lorde to Arctic Monkeys, Massive Attack, and Billie Eilish. Harimau started gigging and releasing their own music early in 2020.

Sinéad’s future ambition for the band is to continue writing, recording and releasing more music with the hopes of playing festivals and securing synchronisation opportunities for film and tv.

Adolfo Suarez graduated from our London school in 2018, and then returned to his home country of Spain. He now works at Berklee College of Music’s Valencia Campus as an Academic Technology Assistant. His main duties include overseeing and taking care of the studio facilities and the production rooms as well as being on hand to assist with troubleshooting during recording sessions. Having studied music production himself, Adolfo is in the ideal position to offer guidance and support to students that are new to music production and recording. One of the most rewarding parts of the job is when Adolfo observes students gaining confidence in the studio, which then helps inform and develop their ideas.

Outside of his role at Berklee, Adolfo is part of the rock band, Somos Trinidad who are working on new music with an album release. We’ll be sharing news on how they’re getting on our social media in the months to come.

Shortly after successfully completing our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering, Mario Simanovsky immediately began pursuing his passion for audio engineering and music production.

Right after completing his diploma, he secured a position as a Runner and Assistant at Studio 13. This opportunity has allowed him to work alongside some of the industry’s most esteemed producers and engineers, including Ricky Damian and Giacomo Vianello. Mario’s dedication to learning from these experienced professionals is undoubtedly helping him further develop his audio engineering skills.

In addition to his Runner role at Studio 13, Mario was previously a Technician at Abbey Road Institute and a runner at Angel Studios. This entailed helping students with any technical problems they may have and running sessions at Angel, making teas and coffees and helping set up and pack down.

Furthermore, Mario is actively collaborating with a local artist named Tally Spear, taking on the role of producer for her upcoming releases. This collaboration is a testament to his developing talent and commitment to nurturing local artists.

Pedro Syrah graduated from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2018 and is now working as a freelance producer and engineer. His work encompasses many areas of production and music-making and he’s currently focussed on working with upcoming bands, producing, recording, mixing, and mastering their music. He says his job is to ‘Guide them, find the strengths in their work and add value’ wherever he can.

After studying with us Pedro undertook audio training at the BAFTA-winning post-production company The Farm Group where he collaborated with Director Libby Burke-Wilde (Royal Blood, David Gilmour, Daughter).

Highlights of his career so far include working with Grammy-Award winner Thomas Pridgen (Mars Volta) and after co-producing, recording, mixing, and mastering Steve Diggle’s (Buzzcocks) album “Station X”.

Outside of his freelance work, he is a bassist in the band Cosmic Kite, alongside Nick Hodgson (Kaiser Chiefs, Mark Ronson), Mark Collins (The Charlatans), and Ben Gordon (The Dead 60s). He is also building a studio in the heart of the Arrabida Natural Park, in Portugal, which will be the first residential studio in the country and will have a unique collection of vintage and modern gear available. His goal is to bring international artists to record and retreat in the middle of nature. Find out more about Pedro on his website.

After completing his studies in 2018 Balazs Szabo moved back to Budapest and secured a job at Pannonia Studios as a recording and mixing engineer. Pannonia is one of the most respected and established recording studios in Hungary, built for recording purposes in the 1950s. Balazs’ role was to set up, record or mix orchestral or pop sessions/projects. Since joining the team, one of his most memorable moments was his first working day, assisting on the orchestral recording for Ferenc Rófusz – The Last Suppers session. In addition to studio work, Balazs worked as a freelancer under the professional name Deadman’s Recordings. His work encompassed a broad range of music industry projects including production, engineering and mastering of albums, film soundtracks, live recording, sound reinforcement (BBC Worldwide). 

Since graduating from our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering, Louis Tong has a amassed a plethora of achievements and skillsets under his belt. He has experience as a Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Live Engineer, Producer, Composer, Arranger and most recently, as a Technician and Runner for Abbey Road Institute / Angel Studios. He has worked on arrangements for multiple artists such as Rosabelle Baysan, Eminzada, Katja Melina, Domiziana and Armanious to name a few.

Louis says that his main career goal is to become a Mixing Engineer, but his passion for being a musician will always stay close to his chest, as he began his journey as one at just age four.

Gigging regularly in London for two years with his then band, Johnny’s Gun, has inspired Louis to now shift his focus onto working with artists to develop their vision, by helping them communicate their sound more clearly and concisely. Not only does he do this as well as mixing, he also regularly works as the Front of House Engineer for multiple venues, including CLF Art Lounge in Peckham.

Louis Upton-Wheeler graduated in 2022, and now works as an assistant to fellow alumni, David Leondi, at his studio, Rosslyn Hill Studio. On top of this, he helps run events at The Alpaca in Islington. This ranges from weekly DJ sets to Folk Nights to open mic and comedy events.

At Rosslyn Hill Studio, Louis assists David in every sense of the word. He acts as his right-hand man, which means assisting in engineering and mixing sessions, developing the studio business, running social media, and scouting new clients with whom to collaborate. As a new studio, their main focus is to build their roster of clients and develop the studio space to be a professional and comfortable environment in which to work. Louis and David also regularly write and compose with artists visiting the studio.

Louis says some of the biggest highlights of his career so far have been seeing the first singles recorded at Rosslyn Hill Studio be released and met with great feedback. One release that he is especially proud of is ‘Pastéis de Nata’ by Saachisen. Another highlight was the release of the track ‘Falling Asleep on Her Dreams’ with his band, Phantom Booth, in 2022. The track was recorded between our Custom 75 studio at Abbey Road and Rosslyn Hill Studio. This track includes string arrangements from fellow alumna, Abigail Adams, which Louis says ‘transported the song into a new dimension and added so much character to an already emotional track’.

In the future, Louis wants to continue helping develop his business at Rosslyn Hill Studios. Whether that means bringing in more clients or developing his ability as a songwriter/producer. He also plans to continue his work as a session musician, playing for groups such as Francis La Lune and Air Circus.

He also aims to take his band Phantom Booth to the next level of their career. With an impressive roster of historic venues such as the ‘Hope and Anchor’ and ‘The Lexington’ already under their belts, they now have a plethora of recorded material ready to be released and gigged that they hope will attract new listeners.

Paolo Violi completed our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in May 2021. He joined us from Rome, where he studied classical piano and undertook a Master’s Degree in Architecture. This was alongside playing in several bands, writing and arranging music.

After his previous work at the Institute as a technician, and at Angel One as a runner, Paolo is now aiming at establishing himself as a Music Producer and Songwriter. He wants to bring a special touch to the kinds of music that are played live in a room, helping artists in making impactful records and crafting tracks people can relate to.

His goals for the future include working on the release of Italian indie-rock band Panta’s upcoming album, of which Paolo produced half. It was recorded between the Institute’s Custom 75 studio at Abbey Road and Battery II Studio. Paolo also performs live regularly as a piano accompanist for singers in London.

Since graduating Abbey Road Institute in 2021, William Watson now works as a full time artist and producer under the alias ‘Humble the Great.’ He has a co-signing with Universal Music Publishing alongside Neighbourhood Recordings. Whether it’s working with producers for his own artist project or producing for different artists, the work is around the clock.

Some of Will’s biggest achievements so far have been playing at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, supporting pop-star ‘Dylan’ over 2 nights. He says that ‘it was the best thing ever to perform to crowds like that!’ He also says: “recently being recently signed to a publishing company has been amazing,” and having a team has only helped him further fulfil his ambitions. Will’s ambitions now are to keep trying to build his following and keep growing as a creative the best he can.

With an impressive plethora of collaborators such as Pip Millett, Justine Skye, The Free Nationals, Kamal, Col3trane, Debbie, Ari PenSmith, Amie Blu and many more, he feels he has learnt so much from working on other peoples projects, which in turn only inspires him more with his own artist project.

We should expect to see a lot more of Will’s solo artist project in the future. From new music, to concept films alongside those releases, it sure sounds like a very exciting time for him.

Miles Wheway completed our Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering in 2021, after which he joined our team as a technician. Before starting the course with us, he had previously studied Maths and Music at Royal Holloway, focussing particularly on composition but decided to shift focus towards production and recording.

Some highlights during his time on the course include playing piano and bass in Abbey Road’s Studio Two during a recording workshop with Haydn Bendall, collaborating with fellow students to record the live set of an alumnus group from the Institute, and recording a live string quartet as part of his final submission. Miles also began working closely with the Latin-funk band Naia. He engineered the recording and mixing of multiple tracks with the group in our Custom 75 studio, making ample use of the skills he had learnt on the course, and he continues to work with them since graduating.

Miles aims to develop himself further as both an engineer and producer, expanding the portfolio of artists and musicians he works with. His long-term goal is to join a recording studio. Find out more about Miles on his website.

After graduating in 2023, Music Production alumnus James Williams joined our technician team for a year. This role entailed helping students with their coursework/exams and assisting with commercial sessions at Angel One.

A talented singer-songwriter and producer, the alumnus currently works under the moniker of James Grace, a musical project showcasing his distinctive and intimate style of writing within a signature blend of pop, gospel and folk. 

When discussing his music career to date, some of his biggest achievements include recording at Abbey Road Studio Two, producing emerging alternative act Emmélin’s “I Flee but I Long” and most of all, recording his own EP with his classmates during his studies at the Institute. 

Right now, you can catch James performing tracks from his debut EP around London in preparation for its release. He recently played his first headline show of 2024 at The Finsbury, London in March, and in April, is set to play intimate acoustic sets at Quiet Light Sessions and Morocco Bound – both in London Bridge. 

Moving forward, the alumnus is ambitious about establishing himself as a commercial songwriter collaborating in the industry. He is also in the process of writing and arranging new material for his debut album. 

You can stay up to date with James Williams’ latest releases and new live dates on his Instagram!

Anouska Wolstenholme is an independent artist, songwriter, and performer. At the moment she is in the midst of recording an EP and constantly gigging as well as promoting herself and her music. She has already amassed an impressive body of work and wows audiences around England with her live performances.

Anouska funds all her own projects by performing at functions and weddings on a regular basis. Day to day she is writing, collaborating and focusing on working towards her long term goal of becoming an established artist.

Anouska says that playing her headline gig at Camden Chapel in London has been one of the greatest highlights of her career so far.

For the future, Anouska plans on releasing her EP and to keep building her fanbase organically over the next year. After that, she would like to be in a secure enough position to hopefully release a debut album, which we hope to see too.

After relocating to Toronto in the summer of 2021, Zine Yaala joined Sony Music Canada as an Artist Marketing Professional. There, he contributed his expertise for nine months before embarking on a new role with North Strategic, a prominent PR firm. As a freelancer, Zine continues to offer consulting and related services in the music industry, leveraging his experience and insights to deliver tailored solutions for clients seeking to optimise their presence in the market.

His main responsibilities include collaborating with senior management to strategise and implement successful activations across Canada, designing and executing comprehensive social media strategies, identifying and seizing opportunities on emerging social media platforms to deliver cutting-edge video content that drives engagement and expands reach, applying a nuanced understanding of pop culture, technology, and online behavior to drive traffic, expand the fan base, and raise brand awareness for artists, maintaining key administrative duties such as; calendar management, tour dates, certifications, and chart reports to ensure smooth operations, and developing digital and social media strategies that align with business objectives to meet key performance indicators across major acquisition platforms.

Some of the most notable highlights of his career would be working on marketing campaigns and activations in Canada for: Beyonce – Renaissance, Harry Styles – Harry’s House and Calvin Harris – Funk Wav Bounces Vol.2. He also played a key role in organising a Christmas Music Festival in Toronto, where he worked alongside the following artists and their team to book and deliver an unforgettable experience for fans and music lovers alike: Johnny Orlando, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida, Kardinal Offishall, Tim & The Glory Boys, Tyler Shaw.

As an aspiring artist, Zine is actively working to establish his name within the music industry, with his latest single having amassed over 150,000 streams to date.