Tutors

Carlos Lellis

Programme director, engineer and author

Carlos Lellis is Programme Director for our Advanced Diploma in Music Production & Sound Engineering in London. He works closely with the team at Abbey Road Studios to design and implement the course curriculum. Carlos is highly experienced and brings a wealth of industry and education experience to the Institute. He has worked as an engineer, academic and is also a published author. He holds an MA in Creative Media and a diploma Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music.

Alongside working in education Carlos is an active engineer and producer, whose credits include artists such as The Navarra String Quarter, the BBC Elstree Concert Band, and Grammy Award winners Sir John Tavener and Thomas Dybdahl amongst many others. Prior to joining Abbey Road Institute Carlos was the course leader of an Audio Production undergraduate programme, overseeing the studies of over three hundred students each annually. Some of his past students include recipients of Oscar, Grammy and Mercury Music Prize Awards.

Jason O’Bryan

Lecturer, musician & music producer

Jason O’Bryan is a record producer and bassist from London. He was a member of the Dub Pistols for over a decade and worked on the Grammy Award nominated soundtrack of Alfonso Cuarón‘s’ film ‘Y Tu Mamá También’ with the band Molotov in Mexico City. Other notable credits include; composing and engineering music for the ‘Blade 2’ soundtrack with Busta Rhymes. Jason’s music was used in promotional trailers for the Austin Powers movie ‘International Man of Mystery’ and was also featured in the Ben Stiller movies ‘Mystery Men’ and ‘Zoolander’.

As a remix engineer Jason has worked with a diverse range of artists including Scissor Sisters, Moby, Ian Brown, Natalie Imbruglia, Lily Allen, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Bush & Sly & Robbie, he has released output on various labels including Geffen, Def Jam, PWL and R&S.

Jason is an important member of the academic team and regularly lectures on the Advanced Diploma. He is also a certified Pro Tools and Logic X instructor. Jason teaches subjects across the syllabus but specialises in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton, Melodyne and iZotope. He recently recorded in Studio One at Abbey Road Studios with our students and a guest 65 piece symphony orchestra.

Find out more about Jason in his interview on our blog.

Ian Ramage

Music business lecturer

Ian Ramage started his music career in manufacturing & production, before finding his way into the business proper from a pressing plant into Polydor records. He progressed through product management and marketing roles to Director of Marketing at EMI, working with Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, Diana Ross, to mention just a few.

He then made the move to publishing A&R, enjoying 12 years at BMG, then a further 2 at Sony ATV, working with a broad spectrum of artists and writers including; Coldplay, Keane, Richard Hawley, Neil Hannon, Feist, Elvis Costello, The Cure.

Ian now consults at the new (formed in 2008) BMG Rights Management company, working with a number of fine creative musicians including Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley, British Sea Power and Sparks.

Learn more about Ian in his interview on our blog.

John Dunkerley

Sound engineer, grammy winner & guest lecturer

John regularly guest lectures on our Advanced Diploma, bringing a wealth of experience
and expertise to our students. His background in the recording industry is extensive and
his reputation is legendary.

John had previously engineered at Decca for some thirty years, also ten years for EMI Classics and is well known for his attention to detail and no compromise approach to work, ensuring recordings of the highest standard. His greatest successes were establishing such high and consistent standards for recordings made with both the Montreal Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras over a period of some twenty years.

The number of discs he has worked on is well over one thousand, including some sixty operas. Film credits include his work with Stanley Kubrick.

John’s excellence has been underlined with numerous awards over the years, including The Gramophone, Edison, Echo, Prix Italia, Japan Academy, Classical Brits, Prix Caecilia, Liszt Academy, Grand Prix du Disque, Stereo Review Record of the Year, Juno and numerous Grammys.

Pete Dowsett

Sound engineer

Pete Dowsett is a British audio engineer and has worked in many facets of the music industry, including studio engineering, mixing, mastering and live sound. Pete considers rock production and drum engineering to be his specialities.

He has worked at some of the most well known studios in the UK, including Metropolis, where he has worked with major artists such as: Pharrell, Snoop, Black Eyed Peas, Michael Kiwanuka. Since going freelance Pete has been working at various studios whilst setting up his own studio in Harrow. He has also been engineering for prestigious songwriter/producer Tom Nichols (Kylie Minogue, All Saints, Sugababes).

As a live sound engineer Pete has toured with Twisted Wheel, Ugly Kid Joe and Fozzy playing all the major festivals. As a in-house engineer he has done either Front of house or monitors for Foals, Pulled Apart By Horses, Dodgy, The Darkness, Chase and Status, Miles Kane, Buzzcocks and Cast.