The Team
Our industry experts
We’ve brought together a selection of the music industry’s leading producers, engineers and musicians to create an exciting and unique 4-day masterclass. The team is led by award winning engineer/producer/mixer, Marta Salogni, whose credits include Bjork, Depeche Mode, English Teacher, Bon Iver and M.I.A to name just a few.
Marta Salogni
Producer, Mixer and Recording Engineer
Marta Salogni is a Grammy nominated and Mercury Prize winning engineer, producer and mixer working from her own studio ‘Zona’, in London. Artists she’s worked with include Depeche Mode, Bjork, Sampha, M.I.A, Bon Iver, Black Midi, Ela Minus, Animal Collective, Squid, Daniel Avery and Philip Selway. 2024 Mercury Prize winning album ‘This Could Be Texas’ by the band English Teacher was produced and mixed by Marta. In recent years she has been awarded ‘Producer of the Year’ at the Italian edition of Billboard Women in Music, ‘Breakthrough Engineer of the Year’, ‘Breakthrough Producer of the Year’ and Music Producers Guild UK ‘Producer of the Year’ at the MPG Awards. Marta is involved in the contemporary music scene playing both composed and improvised live sets using tape machines. She also funded and runs a charity called ‘Free Youth Orchestra’, which focuses on removing financial barriers between children and access to musical equipment, by providing instruments and free workshops run by local musicians. Find out more about Marta Salogni in this interview on our blog.
Conor Dalton
Engineer, Musician & Tutor
Conor Dalton has 15 years of audio mastering experience with his company Glowcast Audio Mastering, working on music from Daft Punk, Jeff Mills, Marcel Dettmann, Amelie Lens, Kobosil, and many more.
He’s also one of the engineers at Calyx mastering in Berlin where his credits include Rødhåd, Moderat, RedBull, Universal Music, as well as tutor at Berklee School of Music (Valencia), and musician in the ambient experimental electronica band “Island People” (Record label: Raster) and in the 77 person band “Headless Chaos” (an NFT music project from Songcamp).
Find out more about Conor Here.
Westerman
Artist
Westerman — the London-born and Athens-based pop maverick — has returned with his new album, An Inbuilt Fault.
The nine songs took shape throughout the depths of the pandemic, and soundtrack Westerman’s reckoning with two years of intense isolation, loneliness, heartbreak, and dread. The phrase “an inbuilt fault” itself is an examination of the inherent and innate flaws that make us human – a visceral response to Westerman’s disillusionment with AI and social media during this time period.
Co-produced with producer and percussionist James Krivchenia (Big Thief), and featuring an extended crew of Los Angeles associates, An Inbuilt Fault exhibits music that is heavier and more sonically daring than Westerman’s previous releases, and the most adventurous and unselfconscious songwriting of Will Westerman’s career.
In 2020, Westerman released his debut album “Your Hero Is Not Dead”, a graceful and self-reflective project that continued the artist’s journey from pop maverick to one of the most vital voices coming out of the UK. ‘Your Hero Is Not Dead’ features the stand-out songs, “The Line”, “Your Hero Is Not Dead,” “Waiting on Design,” “Think I’ll Stay” and “Blue Comanche” and is the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed Ark EP.
Carmel Comiskey
Producer, Engineer, Musician, Technician
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. Since starting her latest position as a technician at Abbey Road Intsitute, she has also progressed into working 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.
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An inspiring and incredibly well designed course that gave me the best musical education I could have dreamt of. Life-altering.
David Dargahi, Alumni
The curriculum is fantastic, extremely comprehensive, contemporary and relevant to today’s industry.
Andrea Mastroiacovo, Alumni
This course has helped to develop me into a well rounded producer, engineer, and musician. It has helped open doors to career opportunities that I would otherwise not have had access to. I would not be where I am today if it wasn’t for the fantastic team, course, and resources available at Abbey Road Institute London!
Yvan Chambers, Alumni
The course taught me what it means to be a producer and engineer in the industry, I learned things I couldn’t have learned anywhere else.
Marta Di Nozzi, Alumni
Abbey Road Institute trains you to deliver high quality work that matches industry standards.
Martí Canales, Alumni
I had an incredible experience. The staff have so much to offer and cover so many different areas of music.
Luke Glazewski, Alumni
The Abbey Road Institute helped me to unlock my musical potential.
Cory Lawrence, Alumni
Applying for the diploma was the best thing I could have done for my career. I'm really amazed at how much I learnt in one year.
Lizzie Arnold, Alumni
There is some real visionary foresight in Abbey Road Institute being established to preserve the cultural legacy of Abbey Road.
Youth (Paul McCartney, The Verve, Killing Joke)
It’s a unique experience in so many ways, the location, the calibre of guest lecturers and access to Abbey Road Studios for classes is pretty amazing. There aren't many places you get to record a full orchestra!
Jason O’Bryan, Lecturer
Come with an open mind and a voracious appetite to soak up the magic! Be prepared to work hard - you’ll get out what you put in.