Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with shouts of joy.Psa 33:3

1a.m. is launching our very own 1a.m. Academy, a place where talents are groomed to be at their best, where new ones are discovered, and taught by experienced facilitators, integrating the message of excellence, with full fledged facilities provided but at an affordable price.

            1a.m.  Academy is dedicated in bringing forth positive music that will revolutionize and impact the future of the music industry. Inspiring transformation that will surface a new standard of creativity that is set apart, creating tracks of opportunities for a new generation of people combined with creative elements.

              1a.m. Academy is officially launched in June 2008, introducing courses like Music Production, Church Sound Production and Play-By-Ear as well as our instrumental classes and vocal classes.  Come and learn from the best, check out our amazing range of courses and instruments classes that is offered, either learning a new or just improving your skills, let us help you to be at your best!

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Church Sound Production Course – 12 weeks Program

Produce studio quality music like a professional sound engineer

Learn all the skills, equipment, software and techniques involved in becoming an aspiring sound engineer

            Audio technology is an incredibly dynamic field which is expanding daily. This course will give you the opportunity to get to grips with the very latest hardware and software, and to gain the kind of skills currently used within the industry and provide you with a comprehensive grounding in all aspects of audio technology and provide you with the skills and knowledge to enable you to contribute to the design and installation of a range of hardware and software audio solutions. Be exposed to different microphone techniques, digital audio formats, and hardwares such as mixers and preamps.

            When you graduate you will be able to:

Evaluate designs, processes and products, and design and implement improvements

Identify different market trends in the audio technology

Demonstrate a creative and innovative approach to solving audio technology problems and in formulating designs and delivering solutions.

Lesson 1:   Introduction to sound

Lesson 2:   Sound Waves

Lesson 3:   Frequency Response

Lesson 4:   Sound Level

Lesson 5:   Dynamic Range

Lesson 6:   Inverse Square Law

Lesson 7:   Reading Specs

Lesson 8:    Microphones

Lesson 9:    Pre Amps, Mixing Consoles

Lesson 10:  Power Amp

Lesson 11:  Loudspeakers

Lesson 12:  Signal Processors (time Based and dynamics Based)

Lesson 13:  Signal Flow

Lesson 14:  Studio Personnel

Lesson 15:  A to D flow

Lesson 16:  Digital audio Format

Lesson 17:  Sample rates

Lesson 18:  Microphones Techniques

Lesson 19:  Pro Tools or any recording software

Music Production Foundation Course ( Fast Track Program ) – 12 weeks

Create your own high quality recordings ready for CD or MP3

          Master the tools and techniques for producing great-sounding music at home…and create high quality recordings ready for CD or MP3!

          Gain all the knowledge you need to produce great-sounding recordings of your music. Even if you begin this course with little or no understanding of desktop production, you'll end it with a quality master recording ready for CD or MP3! Let our experience team guide you through the challenges of setting up your own home studio, sampling, basic audio mixing, and more. With hands-on lessons and projects, you'll master concepts like digitization, signal flow, multi-tracking, equalization, signal processing, MIDI, and everything you need to turn your Mac or PC into a virtual multitrack studio.

Upon completing this course, you will have learn the foundation to:

        - Choose the right tools to produce your own music

        - Plan and configure home studio hardware components

        - Develop musical ideas using MIDI and digital audio software

        - Use samples and sample loops in a variety of musical settings

        - Mix multitrack audio projects

        - Understand and use standard audio effects

        - Make a final master of an audio project suitable for distribution

In this fast track program, you will be able to learn the 2 different courses which are Music Technology & Music Arranging, packaged into 1 course.   

This Fast Track Program will cover:

1.         Learning and application of music recording softwares such as:

                        - Protool, Cubase and Nuendo

                        - Exposure to hardwares involved in music technology such as

                        - mixers, microphones, controllers and so forth.

                        - Recording techniques such as multitrack recording, MIDI,

  sequencing, editing and so forth.

- Exploring different instrument sounds in arranging:

            - Orchestra instruments

            - Modern band instruments such as Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Bass etc

            - Loops

- Arranging of songs:

            -  Your own compositions

            -  Cover tunes  

Playing By Ear (Piano) – 24 weeks program

Play your favourite music without reading music scores!

            Can’t read music sheets? Don’t have musical background? Have a heart to learn music, but don’t know where to start?

            Playing by ear is a great place to start off. It’s not playing an instrument with your ear, but rather using your ear to “catch” music. Playing by ear is a term to describe any person who is able to listen to any song and play it with improvisation, without the need for musical notation.  Playing by ear can also mean improvising a piece of music from music sheets. Learn the basic theory of music scales, chords and chord structure, rhythmic training, and identifying songs musically. At the end of the day, students can not only play by ear, but they are able to read chord charts as well. It is also for musicians who can already play classically, but wants a different approach in playing music.

Upon Completion of this course you will have the fundamentals in:

-          Playing songs without sheet music

-          Identifying song structures and styles

-          Improvising

-          Reading chord charts

Lesson 1 - Introduction to the keyboard, counting and identifying keys

Lesson 2 - Basic Music Theory 1

Lesson 3 - Basic Music Theory 2

Lesson 4 - Chords and Chord Symbols 1

Lesson 5 - Chords and Chord Symbols 2

Lesson 6 - Rhythmic Sense Development

Lesson 7 - Fingering Exercises

Lesson 8 - Pedalling

Lesson 9 - Left and right hand co-ordination exercise

Lesson 10 - Metronomes - Practicing with a Metronome

Lesson 11 - Basic comping using chords

Lesson 12 - Root Position Chords – How to Practice Any Chord

Lesson 13 - Inversions & Voicings

Lesson 15 - Working up a Song- Filling in Charts- Fake Books

Lesson 16 - Song Organization

Lesson 17 - The 12 Keys

Lesson 18 - Chord Substitutions

Lesson 19 - Song Application - using all the exercises that have learn apply to contemporary songs