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Like many industries, music education has undergone a number of changes over the past few years. Changing technologies, course delivery methods and content has prompted institutions to refocus their offerings to remain adaptable and cater to a broader demographic of potential students.

Originating in Sydney, The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) has emerged as one of the country’s leading independent education providers. Recently their Melbourne Campus opened in the bustling CBD, providing modern facilities in a central location. Ahead of their Melbourne Campus open day on Saturday August 13, Beat spoke with Senior Coordinator Daryl McKenzie and Operational Coordinator Glenn Cannon.

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How long has AIM been running?

Sydney originally started as a guitar school in 1968 and changed names a couple of times until what it is today, while Melbourne has been up and running for just over two years.

What courses are on offer?

We offer Diploma and Bachelor courses in both Contemporary Performance and in Composition, a Bachelor in Business Entertainment Management, a Diploma in Audio Engineering and Masters Degrees and Graduate Certificates in both Composition and Performance.

Do entrance requirements vary?

Yes, we cater for a range of students. In terms of Bachelor courses for students coming straight out of school, they need a pass in VCE and then it’s based on an audition. Mature aged students (21 and over) are based solely on audition. These auditions involve meeting a performance standard and a theory standard. Entry into the Diploma courses are slightly different in that they are audition and require a performance standard only.

As a relatively new institution how does AIM differ to other traditional Music Education providers?

Two of our main strengths are the quality and diversity of our teaching staff. It’s an industry-based course so we’re aiming to give students a really wellrounded education to prepare them for the music industry. In terms of logistics, a lot of people find our location attractive being right in the middle of the CBD on King St. We’re only one block from Southern Cross Station and we have students coming from places such as Bendigo, Mt Macedon and Geelong.

Despite that seeming some distance, it’s only a single train trip in. In terms of our Sydney campus, students do have the option to transfer between the two.

Both campuses run the same course program and we’ve had students move between both and enjoyed broadening their experience by studying in two different cities.

Education seems to be more flexible with a focus on catering to student needs these days?

Absolutely. We have flexible study options – students can take one unit per trimester if that’s all they can manage, right up to full time study loads. With our facilities being modern, centrally located and well equipped, we help with this as much as possible.

I understand you’ve had acts such as Snarky Puppy, Spyro Gyra in for workshops recently – is this a common occurrence?

We regularly have events a couple of times a trimester, in both Sydney and Melbourne. We often have artists at both campuses for workshops and performances in a range of styles and genres.

What opportunities do students have on completion of a course at AIM? We’re just about to complete our first Melbourne Graduation ceremony this week. Plenty of students have already found employment. One student is heading overseas on a performance contract, another has been doing assistant Musical Direction work, others have gone onto further study such as Graduate study or areas like Music Therapy. Plenty of musicians have taken up work in professional bands and obviously with Sydney – having some further history than Melbourne – there have been students going on to work internationally and on TV. Most of our graduates from the Business Entertainment Management course have already found placements working in their field of expertise, which is a great success for us.

Do you think it’s important for AIM to foster the Australian Music scene?

Absolutely. We have professional musicians performing on campus where the students can interact with them. All the staff are professionals in their own right and students network with them and get out to see them at gigs. It’s a very interactive scene that we’ve got going.

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4.00 TERAMAZE Featuring guitar wizard, Dean Wells, Teramaze is something special to experience and has been described as one of the finest prog metal bands in Australia.

Presented by Ernie Ball Musicman

3.00 KEVIN BORICH BAND Legend is an often over-used term, but in Australia it truly applies to the great Kevin Borich. A genuine pioneer of the modern Aussie rock scene, his 40 year live and recording career has seen him play alongside some of the world’s guitar greats.

2.00 DEAN RAY Dean Ray personifies the romance of rock ‘n’ roll.

On stage, he’s all about passion. Losing himself in the moment, the talented guitarist/singer’s one and only goal is to put on a great rock ‘n’ roll show.

1.00 I BUILT THE SKY Rohan Stevenson is known worldwide for his ‘I built the sky’ solo project. While generally guitar based instrumental music ‘I built the sky’, ranges from techy prog-metal to intricate punk to pop and ambient flavours. Presented by Sherlock Amplifiers.

12.00 GEOFF ACHISON & JIMI HOCKING Two of Melbourne’s hottest guitar slingers Jimi Hocking and Geoff Achison return to the guitar show, playing some of their favourite classic Aussie guitar riffs as well as their own brand of rockin’ rhythm n blues.

2.30 JUSTIN BERNASCONI Justin Bernasconi is a rarity among guitarists and songwriters. Straddling styles and sounds from the Delta Blues, Bluegrass, English Folk and all stops in between, his highly original tunes are infused with exciting and soulful guitar playing.

1.30 LUCAS MICHAILIDIS Lucas Michailidis has been described as ‘quite simply a guitar-playing phenomenon.... he can pull a rhythm and complexity out of a hat’. Real art and enriching food for the soul is what you get with a Lucas peformance.

12.30 MATTHEW FAGAN A gifted virtuoso guitarist and composer, he has accrued over 30 years of performance, composition and educational experience. Matthew is capable of stunning the listener with attack, as well as melting you with elegance.

11.30 NICK CHARLES A class act, revered by peers and critics as one of the finest pickers and players in the land. 2015 Artist of the Year at the Port Fairy Folk Festival

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11.00 SHANNON BOURNE’S WHIRLYBIRD This free form improvisation trio will take you on an intriguing sonic journey. Witness this band’s debut performance, led by free-thinking guitarist, Shannon Bourne and featuring Luke Hodgson on bass and Leigh Fisher on drums

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4.30 MIKE ELRINGTON Gentle giant, Mike Elrington is a gifted songwriter with impressive guitar skills and a fierce work ethic. Standing at almost two metres tall, delivering gut-wrenching vocals and playing fiery guitar licks, very few people forget a Mike Elrington performance.

3.30 JAMIE PYE for Cole Clark Guitars Featuring Jamie Pye, talking about the latest innovations in the Cole Clark family, from unique designs in Australian and exotic woods along with some stunning playing from Jamie.

Presented by Cole Clark Guitars

3.45 Jimi Hocking Rocks with Yamaha & Vox Jimi Hocking presents some exciting new amp innovations from Vox and introduces the new Revstar electric guitars from Yamaha, as well as sharing tips, tricks, and hot licks he’s learned over a 30+ year career as a professional guitarist.

2.45 V3 High Voltage Foot Distortion Pedal For those that have longed for a Fat Head or a Grid 30 amp, Sherlock Amplifiers has come up with an affordable pedal design that has the same high gain distortion sounds found in the Fathead and now the Grid 30 amplifier. Currently undergoing patent application. Presented by Greg Hill

1.45 Peavey’s History of Rock ‘n’ Roll Join Michael Smith, Global Product Manager for Peavey Electronic MI Division to take you through the history of Rock’n’Roll and how a young passionate Hartley Peavey started his empire and created his now legendary tones.

12.45 Roland/BOSS Guitar Product Showcase Matt Walsham demonstrates BOSS’ new range of Waza Craft premium pedals – telling the story behind their development and showcasing their luscious all-analog tones. Josh Munday demonstrates the ME-80 and flagship GT-100 effects processors – as well as introducing the power and versatility of the GR-55 Guitar Synthesiser.

11.45 AMEB Rock School Alyson Locke (Lead Examiner), and renowned guitarist, Simon Gardner. With contemporary music now such a significant part of modern music tuition, Rockschool presents a new and engaging syllabus, as rigorous in content and delivery as any classical instrumental syllabus to date. Teachers will be able to structure lessons through a goal-directed process using up-todate, popular material with outcomes that are sure to improve and develop the performance abilities and overall musicality of students. Presented by AMEB

12.45 PHIL MANNING Phil Manning first came to our attention in pioneering Australian blues band Chain. As a solo performer in the acoustic sphere, Phil has also been ahead of the game, as one of the first electric gunslingers to begin working in both realms before ‘unplugged’ became a catch phrase.

He’s also played with many legendary blues icons.

1.45 The Guitar Players Session 1 Acoustic Blues & Roots Nick Charles hosts and features– Geoff Achison, Shannon Bourne, Jimi Hocking Sam See, and Phil Manning. Most modern popular guitar styles have some debt to the blues and roots. Some of our finest blues exponents will chat about their approach plus there will be finger-picking good solos and “all-in” jams and tunes.

11.00 Sitting Guitar Exams Featuring Matthew Fagan & Emilio Kormanic. A valuable workshop for VCE and TAFE/tertiary guitar performance students of classical/electric and Contemporary Guitar. The workshop refers to AMEB syllabus and CPM Cert III & IV and Bachelor of Music courses. A selection of curriculum pieces be worked on in the 45 minute session.

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4.00 PETER HODGSON Guitar

2.45 JOE FERNAND and TYSON CONSTANTINOU Bass

1.30 SIMON PATTERSON Guitar

12.15 ROBBIE LITTLE Bass

11.00 TROY MALE Guitar

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11.15 FRETTED FEMMES IN SONG Featuring some of Melbourne’s finest young female songwriter guitarists. Heloise, Cat Canteri, Leisha Jungalwalla and Megan Bernard, all showcasing their songs and the part the guitar plays in them. A wonderful way to start the day at the MGS

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3.00 TRIPLE M FINALE JAM You’ve spent the weekend watching some of our finest guitar talent, you’ve got your dream guitar bargain, seen a cool demo or two and thinking life couldn’t get any better… BUT ... we’ve saved the best until last! Some of Australia’s slickest pickers will come together on one stage for the Triple M Finale Jam. The line up includes: Bob Spencer, Brett Kingman, Phil Ceberano, James Ryan, Simon Hosford, Shannon Bourne, Tim Gaze … and you never know who else might join them!

2.00 TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD Tequila Mockingbyrd pack a high energy punch that will hit you from the first explosion of sound until long into the after party. With an arsenal of catchy riffs and memorable choruses, Tequila Mockingbyrd pump out party anthems like ‘Good Time’ and their ode to The Esplanade Hotel ‘Never Go Home’. Debut album ‘Fight and flight’ out now

1.00 THE DELUSION The Delusion is a 5-piece Progressive Metal band hailing from Albury/Wodonga. The band has built their passion for music with their mixture of polymetric grooves, melodic leads, technical rhythms and melodic synth. Sweeping guitar and pulsating grooves are a hallmark of this impressive line-up. Presented by Ernie Ball Musicman

12.00 DALLAS FRASCA With over 750 shows under their belt, this award winning outfit is a stand-out in its class. On-stage this three-piece features two guitars a beast behind the kit and a mighty presence at the mic.

11.00 JAMES RYAN TRIO Featuring Rod Bustos & Marcus Ryan, this trio will riff and rock MGS fans with a spine tingling set, topped off with a few classic David Lee Roth tunes, a great way to get your Sunday off to a big start

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2.30 A.J. LEONARD & JENNY ROWLANDS The cello was born in the 1550’s, built for Charles IX King of France. Three hundred years later the ukulele was born and taken up by King Kalakaua of Hawaii. These auspicious beginnings from opposite sides of the globe are magically combined in the expert hands of AJ Leonard & Jenny Rowlands.

1.30 BEIJA FLOR Featuring Lachie Robertson & Jeremy Bourke.

7 String acoustic guitar duo Beija Flor play Original Compositions inspired by the music of Brazil and Argentina, along with a range of Fingerstyle and traditional South American repertoire.

12.30 JAMIE PYE Weaving percussive elements into his deft patchwork of dizzying alternate tunings, chiming harmonics and gorgeous melodic counterpoint, Jamie’s guitar says it all.

Presented by Cole Clark Guitars

11.30 SERGIO ERCOLE Sergio has spent a significant time abroad, studying and performing extensively throughout the Mediterranean including Andalusia, Florence, Sienna, and the Adriatic Coast. His incredible classical proficiency and love for his Italian musical heritage and culture, will provide guitar enthusiasts a real treat.

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2.00 The Guitar Players Session 2 Our love affair with the acoustic guitar Nick Charles hosts and features – Daniel Champagne, Matthew Fagan, Lucas Michailidis, Sergio Ercole, Jon Delaney.

The acoustic guitar has left its imprint on many cultures and musical genres across the world.

This show will feature some of the diverse styles and sounds of the instrument from Flamenco to Jazz and Contemporary instrumentalists to Djangophiles.

12.45 DANIEL CHAMPAGNE This young singer, songwriter and guitarist has become a renowned performer throughout his Australian homeland and now around the world.

“Watching Daniel Champagne perform is a once in a lifetime experience. He is a true prodigy that plays like no one else could possibly play unless they spent at least two lifetimes studying the art.”

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10.30 Kala Instant Uke Orchestra Hosted by Matt Fagan, and featuring AJ Leonard, Sarah Carrol, Dan McKeoin, Mike Jackson and the NCAT Ukes.

Spend a relaxing Sunday morning listening to some of Melbourne’s Maetros on the Ukulele.

From classical to Hawaiin and everything in between.

Then ... Learn to play the UKE instantly - Jam along with our all-star line up Led by education legend Mike Jackson and Dan McKeion - in Hawaii it’s called a Kanakatila. Sponsored by Kala Ukuleles and Music Sales

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3.15 Tone Made Pro Join Jon Beckx, Product Specialist for Line 6 Australia for an in depth look at how iconic guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, James Hetfield and John Petrucci created their signature sound. With each guitarist’s rig broken down component by component, you’ll not only learn how to recreate their distinctive sound but also gain insight into how to go about enhancing and personalising your own unique voice.

Tone demo’s throughout, this one is not to be missed!

2.15 Top 8 reasons wireless guitar systems failed ... until now!

Featuring Matt Davies of Wireless Audio Pty Ltd with special guest Pyotr Belov of PRA Audio Systems, Wayne Jones and Jack Pantazis. Are you ready to change the way you feel about wireless? We have good news! PRA Audio WiC (Wireless Instrument Connection) Systems was designed to do just that; change the way you feel about wireless systems. But don’t take our word for it. Please join us and see and hear for yourself.

1.15 Roland/BOSS Guitar Product Showcase Matt Walsham is back to present BOSS’ new range of Waza Craft premium pedals. Josh Munday was involved in the international NAMM launch of BOSS’s ME-80 effects processor (and designed tones for it) and has since been viewed by millions on YouTube. See him demonstrate the ME-80, flagship GT-100 effects processors and GR-55 Guitar Synthesiser.

12.00 Maton Custom shop seminar As the head of Maton’s Custom Shop, Andy Allen has the ability to build a guitar that will produce the sound that the customer has ordered and wants to hear - learn about tone woods and techniques and what goes into a Maton custom shop guitar.

11.00 Fractal Audio Systems AX8 Clinic “Building a rocking rig with the Fractal Audio Systems AX8” Featuring Brett Kingman

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4.00 WAYNE JONES Bass Presented by Wayne Jones Audio

2.45 TROY MALE Guitar

1.30 TIM GAZE Guitar Presented by Vase Amplification

12.15 BOB SPENCER Guitar

11.00 ROBBIE LITTLE Bass Presented by Ernie Ball MusicMan

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Bernies Music Land is a music institution, the day-to-day operation of the leading piano and organ retailer a product of its proud 39-year history.

At the helm has always been Bernie, ensuring that the same excellence in service that existed in the original ‘70s store in Airport West continues to define today’s store, now located in Ringwood.

As the largest piano and organ specialty store in the Southern Hemisphere, Bernies Music Land stocks over 150 pianos and 250 organs. The independent, family-owned-and-run business boasts a knowledgeable, friendly and approachable team who offer an unmatched level of professionalism. Bernie and his team are responsible for creating a familyfriendly environment that is both helpful and comforting in your pursuit for finding the right instrument.

At Bernies Music Land their vast range of products include grand pianos,

upright pianos, home organs, classic organs, Hammond stage organs, digital pianos, keyboards, amplifiers, and accessories. It’s a product line that caters for all levels of musicians and all budgets.

As the renowned ‘home of Hammond organs’ Bernies stocks new generation models in the XK-3 proline keyboard and the XK-3c, both of which accurately and authentically capture the tonal qualities of the classic B-3. With the invention of the revolutionary 96 Digital ToneWheels Hammond has recaptured the sound and soul of vintage offerings in a digitised format.

Bernies is a key exponent and supplier of these modern Hammond keyboard and organs.

At the Melbourne Guitar Show they will be showcasing a specialty product, the Digital Leslie Pedal. Made by Hammond Organ USA, this glorious unit offers the distinctive, rotary sound of a Leslie spinning horn speaker and

the ability to add it to any keyboard, guitar, bass or studio rig. The pedal is a product of the new Hammond Sk series stage keyboards and the flagship B-3mkII Organ, dialling in the vibrato, tremolo pulse of air distinctive to the Hammond Organ. That’s vintage 122 and 147 Leslie speakers, a Model 18 sourced from classic Vibratone Guitar cabinets, and a PR-40 stationary speaker cabinet packed into a single pedal. Controls then allow for the adjustment of virtual mic placement, ramp up and down speeds, overdrive, horn and bass balance, EQ and overall volume. The future of replicating the Hammond sound is here today, and can be found at Bernies Melbourne Guitar Show stand.

Clarke and Severn Electronics distribute a wholly unique, yet undoubtedly essential selection of professional audio products; for over 16 years they have been the Australian distributor of Switchcraft pro audio, broadcast and guitar Products. Switchcraft has long been an industry leader in both quality and innovation when it comes to audio connectors. It’s a name synonymous with delivering on professional audio solutions; guitarists laud their jacks, plugs and switches; sound engineers and studios revere their direct boxes, cable assemblies and patchbays.

For quality meets quantity there’s no better example than their studio equipment range, all of which can be found at Clarke and Severn.

Recording sound relies upon the functionality of the equipment at hand. Flexibility, consistency and performance are all non-negotiable.

This is the approach that Switchcraft takes to signal routing, each one

a binding principle that dictates everything from the manufacturing to the usability of their StudioPatch Series Audio Patchbays.

The use of a patchbay provides a studio with a greater level of organisation, and control. As a central audio connection area, it enables the entire volume of studio gear to intersect in a single location using a uniform set of cables and connectors. More than handy for any recording studio! Where the StudioPatch Series differentiates itself from standardised patchbays is with its use of EZ Norm technology, which allows signal flow to be altered at the front of the console using a plain old screwdriver.

At the forefront of the line is the StudioPatch 9625, which boasts 48 channels (96 TT/bantam jacks) and comes with a DB25 I/O panel for easy front-of-rack access. For professional and home studios alike, it covers all bases. The 9625 is the unit selected by

Imagine Dragons for their Las Vegas Recording Studio, and will be one of the key pieces of gear to feature at Clarke and Severn’s Melbourne Guitar Show stand.

Another selection from Switchcraft’s StudioPatch Series that Clarke and Severn will be displaying is the SC800A Active DI Box, endorsed and used by The Killers guitarist Dave Keuning.

What is sure to get people excited, however, are the demonstrations they will be holding for the new Switchcraft 318BT Bluetooth Audio Receiver and the 314DI Direct Box used by Matt Malley – the founding member of Counting Crows. Splitters and a selection of guitar jacks, plugs, switches, connectors and cables will also be up for grabs. It’s sure to be a special Switchcraft showcase.

Eastgate Music is a specialist independent music retailer that couples quality equipment with service that goes above and beyond. It’s a simple premise implemented by a team of in-house service techs who understand the subtleties of tone and the requirements of working musicians. Established in 2001, the Kew store shares your appreciation for tone and is a one-stop shop for new, second hand and vintage instruments, all of the highest quality.

When it comes to guitars they specialise in Fender and Gibson custom shop, Taylor, Martin, Gretsch, Maton and Cole Clark. While another point of difference is its extensive range of U.S tube amps, which features Fuchs, Bad Cat, Magnatone, Bogner, Marshall, Fender and BluGuitar. The store also stocks a huge range of accessories, music books, guitar and amp parts, including vacuum tubes and pickups.

On the other side of the coin Eastgate’s

renowned repair and set-up division employs the world’s finest luthiers, offering over 30 years of hands-on experience to meet all of your technical needs.

For this year’s Melbourne Guitar Show Eastgate have put together a monumental Bogner pedalboard featuring the Burnley distortion, Wessex overdrive, Harlow Boost with Bloom, an Ecstasy Blue and an Ecstasy Red overdrive pedals, a La Grange overdrive and boost, and an Uberschall distortion. This killer lineup is powered by a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power MONDO, connected with George L’s Cables and housed on a PedalTrain pedalboard.

In the La Grange, the engineers at Bogner have bottled the energy and mythic personality of those legendary 60’s Marshall JCM800. Not only that but they’ve taken care to squeeze every drop of tonal possibility into the design and housed it in a regal, golden box. The low, medium and high gain

switch means you can go from Tom Petty to Jimmy Page to Kerry King at the drop of a hat.

The Ectasy Blue pedal is built to capture the essence of the classic Ectasy Blue amplifier, giving you the famous tones from that classic blue channel. These are designed with four discrete class A gain stages, endeavouring to best replicate the classic circuitry of the amplifier itself resulting in a more dynamic and malleable array of tones.

The Burnley, Wessex and Harlow make up the new range of Bogner pedals built with an audio transformer from the legendary Rupert Neve. It’s a pedalbaord that will have to be seen and played at this year’s show to be fully appreciated.

Peavey Electronics is back in Australia.

The Melbourne Guitar Shows marks the re-launch of the iconic brand into the Australian market. Peavey has a new home of distribution, Galactic Music, and things are going to be managed in a way that has never been done in the Australian musical instruments market before.

Through an efficient and innovative sales model, Galactic Music is making Peavey products available to the musicians of Australia at prices that compete with the USA. That’s right, we have worked out a way to deliver all of the services of a typical distributor (including a 3 - year warranty) for the price of importing from the most competitive market in the world. Over the coming months they’ll be rolling out the Peavey range to all of your old favourite music stores and providing them with a sustainable margin The first Peavey containers have landed in Melbourne and products are ready

to hit the stores. All of the new amps recently announced are available like the 6505 20 Watt Mini Head, Classic 20 Mini Head, Valve King Mini Head, 6505 Piranha Micro Head. Visit the team at stand 4 at the Melbourne Guitar Show to plug into one of these killer new products.

A launch is not a launch without amazing products at amazing prices so from day 1 of the Melbourne Guitar Show until August 20 you can save big bucks on Peavey Guitar Amps and Cabs.

Here are the deals, and you can buy them on the Peavey Electronics stand at the show or through any Australian Peavey stockist. 6505 Piranha Micro Head - $249, 6505 20W Mini Head - $849, Classic 20 Mini Head - $849, Valve King Mini Head - $749, 6505+ 112 Combo - $999, Classic 20/112 Combo $999, Delta Blues 210 Combo $999, VYPYR PRO 100 Combo - $999, VYPYR VIP1 Combo $269, VYPYR VIP2 Combo $359, 1 x 12” Greenback or Vintage 30

Cabs $549 and 2 x 12” Greenback or G12T-75 Cabs $759.

Say hello to the Galactic Music team and meet the Global Product Manager for Peavey Electronics on the Peavey stand at the Melbourne Guitar Show.

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