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FINAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY 2012

"The Red Bull Music Academy is the most progressive entity of music education. I wanna be chosen for this!" - Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson, The Roots.

After taking over the Spanish capital of Madrid over two fortnight long terms through October and November 2011, Red Bull Music Academy 2012 will be setting up camp in New York City from September 30 to November 2 – and prospective participants have until Monday April 2 to get their applications in for what Australia’s 2011 alumnus Phoebe Kiddo dubbed “school camp for gifted mutants”.
Since kicking off in Berlin in 1998, this near mythical musical finishing school has traversed the globe, from London to Melbourne, Cape Town to Rome, bringing like-minded and forward-thinking producers, instrumentalists, vocalists and DJs from every conceivable genre together for intensive semesters of workshops, concerts, club nights and studio time which relegate sleep from one of life’s necessities to an optional extra. Some of the Academy’s most famous graduates so far include Flying Lotus (Melbourne, 2006), Katy B (London, 2010), Hudson Mohawke (Toronto, 2007) and Onra (Barcelona, 2008), while Erykah Badu, Nile Rodgers, RZA, Bootsy Collins, Peaches, Scuba and Trevor Horn are just some of the musical legends to have imparted their wisdom on lucky participants – and that was just in Madrid.

RBMA Info Sessions have taken place across Australia already in 2012, with US turntablist Cut Chemist, NZ drummer/producer/DJ Julien Dyne and UK hip hop icon Roots Manuva giving local punters a small taste of what the Academy proper is all about. Now all aspiring music makers who’ll be 21-years-old before September 30, 2012 are invited to submit their application with a selection of their best tracks for the chance to be one of the lucky 60 selected to travel to New York City for what theMusic.com.au declared of RBMA Madrid 2011 as “musical paradise”.

Visit the official website here: www.redbullmusicacademy.com

About Red Bull Music Academy

Red Bull Music Academy was founded in 1998 and touches down in a different city each year. Over two fortnight-long 'Terms', some of the world’s finest purveyors of rhythm and sound gather inside the Academy's walls. Two groups of 30 successful applicants, themselves representing a diverse range of music styles and methodologies, attend lectures by musical pioneers, and work on their own tunes in custom-built studios. By night, they have the chance to perform in some of the host city's finest clubs and concert halls.

RBMA 2012 takes place in New York City, one of the most iconic cities on the planet. NYC has been immortalised in the pantheon of music, incubating genres like hip hop, disco, house, bop, no-wave, and post-punk among others. NYC is inspiration central: a place where people from all nations collide, bringing music, culture, and attitude with them. Music is everywhere, from cars cruising the block banging hip hop mix shows to the indie rock stars of tomorrow mashing drums in East Village practice spaces. Boomboxes blasting Willie Colón soundtrack outdoor domino games, and hipster troubadours play fiddles in the subway while kids shout the words to the latest A$AP Rocky single down the train aisles.

Producers, vocalists, instrumentalists and DJs across all genres who will be at least 21 years of age by September 30, 2012 are eligible to take part and can download an application form from www.redbullmusicacademy.com and send it off with a selection of their tunes before April 2, 2012.


KEY DATES

Applications Close: Monday April 2, 2012

RBMA in New York City: Sunday September 30 – Friday November 2, 2012

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