George Martin once said that “to be a great producer, all you need to do is listen”. Yet, with the modern DAW there is so much emphasis on the visual rather than auditory that many new producers aren’t learning the most fundamental skill to produce music.

Join us at SEM on Friday April 5th for a FREE workshop delivered by Rick Snoman. The workshop will provide you with the chance to learn the basic skills of how to listen with both a critical and analytical ear. These are skills that are rarely taught but provide one of the fastest ways to progress from an amateur to a professional. Rick Snoman, producer, artist and author of the Dance Music Manual will show you the main techniques to develop a skilled ear and how you can further work to develop, improve and hone these fundamental skills.

Rick Snoman is a producer and award winning author of the Dance Music Manual, the industry recognised textbook on the production of electronic music that is on the reading list of many international institutions. With nearly 30 years specialising in electronic dancemusic production, he has remixed for many top artists and released music under various monikers including Phiadra, RED 5 and more recently, Aeon Soul. He is an iTunes certified mastering engineer, an EMTAS certified tutor, and founder of Dance Music Production. Started in 2004, it has become one of the leading educational resources for electronic music producers