Radium Sonic Workshops Now Accepting Bookings

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Emmy award-winning team RADIUM offers studios, expertise & mentoring for early career composers and sound designers.

New industry led music and sound design courses offering fast track career development for aspiring composers and sound designers are launching this month at Radium, the Emmy award-winning music and sound company behind the soundtracks to some of the biggest global film and game trailer titles including Sicario 2:Soldado; Battlefield 5; Bladerunner 2049; Black Panther; Avengers 3: Infinity War; Jurassic World 2: Fallen Kingdom; A Quiet Place; and many more.

Designed as a career kickstarter for aspiring sound and music creators, Radium Sonic Workshops intensive courses will take place at the company’s 3,600 sq ft production hub in Bristol, commencing from September 2018. On offer is practical, hands-on exploration of proven creative and technical approaches to sound and music for moving image; current insider knowledge on deal negotiation; creative scoping and project management; and a takeaway creative and promotion toolkit to springboard future success.

Radium Founder Andrew Diey says: “Recently we’ve seen heightened press and media debate over the merits of formal university versus industry vocational learning for a successful career start. We think there’s a growing role for shorter length, practical and more cost effective industry based learning, embedded in companies and teams who do what they do successfully in the real world. This is especially true of rapidly changing sectors like ours, where things move so quickly, that in the years it can take to complete a traditional formal qualification, learning can sometimes become outdated before it has a chance to be applied professionally, or may be too focused on theory to easily integrate into our competitive and fast paced world.”

“Every day Radium gets emails and phonecalls from composers, producers and sound designers wanting our advice and help getting a foot in the door, asking for our feedback on their work, and requesting to spend time in studio with us. It’s so competitive out there, and simply having a strong technical grounding in digital music creation and production, and/or a University degree in music and sound doesn’t guarantee entry into the business.”

“We’ve found that when we hire graduates or engage with up and coming freelance talent, despite having studied a formal degree or qualification and bringing loads of enthusiasm and passion, we still need put a lot of time into training and mentoring them before they can make a real contribution to what we do, they’re often not coming prepared with the skills and the mindset needed to operate successfully in our world. I’m often asked to speak at universities and industry media events. But experience has shown me that the most effective learning comes from hands-on participation. Our industry changes all the time and you’ve really got to be in the thick of it to stay current with what’s going on and how everything works.”

Andrew continues: “Graduate and early career music and sound jobseekers far outnumber available inhouse positions at commercial studios. Most will enter the market as self employed freelancers. We’ve developed a package of tools and know-how for sound and music creators to access through our workshops, combining practical hands on creative upskilling with project management techniques and business modelling to help them forge commercially successful careers even if they don’t land a full time inhouse job in the industry.”

Andrew concludes: “As well as providing real world immersion in our working studio, we offer a takeaway toolkit which participants will keep and use to drive their careers forward whether targeting inhouse studio positions or going it alone in the freelance market. We’re accepting only 4 participants per group, so we can offer individual mentoring and bespoke personal development for each person attending. We’re really looking forward to connecting with aspiring sound and music professionals out there, inviting them into our world, discovering new talent, and strengthening the pool of emerging UK sound and music expertise.”

Founded in 2007 by Andrew Diey, Radium is dedicated to pushing the sonic creative envelope, often constructing bespoke instruments and devices to invent rich and authentic musical tones and sounds which can’t be made electronically or sourced from standard sound and music libraries. Radium works with major clients around the world including many based in Hollywood, and has received international recognition and a host of awards including Emmy, Promax UK & USA, Clio Entertainment, Cannes Lions, and International Music and Sound Awards.

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Robyn Taylor
Commercial Director
Radium Audio Ltd.
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