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Sam WillisJun 4, 2025 8:00:03 PM< 1 min read

Composing the Ex Machina score: Behind the scenes with Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury

We go behind the scenes with Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury to get the inside account of ...
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Sam WillisMay 22, 2025 2:52:43 PM8 min read

9 key skills you'll learn on a sound design degree

Interested in studying a sound design degree? Discover the key skills you’ll learn during ...
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Chris MackinMay 16, 2025 3:24:01 PM3 min read

Queer identity in the age of dial up - Innovation in Sound 2025

With the debut iteration of Innovation in Sound Manchester at Altogether Otherwise ...
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Sam WillisMay 14, 2025 8:00:00 PM< 1 min read

The Spitfire Audio guide to improving your craft as a music composer

Paul Thomson, a composer for film, TV and video games and co-founder of Spitfire Audio ...
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Chris MackinApr 24, 2025 8:00:00 AM10 min read

Exploring the cutting-edge student projects for Innovation in Sound 2025 (Part 3)

In our final piece around Innovation in Sound 2025, we’re joined by two students who are ...
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Sam WillisApr 17, 2025 12:00:00 PM6 min read

10 key skills you'll learn on your music composition degree

Discover the key skills you’ll learn during a music composition degree, including BA ...
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Sam WillisMar 27, 2025 4:43:09 PM10 min read

How music production courses can kickstart your music career

Discover five key ways that studying a music production course can kickstart your dream ...
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Sam WillisMar 22, 2025 12:00:00 PM6 min read

Breaking Tinseltown: dBs Alumni Alex Stagg on his new job in L.A.

Alex Stagg, a dBs Institute master’s graduate, recently joined the team at minus 5db, an ...
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Sam WillisMar 3, 2025 12:51:29 PM6 min read

The road to life as a film sound professional with Oihenart Garai

Oihenart Garai is a recent dBs Institute Bristol alumni who moved to London to pursue a ...
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Sam WillisFeb 19, 2025 8:00:00 PM< 1 min read

How to deal with changing technology as a mixing engineer

Music technology changes, but some skills and techniques always stay the same. Here, ...
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Sam WillisFeb 7, 2025 8:00:00 PM< 1 min read

How AI vocals are changing the game for sync music producers

Music producer and composer Paul Whitehead explains how sync music producers can use AI ...
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Sam WillisFeb 2, 2025 8:00:00 PM< 1 min read

Dolby Atmos mixing at dBs Institute: Why it matters for our students

Learn more about Dolby Atmos mixing, how it's changing the music industry and how dBs ...
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