Music and Mysticism Music Production Retreat
GUIDES
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This page will contain all the relevant info for participants coming to the Music and Mysticism Australia retreat so please take the time to read everything here.
Location: Location:
Please check out the Acoora Guest Guide to familiarize yourself with information regarding your stay at Acoora.
The retreat will be held at Arcoora Arts and Ecology Training Ground in Kyogle, Australia.
This beautiful property is an up and coming centre for celebration, retreats, permaculture, fine food and more.
We are so grateful to be partnering with Arcoora for this retreat as its a very special space with incredible natural surrounds and close to many of the incredible natural wonders that the Northern Rivers had to offer.
Getting Here: Getting Here:
Located 2 hours inland from the Gold Coast in the Northern Rivers region of Australia, high in the misty mountains of the southern hemisphere’s largest volcanic structure (the Wollumbin volcano) Arcoora Arts and Ecology Training Ground operates out of the former Vadjradhara Gonpa Buddhist Retreat Centre, a 20min drive north of Kyogle, NNSW.
Transport to and from location: to and from location:
We are currently working to arrange a shuttle bus option from Gold Coast airport to Acoora on arrival day and one back on departure day. This is however currently pending.
Other options are a group Uber from the airport or a shared car rental. We can use the Telegram group to organize any ride shares and transport strategies.
Feel free to reach out to us at any time.
Weekly Schedule: Schedule:
Breakfast: 8am – 9am
Lunch: 1pm – 2:30 pm
Dinner: 5:30pm – 7pm
- DAY
- Topics we will explore
- Sunday
- Arrival day – Time to get settled into your new surroundings
- Monday
- Today we explore foundational element in our approach to creation.
- How we show up – Why we show up.
- The ultimate template – Nuts and bolts setup for swift effortless creation.
- Start with a good sound.
- Healthy creation practice.
- Fred will offer his perspectives on the days topics.
- Tuesday
- We explore the blueprints of creation and creative energy to give an understanding of our relationship to these themes.
- We get deep into ‘visionary’ techniques in our approach to song creation.
- Letting the inspiration flow.
- Simple beginning EQ and FX for inspiring results.
- Sound design- a simple yet powerful approach.
- Wednesday
- Exploring our relationship to commitment and discipline on and off the canvas.
- Sound and EQ from feeling to technical.
- Dynamics and character.
- Deeper sound design.
- Eve shares her perspectives on the days topics and cultivation of ‘presence’.
- Thursday
- Adventure day: We will take the morning to go together and enjoy nature somewhere beautiful.
- Drawing inspiration from the living world.
- How to be more in the body and how this can radically enhance our creative process.
- What is sound ‘healing’?
- Friday
- Self criticism & judgement.
- Our artistic relationship to the ‘shadow’.
- Our relationship to our global perspective.
- Advanced and creative EQ.
- Advanced sound design.
- Dealing with challenges in the mix.
- Saturday
- Art and Ego.
- Performance – who are you on stage?
- Art vs Entertainment.
- Marketing and career.
- Final mixdown wizardry.
- Essential mastering techniques.
- Sunday
- Departure day – Hugs and goodbyes.
Food: Food:
All meals can be vegetarian and vegan friendly and will be prepared with organic ingredients and as local as possible.
Dietary Restrictions
If you have any dietary requirements please let us know so we can have the chef accommodate to your needs.
Send an email to – retreat@merkabamusic.com
Other essentials:
Bring a laptop with your favorite DAW (obviously), a good set of headphones and a small midi keys/controller if you have one.
Weather:
As this location is at slight elevation and given this time of year its a good idea to be prepared for hot days and cool nights.
*Adventure day. Make a mention to bring a good pair of walking shoes.
Kyogle average temperature at this time of year: 13c to 23c
Adventure day is weather dependent and we might go for a hike, or a swim.
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