The Art of Music Recording and ProductionBeginner

Course dates

Start date
Thursday 3 July 2025
End date
Tuesday 8 July 2025
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About this course

The Art of Music Recording and Production is a highly rated and successful series of courses covering beginner, intermediate and advanced experience levels. The series is designed to cater to all abilities and experiences and offers a full journey in music recording and production with each course offering a distinct step up in skill and knowledge. Take time to explore all our courses.

Join us for a 6-day comprehensive beginner music recording & production course at the Laidlaw Music Centre and get introduced to the vocabulary used in the music industry. You will receive step-by-step guidance on recording solo instruments and essential Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) training for audio recording and MIDI sequencing. You will be introduced to microphones, microphone placements and various recording techniques used in the industry.

In addition to the valuable knowledge and experience you will gain; you will also have access to the full project and multitrack from the session so you can create your own production and mix for use in your showreel portfolio.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed and catered to absolute beginners who would like to record and produce original music.

  • Are you interested in music recording & production?
  • Are you interested in attending a music technology school?
  • Are you interested in learning the basics of a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)?
  • Are you interested in learning about the recording techniques, microphones and microphones placement used to record your favorite song?
  • Are you a hobbyist who would like to solidify your foundation in audio recording?

If so, then this course is for you.

This course can also act as the foundation for going on to study our intermediate and advanced music recording & production courses.

Course fees

Regular fee
£399 (excluding accommodation)
Student fee
£349 (excluding accommodation)
Single day fee
£100 (excluding accommodation)

Course tutors

Jonathan Kemp

Dr. Jonathan Kemp

Tutor

Dr. Jonathan A. Kemp, physicist and musician at the University of St Andrews, holds a BSc in Physics with Music and a PhD in brass acoustics. He researches guitar string acoustics, teaches, manages sound at the Music Centre, and plays in Teannaich and Dry Island Buffalo Jump.

Udayan Meshram

Udayan Meshram

Course leader

Udayan Meshram, a music producer and engineer, holds first-class degrees in Music Technology and Electrical Engineering. He teaches music production at St Andrews, works with bands like Wingspread and Dry Island Buffalo Jump, composes for film, and handles audio at the Laidlaw Music Centre.

Anthony White

Anthony White

Tutor

Anthony White is a film composer, orchestrator, and producer known for blending orchestral and modern sounds. He’s worked at Abbey Road, teaches at St Andrews, and is currently collaborating with Chemical Tz on a genre-blending project fusing film scoring with African influences.

Student testimonials

  1. Both Jonathan and Udayan were exceptional in meeting participants from diverse backgrounds and abilities at their respective level; patient, informative and inclusive in what might well have been intimidating
  1. All excellent. Highly knowledgeable, enthusiastic and excellent communicators that really encouraged participants to ask questions and help improve their knowledge. Also made for a highly enjoyable experience.
  1. Without a shadow of a doubt this was a very well prepared and executed short course, aim at beginners but with so much more added information and value. The value was not just in the low cost but in time as well and it was way above my own expectations. Credit and a massive thanks goes to Udayan and Jonathan for their professionalism, tolerance, understanding of the people they were teaching, humour, knowledge and they made the time fly by with learning joy.
  1. Jonathan and Udayan are both extremely knowledgeable, skilled and professional music teachers in their own specialised fields, who also possess a great enthusiasm for imparting their knowledge to students. They are graced with attentive listening skills, the ability to answer questions in a clear, understandable format and have a commendable level of patience with students' questioning. I was highly impressed by them. I believe them to be a credit to the Music department. I will highly recommend them and this course to others. I would be grateful if you provide them personally with my feedback and, if possible, take this into consideration in any forthcoming appraisal.