In Collaboration with the Australian Institute of Music; Jacob Murphy Brings Creative Production Master class toThe Music School Bangalore

23rd October 2021 | The Music School Bangalore, Bangalore

The Music School Bangalore (TMSB), in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Music (AIM), hosted an exclusive workshop in October 2021, welcoming Melbourne-based music producer and sound designer Jacob Murphy for an immersive session on creative music production techniques.

The workshop part of the growing academic collaboration between TMSB and AIM gave TMSB's students direct access to an internationally recognised practitioner at the forefront of contemporary music production and sound design. It was a vivid demonstration of what the TMSB-AIM partnership means in practice: not just credit transfer pathways and academic frameworks, but real, living connections to the global music industry brought directly to students in Bangalore.

A Workshop Born from Partnership

The Jacob Murphy session was made possible through TMSB's deepening relationship with the

Australian Institute of Music- one of Australia's most prestigious contemporary music institutions and a long-standing academic partner of TMSB.

AIM's involvement in bringing Jacob Murphy to Bangalore reflected the shared philosophy at the heart of the TMSB-AIM collaboration that world class music education is not confined to classrooms and curricula. It is built through exposure to real practitioners, real creative processes, and real industry experience.

By facilitating Jacob's visit to TMSB, AIM extended its own educational ecosystem directly into Bangalore, giving TMSB students an experience that was every bit as connected to the global music industry as anything available on AIM's own campus in Australia.

About the Workshop

Designed for students with a passion for music production, the Creative Production workshop went beyond conventional technique- introducing participants to a philosophy of listening, creativity, and sonic identity that sits at the heart of Jacob Murphy's own practice.

The session opened with the concept of sonic identity: the idea that every producer has a distinct sonic fingerprint, and that developing that identity begins not in the studio, but in the way a musician listens to the world around them. Jacob introduced the practice of keeping ears active even during passive listening; training the mind to hear sound not just as music, but as raw material for creative production. From there, the workshop moved into a series of hands on demonstrations:

1. Resampling and Creative Sampling: exploring how existing sounds can be transformed, re contextualised, and made entirely new through creative resampling techniques.

2. Convolution Reverb Experiments: demonstrating how convolution reverb can be used not just as a mixing tool but as a creative instrument in its own right capturing the acoustic character of real spaces and integrating them into original productions.

3. Building Personal Sample Libraries and Sound Packs: showing participants how to develop their own libraries of original sounds, giving their productions a truly unique and personal sonic identity.

All resources demonstrated during the session were made available to participants following completion of the workshop, giving students a practical toolkit to take directly into their own creative work.

About Jacob Murphy

Jacob Murphy is a music producer and sound designer from Melbourne, Australia, whose career has taken him deep into the nocturnal music scenes of some of the world's most vibrant cities. Having spent three years studying the night-time sonics of music scenes in London and Amsterdam, Jacob developed a distinctive approach to sonic storytelling: weaving foley, field recordings, and sound design elements into music that carries a strong sense of place, atmosphere, and narrative.

His collaborative credentials speak to the calibre of his work. Jacob has worked alongside Mono/Poly, known for his collaborations with Thundercat and Kendrick Lamar and Byron The Aquarius, whose credits include work with Flying Lotus and Samiyam. These associations place Jacob firmly within the inner circle of the global contemporary music production community.

Beyond his collaborative work, Jacob has released sample packs with Samplephonics and Noiiz, two of the most respected sample library platforms in the music production world making his sonic tools available to producers globally.

What This Meant for TMSB Students

Workshops of this calibre facilitated through TMSB's partnership with AIM and led by

practitioners operating at the highest level of the international music industry are central to TMSB's approach to music education.

Technical skills can be taught in a classroom. But the kind of creative thinking, sonic awareness, and artistic identity that Jacob Murphy demonstrated in this session is something that can only be transmitted by someone who has lived it across the studios, clubs, and music scenes of Melbourne, London, and Amsterdam.

For TMSB's music production and audio engineering students, the opportunity to learn from an artist of Jacob's experience and international standing made possible through the TMSB-AIM collaboration; represented exactly the kind of real world, industry connected education that distinguishes TMSB from conventional music institutions.

A Statement from the Founder

Milton Lance, Founder and Director of The Music School Bangalore, reflected on the

significance of the workshop:

"The collaboration with AIM goes far beyond academic pathways and credit transfers. It connects our students to a living, breathing global music community. Bringing Jacob Murphy to TMSB through our partnership with AIM is a perfect example of what that means in practice. Our students experienced the kind of session that most aspiring producers would have to travel to Melbourne or London to access. That is what the TMSB-AIM partnership makes possible. "

Part of a Larger Collaboration

The Jacob Murphy workshop was one of several initiatives that emerged from TMSB's growing academic collaboration with AIM in 2021 , the same year TMSB announced its role as an authorised delivery partner for AIM's Undergraduate Certification in Music Production and Composition.

Together, these initiatives, academic programs, industry workshops, and direct faculty engagement paint a picture of a partnership that is genuinely transforming what is possible for music students in India.

For more information about TMSB's music production programs, international partnerships, and upcoming workshops,

visit www.themusicschoolbangalore.com or call +91 7848828829