SAE Perth campus supervisor and Alumni member Brad Vellacott taking on the nation by storm in Australia’s Got Talent! From the 1000′s of entrants they’ve beat all odds and have wow’d crowds with their music and production. ‘Beside Lights’ have now reached the semi-finals and even received standing ovations from judges and crowds alike.

Former SAE Auckland student Nick Poortman has been hard at work over the last year on an ambitious project aimed at raising funds to support the people of Christchurch whose lives were so badly affected by the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that devastated the city and surrounding suburbs on February 22nd of last year. Nick has [...]

Name: Dave Rhodes Occupation: Senior Engineer at Stebbing Recording Centre, Session Drummer What course did you study at SAE, and why did you choose that course? I did the part time Diploma of Audio Engineering over 18 months. At the time (1995) that was the only course available. What was your favourite part of the [...]

Nick Poortman has been enjoying a “wild ride” of success since graduating in 2007. Snapping up an opportunity to work at York Street he rapidly developed a name for himself and took every opportunity to connect with industry professionals, including Clint Murphey and Greg Haver. He now works as a freelance engineer after two years with Modern World Studios in London.

Interview with Alumni member Jay Brandner, who talks about tips on making the move from SAE to Live Sound Engineer to touring the world.

RPG-H8R is the name of the latest endeavor by SAE EMP graduate Hayden Thomson. Talking about his new venture Hayden said “I wanted to explore the current Scandinavian \”skweee\” movement and adapt it to include my own tastes and influences. The result is a mish-mash of hiphop, funk, electro, bleeps and bloops!”