Hi Guys, my name's Fin, I'm the manager here
at The National Music Academy here in beautiful Newcastle.
I'd like to welcome you all to
our very first vlog.
We are going to be introducing you guys to some of our amazing students,
teachers, mentors and just the different people
that are around the Academy on a day to day.
Through this we're going to show you the journeys
that are happening here, the musical journeys
of the students and share with you guys the
reasons why a lot of students come here and
why they actually do music.
You're gonna get the opportunity to experience the musical
culture that we have here, that we're harbouring.
We're so incredibly excited about it. We've
got campuses in
Maitland (on High Street),
in Newcastle (on Steel Street and King Street)
and also in Lake Macquarie (at Macquarie College).
Where we've got hundreds of students that
are doing so many amazing musical things on
a week to week...
We just want to share that
with you. You're gonna get to see gigs, you're
gonna get to see workshops, masterclasses
--- So thanks for being here guys.
Opportunities that are happening every week and be a part
of them hopefully.
We feel like we actually can't keep up with everything that's happening
- is the reason why we are doing this vlog.
We feel like actually documenting this on
a day to day. Something that is so necessary
to do. You know just this weekend we've got,
a couple of the students performing at Charlestown
Square, and performing at the Knights games.
Just really cool stuff for young kids in the
Hunter to be experiencing. One of the first
things I wanted to chat to you about on this
vlog is that we've actually got a really cool
masterclass coming up on the 27th of September.
Its a fingerstyle acoustic guitar Masterclass
with Van Larkins and Andrew White.
They're some touring musicians. Andrews from the UK,
Van's an Australian and they came here at
around about the same time last year and did
a Masterclass and it was absolutely amazing!
It was sold out they came in they spoke about.
All  of these things that you know you don't hear
on a day to day. Bringing those guys into
the Hunter is so important for us because
we really strongly believe that you are the
sum of the five people that you hang around
with. You know, the people that you hang around
with influence your thoughts, what you do,
how you play and how you hold yourself as
a musician. Lets- Lets pretend you're a soccer
player... If you're playing soccer with Christiano
Ronaldo every day. You will eventaully learn
how to do that free kick, you will eventually
learn how to do that trick, you will eventually
learn how to keep running and get super fit.
So these guys that we bring in through the
masterclasses and workshops, its so important
to get involved with them because they are
at the top of their game. You know what, even
if you're not a guitarist come along. Just
what you can learn about the industry is so
important. We're gonna have loads of other
amazing opportunities for DJ's, vocalists,
pianists are coming up in the future as well
that we'd love for you to be a part of.
I guess that's it for now, thats episode 1.
I'd love you to subscribe to our Youtube channel,
like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram
just to find out more about the amazing things
that we are doing here and the musical opportunities
that we are creating and yeah.. welcome to
the journey and we want to take you along.
