Diploma of

Music with major in Music Production

Cameron Bower is a composer, producer, songwriter and improvising musician from Brisbane. His principle projects include work with Big Dead (2010 -) and Milk Buttons (2015 -) and is the artistic director and principle composer for New Music/Jazz ensemble Cowbird (2016 -).

As a composer he works within a world of improvised and composed forms, electronic and rock music, synthesising his tendency towards jazz and improvised music with the formal structures of contemporary classical idioms and techniques. As a producer he works in electronic/ambient and alternative rock contexts.

Cam teaches composition, piano and guitar as part of the Browning Street Music and Dance Teachers cooperative and works as a Sessional Academic at QUT and JMC lecturing on topics from music theory and composition to history and aural studies.

Hayley Marsten is a self-managed, independent singer-songwriter. Since graduating from a Bachelor of Creative Industries in Music & Entertainment Management at QUT with Distinction, she has successfully managed her career. Overseeing the release of multiple EPs and an Album, along with various tours and release campaigns. Hayley has crowdfunded over $30k for the recording of her music throughout her career and is has successfully secured multiple grants. She has been nominated multiple times at the Queensland Music Awards and Golden Guitars and is set to play the biggest country music festival in the southern hemisphere, CMC Rocks in 2023 and release her sophomore album.

Paul Aiden is a London-born producer, artist, and songwriter now based in Sydney, working internationally across a diverse range of genres, including EDM, folk, rock, R&B, and pop. Initially signed as a recording artist with Universal Music Australia, Paul has since built a successful career writing and producing for other artists while also featuring on numerous global releases.

His songwriting and production credits include multiple charting singles across the UK, North America, and Europe, with highlights such as a #2 hit in the USA, a #3 in Canada, and top placements in Denmark, Romania, and Brazil. His work has amassed over 250 million streams worldwide and has been featured in Billboard USA and other international publications.

Beyond his work in songwriting and production, Paul is deeply involved in artist development, having played a key role in securing record deals for platinum selling artists such as Dean Lewis and Callum Scott. His ongoing contributions to the music industry make him a valuable mentor and educator, bringing real-world experience to his role at JMC Academy.

A recording engineer, producer and musician, Brad has had extensive experience in a number of different roles throughout his career over the past 15 years.

Ten of those years were spent running a successful recording studio in St Kilda, where he had the opportunity to work with artists such as The Screaming Jets, James Reyne, award winning film composer Burkhard Dallwitz, as well as countless independent bands/artists.

Brad also has extensive experience on stage as a guitarist, bass player, singer, keyboardist and drummer. He has performed and recorded with a number of original acts, and has played countless gigs in the seedy underbelly known as the Melbourne cover gig scene.

These experiences have given Brad a wealth of knowledge to pass on to a future generation of upcoming musicians. In 2013 he took the opportunity to do just that and began lecturing at JMC Academy where he passes on his knowledge of what happens when music meets technology.

James graduated with a Bachelor of Music (performance) from the Queensland Conservatorium in 2001 and immediately began work as a touring musician successfully traversing the jazz and popular music worlds. With modern piano trio Misinterprotato, James toured around Australia, the U.S., Canada and Japan and contributed to the group's first two releases through the Melbourne based Jazzhead label.

As singer and songwriter in Brisbane-Melbourne based indie-pop group The Boat People, James has released three albums, toured the U.S. 8 times (including two trips to SXSW), the U.K. twice and supported many outstanding Australian and International acts including Powderfinger, Crowded House and The Shins. The Boat People have had 8 songs playlisted on national radio station Triple J and in 2007 James signed a publishing deal with Ivy League/Mushroom which has seen his songs used extensively in television and film.

In 2012, James co-wrote and sung the breakout single "Half of It" for producer duo YesYou which received high rotation radio play on Triple J. James currently works as touring bass player with avant-folk group Machine Translations and songstress Kate Miller-Heidke. With his new group Darling James, he produced and music directed the "8 First Dates" event at the 2014 Melbourne Fringe which featured guests Ainslie Wills, Angie Hart (Frente), Jae Laffer (The Panics) and many others. Darling James are about to release their debut single and recently opened for legendary Australian group, The Church.