Frequently Asked Questions

LAAMP - Los Angeles Academy for Artists and Music Production offers an intensive one-year program for contemporary artists, songwriters and music producers in Los Angeles, California.

At LAAMP you will be creating music in the studio every day. The studio is your classroom. You will team up with talented artists, songwriters and producers chasing your next great song guided by our absolute top level mentors. No full-time teachers, just industry experts who share their knowledge with our students during our weekly seminars.

We enroll a maximum of 48 talents to our on site program.

LAAMP strives to make our program accessible to the most exciting talent but does not offer any scholarship programs at this time.

Admission is now open and ongoing.

At the top of the week students are assigned to groups that they will work with until their song is finished and submitted Friday evening. Most days you will come to LAAMP and go straight to your studio pod to develop your song further every day. Some people work on more than one song per week and continue to grow their portfolio while working with new LAAMP students. In addition to extensive studio time, you will have a visit from an industry producer/writer mentor twice a month, plus a minimum of three industry workshops per month.  

Artists will be working on performance skills, vocal training, branding, pitching to A&Rs, and developing a robust portfolio. Producers will have seminars on vocal production, sound design, and mixing. All students will learn how to run sessions, how to collaborate effectively and efficiently, how to release music, how publishing works, how to navigate recording deals and management contracts. and how the best songs in the industry have been made.

LAAMP is not a traditional school. You don’t need credits to come, and you don’t get credits when you leave. But we think the program can change your life and music forever.

We expect our students to be present from 10am to 6pm Monday through Thursday. Our studios are open for most of the day, ready for our participants to take advantage and make great music. Producers have opportunities to make several songs per week and collaborate with any of our amazing talent. Artists receive performance coaching, media training, extra rehearsals, creative direction, and will take part in at least one live show during the program.

LAAMP will not release songs as part of the program. But if the song is great, maybe you want to release it, or someone else will?

At LAAMP you do not get grades because LAAMP is not a school. We critique the songs every Monday morning in the listening session. We discuss the process of making the song and you get your feedback from the mentor. For producers, you will have dedicated weeks at the end of the program where you will work on your portfolio of music, receive coaching on how to pitch your music, and writing songs for synch. Artists will receive weeks dedicated to developing their artistic persona and direction, developing visuals and storytelling, performance coaching, career coaching, and working one-on-one with our executive director for industry avice. You will be making 50-60 songs during your time at LAAMP, and a goal will be for you to leave with a catalogue of songs you’re proud of, and a network of amazing creative people you no longer can live without.

Mentors can be Grammy Award winning producers, chart topping songwriters, top industry executives and A&Rs, or other iconic industry titans. We have mentor visits multiple times per month so students can learn from their seminars and receive direct feedback on the music they submit. Every Monday, you will receive actual commentary from leaders in the music scene offering you their unfiltered review of your song. We want the mentorship you receive to come not from full-time teachers who are part-time music makers, but from full-time music industry experts with proven results to back up their lessons.  

Students are expected to bring their own own laptops using the software of their choice. Writing and recording rooms with monitoring, mics and preamps will be available. LAAMP also provides Martin acoustic guitars, Taylor acoustic guitars, Fender electric guitars and basses, Native Instruments keyboard controllers, a Roland Phantom, a Korg SV-2, and a Roland digital baby-grand piano.

The fee is $39,900 for the full program.

The fee covers all classes, sessions and workshops, one-to-ones throughout the program and access to the best-in-line-class studios. You will have to cover housing and living expenses in addition to the tuition fee.

At LAAMP we focus on the music and are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. If your music is great, you might be the one we’re looking for, regardless of your background. No prior education is required. Your music and application will be considered by the LAAMP admission panel.

You apply at www.laampmusic.com/apply. The first step is to upload some music (or videos) of music you have played part in creating or performing. Some time after you will receive a link to the full application form. Some of you will be invited to an interview, done online. Admissions start immediately.

Great! You are the kind of collaborator we love to work with, and you will not select one specifically until later in the process. Just apply, and when you get here you'll have the opportunity to focus on growth in the area you decide to develop further.

At LAAMP we focus on the music and are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are looking for talent with drive, passion and potential, and the ability to search for and create big ideas and inspiring music. We value collaboration and the ability to turn motivation and talent into value for yourself and the people you work with. When considering your application we use a set of defined assessment criteria, such as musical skill level, personal maturity, ability to reflect, awareness of personal goals, and based on these items, your prospect of successfully completing the program. So we care about: Music – Motivation – Reflection – Collaboration.

LAAMP is located in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California.

Well, this is where we are. This is where most of our mentors live and breathe. This is where great music is being created, where the sun shines and creative hearts beat.

There is no housing available through LAAMP. We encourage you to look around for a place not too far from the LAAMP facilities. After admission we also set up an online group for those accepted, where you can team up with the option of looking for housing together with one or more aspiring LAAMPees.