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● Beginners Program
Learn the basics of
music production.
No experience needed. Everything you need to go from zero to your first finished track — with live sessions and real feedback.
6 Weeks Live Sessions Private Community No Experience Needed
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● Jump Up
Jump Up DnB Mastery.
Raw, rowdy energy. Wonky bass design, melodic pre-drop synths, and high-energy arrangements that translate on any system.
Bass Design Arrangement Energy Sound Design
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● Dancefloor
Dancefloor DnB Mastery.
Festival-ready production. Lead melodies, dancefloor basses, loud clean mixes, and strong compositions built for the main stage.
Drop Design Mixdowns Composition Melody
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● Neuro
Neuro DnB Mastery.
Complex sound design and clinical precision. FM synthesis, reese bass construction, modular-style processing, and technical mixdowns.
FM Synthesis Reese Bass Layering Technical Mixes
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● Liquid
Liquid DnB Mastery.
Emotional, melodic productions. Atmospheric sound design, chord progressions, vocal processing, and warm immersive mixdowns.
Melody Atmosphere Vocal Processing Mixdown
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Live Workshop

Ill Truth
Production Workshop

Join us for a 2 hour drum & bass production masterclass with Haden from Ill Truth. Learn how he programs and processes his drums, designs his basses, and gets his mixes club ready. With releases on Sofa Sound, Overview, and Symmetry Recordings, you'll be picking up techniques that translate directly to professional level music.

Date Friday 5th June 2026
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Vic, Devonport, Auckland
Grab Your Spot Limited capacity
Our music has been released on
UKF
Device Records
RAM Records
Elevate Records
Viper
Sleepless
UKF
Device Records
RAM Records
Elevate Records
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Sleepless
The Team

Learn from artists
active in the scene.

Every mentor is an active producer with real label releases. Not retired teachers — working artists who know what the industry looks like right now.

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Max Brighouse
Max Brighouse
BRIGSY
Beginner → Intermediate
Mixing Sound Design Workflow
Elliot Wardle
Elliot Wardle
INMOTION
Intermediate → Advanced
Mastering Drum Synthesis Sound Theory
George Mulder
George Mulder
SUUNE
Beginner → Intermediate
Arrangement Workflow Structure
Quinn Tawhai
Quinn Tawhai
AUGVST
Sound Designer + Mentor
Serum Synthesis Sound Architecture
Cameron Mills
Cameron Mills
MYLEN
Beginner → Intermediate
Fundamentals Songwriting Mixing
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Beginners Program

Learn the basics of music production.

No experience needed. The Beginners Program covers everything you need to start producing your own music.

6 weeks Live sessions Private community access
Takes 2 minutes
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What our students say
★★★★★

"I left every session feeling more confident and less like I was just pushing buttons and hoping I was right. I genuinely felt like I was learning the secret sauce without having to go through tons of trial and error."

"I was pretty apprehensive about trying to learn a new program like Ableton. A lot of the YouTube tutorials I found online weren't really straight to the point, beating around the bush and I felt like I was wasting my time. So what initially drew me into this course was the outlined structure and the face to face learning opportunity with someone relatable from NZ. That was a huge selling point for me.

Jumping into the course, I liked how each session gave just the right amount of info without feeling overwhelming. The content itself felt specific to me and where I'm at in my producer journey right now. As someone who relies heavily on structure and clear processes, I was impressed with the way the course was laid out. You gave us enough to digest and feel accomplished with what we had learnt.

Loved how you shared examples of workflows, thought processes, plugins and how to make the most of them, and showed how I could apply those same ideas and concepts myself. The online content hub with the summary and key tips, and little bits of homework helped me lock in what I had learned and was a great point of reference when I got stuck. Having access to the session recordings was huge for me too as someone who's always on the go.

Overall the course felt really well thought out, well planned, and genuinely helpful as a beginner producer. Definitely more than enough value for money too. Shoutout to BRIGSY and the NLP crew. Excited to keep levelling up and start bringing my ideas to life."
Storm Smith
Auckland, NZ
★★★★★

"This course genuinely feels like it saved me years of trial and error. I not only learned a huge amount but thoroughly enjoyed the experience and felt treated like a peer rather than a beginner."

"I recently completed the 6-week beginner music production course with Next Level Production and can't recommend it highly enough.

I'm a DnB DJ and have been playing gigs and festivals for the past three years, but I'd never produced my own music before, even though it always felt like a natural next step. I'd previously tried learning on other DAWs and found them frustrating and unintuitive, which made it hard to progress on my own.

Max and Elliot created a course that took me from knowing nothing to feeling confident building full tracks. Watching Max build and tweak songs live while explaining the process was incredibly helpful, and Elliot's technical knowledge added huge value throughout the course.

Both were extremely friendly and patient. Even as a complete beginner asking lots of questions, everything was explained clearly, and they were always happy to go off on helpful tangents when I wanted to understand things in more detail.

Although my classmate focused more on house music and I'm into DnB, all the content was relevant across genres and added massively to my learning.

Huge thanks to Max, Elliot, and the whole Next Level Production team. I'd absolutely recommend this course to anyone wanting to get into music production."
Brent Robinson
Tauranga, NZ
★★★★★

"The team at NLP should be the first people any aspiring producer calls. After completing the beginner production course you'll have the skills and knowledge to jump into a DAW with confidence. This saved me months of trial and error."

"The team at NLP should be the first people any aspiring producer calls. After completing the beginner production course you'll have the skills and knowledge to jump into a DAW with confidence. I feel this saved me months of trial and error. No dealing with misinformation on the internet. The team are great at explaining complex concepts that really land and have practical applications to the workflow of a project. Finally the people are what really make NLP special, the drive, attitudes and vision make it such an enjoyable team to work with."
Dion Watson
Perth, Australia
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Mentorship Program

Learn directly from professional music producers

Our mentorship program pairs you with a professional music producer for personalised 1-on-1 sessions. Whether you're writing your first song or building an album, your mentor works with you at your level to sharpen your skills and push your sound forward.

Personalised Guidance
Every session is tailored to where you're at. Your mentor builds around your goals, your strengths, and the areas holding you back.
Industry-Active Mentors
You're not learning from textbooks. Our mentors are working producers and artists actively releasing and performing at the cutting edge.
Accelerated Progress
Cut through the noise. Direct feedback on your projects, real-time problem solving, and a clear path from where you are to where you want to be.
Sessions available weekly, fortnightly, or monthly to fit your schedule

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MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

All prices in NZD. No lock-in contracts. Cancel anytime.

Starter
$299
per month NZD
  • Monthly 1-on-1 tutoring
  • Fortnightly track feedback
  • Weekly production workshops
  • Private Mentorship Community
  • Bonus 1hr tutorial every 3 months
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Pro
$599
per month NZD
  • Fortnightly 1-on-1 tutoring
  • Weekly track feedback
  • Custom samples & presets on request
  • Weekly workshops & masterclasses
  • Private Mentorship Community
  • Bonus 1.5hr tutorial every 3 months
  • Free mix & master every 2 months ($149)
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Elite
$799
per month NZD
  • Weekly 1-on-1 tutoring
  • Unlimited track feedback
  • Free custom samples & presets
  • Weekly workshops & masterclasses
  • Private Mentorship Community
  • Bonus 3hr tutorial every 3 months
  • Free mix & master every month ($299)
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What's included
Everything you
need to level up.

Every Mentorship Program tier comes loaded.
Here's what you're actually getting access to when you join.

Core service
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1-on-1
Tutoring
We open your project file and fix what's actually holding you back.
Pro & Elite tiers
02
Mix &
Mastering*
Professional mix & master included free. Released on Viper, RAM, Riot & more.
Shop
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Custom
Presets
Serum presets & samples built for your sound.
All tiers
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Private
Community
A private group of producers all pushing toward the same goal. Not a passive Facebook group.
Weekly
05
Live
Workshops
Sound design, mixing, arrangement — every week, live with the team.
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Our Word For It

★★★★★

"Max has the ability to break down complex subjects into terms I can understand. I have learnings I can take away and apply to my music each time — Max even makes an effort outside of lesson times to provide useful resources."

Ethan Probert
Ethan Probert · @tiigs.nz
★★★★★

"Elliot's techniques have completely changed the way I approach my mixing, and helped me identify blind spots in my production process. He's able to explain complex ideas concisely. Couldn't recommend him more."

Cameron Mills
Cameron Mills
★★★★★

"I've been producing for about a year, but after a month working with the team at Next Level my progress has skyrocketed. Max genuinely understands the kind of music I want to make. Elliot and George are both absolute experts."

Johnny Cole
Johnny Cole
★★★★★

"I completed a $2,500 intensive mixing course from a different company and honestly, the first few hours with Elliot at Next Level delivered far more noticeable improvements in a fraction of the time and cost."

Cameron Cole
Cameron Cole
★★★★★

"I've learnt more about audio production in a month than in my entire 8 years of self-study. The team is respectful and genuinely love to help. I'm so confident in their teaching abilities!"

Levi Oster
Levi Oster
★★★★★

"This course genuinely feels like it saved me years of trial and error. I not only learned a huge amount but thoroughly enjoyed the experience and felt treated like a peer rather than a beginner."

Brent Robinson
Brent Robinson
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FAQ

Got questions?

No. We have mentors suited to every stage, from complete beginners who haven't finished their first track to intermediate producers ready to take their sound to a professional level. During the application process we'll assess where you're at and match you to the right mentor.
Our mentors are experienced across Ableton Live, Logic Pro and Bitwig. However, 99% of the techniques we teach are transferable across all DAW's.
Sessions can be conducted online or in-person, depending on your preference. We're based in Auckland, NZ but work with producers globally.
Yes, absolutely. There are no lock-in contracts. You can cancel anytime. We'd rather you stay because the value is undeniable — not because you're trapped.
Our core focus is Drum & Bass and Dubstep, including all sub-genres: liquid, neurofunk, jump-up, half-time, minimal, etc. The principles of mixing, sound design and arrangement we teach translate broadly across electronic music.
A good rule of thumb: if you have 2–4 hours a week for music, Starter gives you the right cadence. If you're more serious and have time to action feedback fortnightly, Pro is our most popular choice. Elite is for producers who are fully committed and want the fastest possible progress. If you're unsure, apply and we'll advise you.
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