Alumni News – July 2021

It's fantastic to see that The Weeknd has 2/10 of the most listened to songs of 2021 (so far) and that Shin Kamiyama, a graduate of Metalworks Institute's Audio Production & Engineering Diploma Program, has engineering credits on both of them - Save Your Tears at #3 and Blinding Lights at #6! Congratulations on this continued success! See the full list released by Complex here.

Rapper and music producer Devontée Woe, a graduate of Metalworks Institute's Audio Production & Engineering Diploma Program, has released a new album "Once In A Blue Moon." The album also features work from three other MWI graduates. Mix engineer Chris Creglia, a graduate of Metalworks Institute's Professional Sound (Audio Specialist) Diploma Program, mixed "Let's Do Something", gold-certified audio engineer Darren Fraser, a graduate of Metalworks Institute's Audio Production & Engineering Diploma Program, mixed "WYS" and "Private Party," and Angie Randisi, a graduate of Metalworks Institute's Professional Sound & Business (Studio Production Major) Diploma Program, tracked and recorded part of "WYS". The album is streaming everywhere - be sure to listen!

Singer-songwriter Mandolynne Knott, a graduate of Metalworks Institute's Music Performance & Technology Diploma Program, has released her new single "Hands". She released the song with the following message: "This song is for anyone who has escaped an abusive situation and navigated their way through the aftermath. May you be gentle on yourself while riding the waves, forgive yourself for all you did to cope, and give yourself the space and permission to heal. You are not alone. Here's to stepping into our power together." Be sure to listen to the new track wherever you get your music.

Jacob Wagner is the drummer for the Toronto-based technical death metal band Apogean and a graduate of Metalworks Institute's Professional Sound (Audio Specialist) Diploma Program. The band formed in 2020 and they have recently released their debut EP "Into Madness". The five-track EP is based on a conceptual narrative, a story “of the fall from the heights of sanity, to the very depths of madness and all that can be experienced on this journey,” with the music carrying the listener on “this path of knowledge, loss, and resurgence”. Be sure to listen!

Music producer and artist NAWMS, a graduate of Metalworks Institute's Professional Sound & Business (Studio Production Major) Diploma Program, has released a new single "Art is a Gift Ft. Kataem & Tafari Anthony." Listen here.

Metalworks Institute’s Audio Production and Engineering Program graduates, Jeff ‘Grimm’ Crake and Rainer Miller-Blanchaer are the House Music production / DJ duo Rainer + Grimm. The acclaimed musical pair have dropped their new album "Lessons" just in time for summer. Be sure to check it out and get ready to dance!