Riffpad Academy of Music

01/01/2026

Had a great time on the radio tonight for Lake Macquarie FM 97.3 with my students Khurtney and Lily. Awesome job guys! So proud of you!

01/01/2026

Tune in to Lake Macquarie FM 97.3 tonight from 8PM on the Ossie And Friends show to hear two of our wonderful students play (Lily Thackray and Khurtney Miano) and for a sneak peak at the new F3V3R MOTEL song RED FLAGS

Listen live here: https://share.google/GXmgTQDrgwwkbrMMY

29/12/2025

After 8 hours of measuring, stripping cables (Mogami 2534) and soldering connectors, we are done making 18x high quality leads for our new drum room 🫠

19/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful students and their families! 🎄🎁

Holiday events and jam sessions will be on over the break and we resume normal lessons from the 12th January ✨

16/12/2025

Check out our holiday schedule and jam sessions timetable (available to students only) 👌🎸🎤🥁

NOTE: Parents and students you have been sent an SMS with the booking link

We will be closed for normal lessons from 22/12 until 12/01 when we resume 😃

12/12/2025

This was a BLAST! 🥵🔥

Here's an on-stage shot of our performance of "Master of Puppets" by Metallica at the Northlakes High School Talent Show the other day. Not bad for one quick rehearsal AND a last minute lineup change.

Performers:
Scott Davis - guitar (right side)
Marcus Newman - guitar (left side)
Kieran Temby - drums

Thank you to Brae from Soul Vessel for filling in on vocals at the last minute! You are a force to be reckoned with at such a young age! 💪

Will post a better quality video when we get one :)

11/12/2025

More good news! Our students are absolutely killing it this year with their music exams! We get results at Riffpad! ❤️

Khurtney (1st Place Y7 Music)
Callum (1st Place Y9 Music)
Blake (1st Place Y11 Music and Y12 Scholarship recipient)

Not pictured:
Kayla Chell (1st Place Y12 Music and previous Y12 Scholarship recipient)
Kaicee Sowden (2nd Place Y12 Music)

Thank you to Northlakes High School for inviting Scotty down to present the Scholarship award and see these wonderful students receive their awards!

10/12/2025

One of our wonderful students Matilda just came first in Year 7 music for 2025... like we couldn't see that coming 🤭 she's an extremely hard worker and super talented! Well done Matilda we are proud of you! ❤️

10/12/2025

Had a blast playing Metallica "Master of Puppets" today at Northlakes High School for their Talent Show! Well done to everyone involved and thanks for having us 🖤

05/12/2025

Replace the word DRUMMER with MUSICIAN.
Do not EVER make fun of someone for trying.

Thank you for saying it how it is!

08/09/2025

Back in July we had our 90s/2000s themed Workshop Week. One of the last workshops for the week was "DIY 90's Music Videos" where two small groups of students got to get hands on with cameras, lights, and using the space around them to create their own "90s style cover video" 🎸🥁

Only having ONE hour per group to do all of the following was no easy feat for them... but they smashed it!

☑️ Watch highlights of 90s music videos
☑️ Discuss the techniques that might have been involved
☑️ Choose a video style they want to try and replicate
☑️ Choose a song to cover (even if they didn't know how to play it, they had to act it 😅)
☑️ Plan the video / shots
☑️ Shoot the video
☑️ Revisit the footage and discuss if they want to do any retakes before finishing up

Group 1 song is "Heart Shaped Box" by Nirvana
Group 2 song is "Until Eternity" by Blackbriar

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