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A 4 Day Immersive for Aspiring & Inspiring Music Producers At A Summer Camp In The Mountains 1.5 Hours From Denver
Partial Proceeds to Help Kids Make Beats via Boredomfighters NPO
WHAT TO EXPECT:
Production Challenges
& Workshops
special guest producers, vocalists, musicians, & Industry pros
Wellness & Private Chef
Yoga, Tai Chi, Lake Meditations, Breathwork, Labyrinth, Nature Walks, & more.
SUMMER Camp Activities
Kayak, Tomahawk, Archery, Zipline, Climbing Wall, & surprises in store.
Room packages & tuition
THE VENUE
CAMP SHADY BROOK
1.5 Hours From denver
200 Acres of Private Rocky Mountain Land
Full Cafeteria w/ Indoor & Outdoor Dining
2 Natural Mountainside Amphitheaters
Indoor Lodging w/ Showers & Clean Restrooms
Past Retreats
The Boredomfighters have curated over 600 studio learning experiences in their work with the instrument garden and have co produced this retreat for adults in 10 locations
PAST GUESTS INCLUDE: Kursa, Underbelly, Lily Fangz, G SPACE, Mport, Kevin Saunderson, CHMURA, Honeycomb, MERSIV, DAVID SATORI OF BEATS ANTIQUE AND DIRTWIRE, Freddy Todd, PHURN, BLOOMURIAN, CALVIN HOBBES, TERRAWAVE, JORDAN HAMILTON, JESS IVEY, HARE BRAIN, MR. FUJI, SVVITCH, TECHTONIC, BUTTONZ, MAR IN COLOR, WHITNEY WAZ, JARED WILLER, SAM PORTER, MORFLO RECORDS
Meet Your Counselors
Aimerie
Ableton Certified Instructor
Aimerie is the creative alias of bass music DJ, producer, and educator, Kaite Watson. Given her lifelong fascination with the deep sea underworld, Aimerie's touch for crafting dark, lurking soundscapes makes sense. Her otherworldly interpretation of sound system music is inspired by seminal artists like Biome and Portishead, as well as by friends and co-creators in the bass music community.
Aimerie is an Ableton Certified Trainer located in Denver, CO where she teaches music production and DJing at The Black Box Studio. Known to deliver cutting-edge curation on the decks, Aimerie's passion for pushing grassroots sounds has landed her on prolific lineups at events like Sub.mission's Bass Invasion in Denver, Infrasound Music Festival, and Outlook Festival, alongside artists including The Widdler, Truth, DJ Youngsta, Khiva, and many more.
Au5
Sonic Sorcerer
From his debut album ‘Minimality’ in 2010 to now, Au5 has been consistent in quality and authenticity with a repertoire of nearly 200 released songs - many with multiple millions of plays. He's collaborated with legends BT, Tritonal, Slander, Mr. Bill, toured with acts such as Infected Mushroom, Liquid Stranger, Seven Lions, and has music released on numerous labels like Monstercat, Armada, Owsla, Enhanced, and Wakaan to name a few.
Andrew Hill
Ternion Sound / Speedtek
Since 2006, Andrew has been writing all varieties of music and been a part of bands and solo aliases in the pursuit of understanding creativity and the mind better. His most known project, Ternion Sound, recently ended after a year-long farewell tour that proved his music can make a lasting impact on those who find it.
Now, as Speedtek, Andrew continues this pursuit through the conduit of breakbeats at a variety of tempos and while on the way, teaching and mentoring students. Keep an eye out for music releases and production streaming later this year.
Big Nut Chuck
Co-Founder & Producer
Collin “Kyral” Burdick is a Denver-based producer, DJ, and electronic artist best known as one half of Kyral x Banko, a nationally touring bass music duo known for blending trap, hip-hop, experimental bass, and playful live energy. Through Kyral x Banko, Collin has released music on WAKAAN, Quality Goods Records, Jadu Dala, and Morflo Records, collaborated with artists including Mersiv, Mport, SoDown, Spades, and Homemade Spaceship, and earned support from names such as A-Trak, NGHTMRE, HeRobust, Cut Chemist, Buku, and DJ Craze. He is now launching his new solo project, Big Nut Chuck, carrying forward his bass music roots, offbeat humor, and high-energy production style into a fresh creative chapter.
Brotha Nature
Emcee & Instrumentalist
Brotha Nature! (aka Eli Dyer) is a multi-faceted beatbox, emcee and instrument looper from the Pacific Northwest. Fresh off performing at Red Rocks with Opiuo and touring as part of the Thought Process Live Band. With influences from all over the spectrum of genres, this artist brings an new take on hip hop and EDM, throwing some soul, funk, jazz, and meditative aspects into the mix.
David Satori
Producer & Instrumentalist
David Satori is co-founder of Beats Antique and Dirtwire, two internationally touring projects that have helped define the bridge between world music, live instrumentation, and electronic bass culture. With Beats Antique, he has appeared at major festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Lightning in a Bottle, played sold-out headline shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and contributed to albums that have consistently landed in the Top 20 of Billboard’s Electronic charts. He has co-produced and recorded more than 20 albums, toured internationally for more than two decades, and co-founded Sunrise Studios Collective, a nonprofit building recording studios in under-resourced communities around the world.
Entangled Mind
Psybass Wizard
Entangled Mind is the alias of Marissa Barbato, a Boston-based producer and lifelong musician. Balancing organic instrumentation with skillful electronic production, they traverse effortlessly through a multitude of genres from psybass to downtempo to world fusion, using sound to inspire connection.
With intuitive phrasing, complex layering, and thoughtful arrangements, they weave together their own recordings and carefully crafted sounds into meaningful commands of tension and release. Their live performances take on a narrative force, captivating audiences in a unique journey, invoking cathartic embodiment on the dancefloor and feelings of being wrapped in a warm hug from the universe.
Gar Den Boi
Event Host & Founder
Gar Den Boi is the artist project of Tyler Manning, a producer, event creator, and nonprofit founder blending ambient bass, playful electronic music, and community-centered music experiences. His musical work includes collaborations with David Satori, Honeycomb, Kevin Saunderson, and Sound Medicine Collective, including a sold-out tour around a 7-track ambient bass bath album.
Tyler has helped produce 16 weekend camping festivals, 14 adult retreats, 87 club nights, 8 weeks of music production summer camps, and 620+ music production learning experiences, while booking over 1,000 artists. He is the co-founder of MorFlo Records, a Denver-based electronic label with three sold-out Red Rocks takeovers, and co-founder/Executive Director of Boredomfighters, a nonprofit that has empowered 18,000+ youth to create their own beats, songs, and creative identities.
Jordan Dale
The Gear Wizard
Live looping and layering genres, colorado producer Jordan Dale is a musical force in constant motion. he dives into everything from jazzy, synth-drivin hip-hop to propulsive drum and bass, building tracks in real-time with guitar, keys, and dynamic fingerdrumming. this kinetic hands-on approach fuels his mission of empowerment. as an educator with the Cultural Enrichment Center (CEC) and The Boredom Fighters, he helps bring collaborative music creation to people at venues ranging from local school workshops to red rocks. the result is music that doesn't just invite you to listen, but to feel the spark of creation.
Jared Oppenheim
Label Founder & Artist Manager
Jared Oppenheim is the founder and owner of The Gradient Perspective, an independent record label, talent agency, music collective, and boutique management company supporting forward-thinking electronic music. As an artist manager, talent buyer, and label founder, Jared has helped build The Gradient Perspective into a platform for releases, shows, festival takeovers, and artist development across North America. The label and roster have supported artists including Bass Temple, Choppy Oppy, Josh Teed, Mantra Sounds, McWavy, Phyphr, Sketchy Pete, Sol Good, Michal Menert, Homemade Spaceship, Wax Future, Shwilly, and Dysphemic, creating a community-centered home for bass music, electro-soul, broken beat, and experimental electronic artists.
kLL sMTH
Producer / DJ
kLL sMTH is the Denver-based project of producer and DJ Kris Edland, known for fusing hip-hop, turntablism, glitch-hop, drum & bass, dubstep, halftime, and experimental bass into a playful, heavy, and constantly evolving sound. A key figure in Colorado bass music, he is part of collaborative projects including Ultrasloth with Duffrey and BioLuMigen, kLL Bill with Mr. Bill, gRLL sMTH, and his downtempo alias cHLL sMTH. His music and live sets keep listeners on their toes, moving between gut-punching bass, technical rhythm, weird humor, and deep dancefloor energy
Lily Fangz
Rapper & Songwriter
Lily Fangz, also known as Lileana Krenza, is a Denver-rooted artist, rapper, singer, poet, producer, and creative force whose work blends hip-hop, soul, reggae, electronic music, funk, spoken word, and freestyle performance. Lily’s music and live presence center self-expression, storytelling, empowerment, and activating people into deeper creative engagement. She has performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, including opening for Nas and Flying Lotus, appeared on freestyle platforms including TeamBackPack and The Cypher Effect, and has been recognized as one of Colorado’s standout creative voices.
Her collaborations include Mihali and Tropidelic on “Cool Runnin’,” The Grouch on “Let,” LVDY on “Garden of My Mind,” Tnertle on “Dance All Night,” and Ryan Mahrer, Mr. Lif, and Dylan Montayne on “Love’s Taken Its Toll.”
Nicole Cacciavillano
Queen of Dubstep
Nicole Cacciavillano is the founder of Sub.mission, owner of Denver’s The Black Box, and a pioneering force in underground dubstep and bass music. Since launching Sub.mission in 2007 around the mission “moving people through sound, not hype,” she has helped shape Denver into a nationally recognized bass music hub through iconic events like Electronic Tuesdays, Colorado’s longest-running electronic music weekly. She later founded Sub.mission Agency in 2012 and opened The Black Box in 2016, creating a sound-system-centered home for underground music. Her work has brought influential artists and labels including Deep Medi, Mala, Loefah, Skream, Coki, Benga, Hatcha, Commodo, Goth-Trad, Truth, Silkie, Bukez Finezt, and Om Unit to U.S. and Denver audiences
Nyquist
Off-Kilter Bass Explorer
Nyquist, the project of Derek Nyquist, is a Boulder, Colorado–based experimental electronic producer crafting immersive soundscapes that blend live instrumentation with detailed, futuristic bass production. Rooted in Colorado’s vibrant bass community, his music bridges organic textures, cinematic atmospheres, glitch-focused precision, and modern bass music storytelling. His Lunar Exploration EP on Gravitas Recordings features collaborations with Comisar, EOS, Buzz Junior, and Swomp, using violin, guitar, hand drums, Moog synth, vinyl scratching, foley nature recordings, and bass production to create an expansive, experimental journey.
Philia
Ableton Certified Instructor
Philia, the artist project of Dan Giffin, is a Denver-based drummer, producer, DJ, educator, and Ableton Certified Trainer known for blending jazz roots with funky, melodic bass music and live instrumentation. As Philia, Dan has supported major acts including Tiesto, Manic Focus, and Maddy O’Neal, and has performed at festivals including Electric Forest. He has also worked in the studio and on stage with artists including Mac Miller and The Band Perry, trained under Electronic Creatives for major artist playback, and teaches Ableton Live through AbletonPodcast.com and LiveProducersOnline.com. Dan is also the host of the Ableton Music Producer Podcast, where he has interviewed 200+ producers, artists, and Ableton Live users about music creation from studio to stage.
Ross Caravati
Sony Creator Engagement
Ross Caravati is a music industry professional with over a decade of experience
working in the industry across labels, technology, content and artist relations with some
of the industry most leading companies and labels. He currently leads Artist & Label
Relations, Creator Engagement and Community Development for Sony’s Professional
Audio division and business development department and is a co-founder and producer
behind the fast-growing Immersive Creator Experience retreat. A core communicator
across business, tech and creatives, Ross is driven by his passion for music which has
led to an interest in empowering and supporting creatives. Ross strives to support music
creators and businesses through creatively innovative business alignment opportunities
that drive value across all stakeholders.
Sister Stone
Medicine Music Vocalist
Sister Stone is a Metro Detroit–based R&B, hip-hop, and medicine music artist, also known as Shayna Gladstone, whose work blends soulful vocals, rap, prayer, ritual, and earth-centered activism. Her sound has been compared to Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, and Mary J. Blige, weaving soul, pop, and hip-hop into music for healing, reverence, and connection with the natural world. She has headlined Lucidity Festival, PlayThink Festival, It Takes a Village Festival, and Portal Eclipse Festival, opened for Londrelle and Poranguí, been recognized by Digable Planets, and collaborated with Rodrigo Gallardo.
Starfox
Producer & Horns Player
STARFOX is a bass music producer, DJ, songwriter, and live trumpet/sax player known for fusing leftfield bass, glitch hop, dubstep, and live horn improvisation into his self-described styles of Neuro Jazz and Portal Hop. Also known as Kevin Bernard / Kevin Starfox, he has released music through The Gradient Perspective, collaborated with artists including Josh Teed, 5AM, NewGent, Tygris, Alejo, Satiate, and Hullabalo0, and performs as part of The Gradient Perspective Live Band, bringing a rare live-instrument edge to the bass music scene.
Stupid Fried
Intelligently Broiled Engineer
Stupid Fried is the creative moniker of Evan Ruby, a Detroit-based musician, producer, and audio engineer known for “making music with flavor.” His sound blends funky, glitchy, jazz-infused electronic production across trip-hop, dubstep, drum & bass, downtempo, and sub-heavy bass music. He is the audio engineer for The Dub Emporium, where he supports emerging underground artists, and has released music through The Dub Emporium, Sum R & R, Manic Minds Collective, and BEET RANCH. His catalog includes interconnected projects like Feeds the Soul and Frees the Soul, along with remixes, “Re-Fried” edits, and collaborations with artists including Millerr, King Joe, Babel, Dancemyth, Mayple, and Spaceship Earth. He has appeared at events including Big Fam Music & Arts Festival, Prairie Pothole Music & Arts Festival, ManaFest, and Syndicate Sessions, and contributed to the Heard It Here First Guest Mix Series with Volume 120
Underbelly
Founder, You Suck At Producing
Okay, so check it: Timothy Linetsky is a producer, DJ, pianist and YouTuber based out of San Francisco, CA. He is known for his YouTube channel You Suck at Producing, in which he does music production tutorials centered around Ableton Live. He currently teaches private lessons online and releases music as Underbelly and has been certified by Ableton as an instructor, often featured by Ableton in their educational series. Releases on Quality Goods Records (UZ) and collaborations with San Holo, Mr. Bill and more.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF......
Mountain Sound is for music makers of all skill sets and approaches. Vocalists, instrumentalists, producers, gear explorers, who recognize themself in one of the following:
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The Maker
You're a vocalist, instrumentalist, or songwriter tired of relying on others to produce
Overwhelmed by the complexities of a DAW like Ableton
Ready to turn loops and ideas into full tracks with depth and concept
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The Thinker
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You tend to overthink your way out of releasing music or getting started
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Moving through fear, doubt, and comparison to finish and share your work
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You're already making heat & you just need help focusing your approach
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The Connector
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Wanting like-minded artists, collabs, and mentors who see your vision
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Sitting on WIPs and need feedback from producers who've carved their own lanes
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Ready to be heard, but unsure where to start or how to build the confidence to release
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The Seeker
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Looking for a safe, holistic space to explore and enhance your production skills
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Craving reconnection with body, spirit, and earth to support your creativity
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You want to own your identity as a music producer — even if you're still learning
2026 APPLICATIONS now Open
1. Applications Based on Flavor
The intention of the retreat is to bring together a wide range of musical essences for mind bending creative exploration, so we screen applications before filling spaces to help nurture a fruitful roster of creators on site.
2. Once Approved
You will be invited to place a deposit on your tuition. Extended payment plans are available and flexible.