Lifetime access to a growing library of production education built around a curriculum created with Dizzee Rascal.
Follow the programme
Build your track step by step
Finish with something that's yours.
Finish your track, submit it to Big Dirtee Records and get feedback from the Big Dirtee Records A&R team. Every student who submits gets heard.
Join a community with live sessions every two weeks featuring leading artists, producers and figures from the music industry.
“Don’t just copy the sound. Understand the sound. Then do what you want with it.”
The main course is built around making a 140 BPM UK trap track, but BDSA is about much more than one sound. The techniques carry across trap, drill, grime, UK rap and newer underground styles, and the Genre Upgrade Packs go deeper into what actually makes each one feel different.
The idea isn’t to give you one formula to copy. It’s to help you understand the music properly, make better choices, and start developing a sound that feels like your own.
Students build their own track throughout the programme. By the end, they have taken it from a blank project to a finished track.
Submit your finished track through the Big Dirtee Records demo portal and the Big Dirtee Records A&R team will listen and give you feedback on what you’ve made. This is not a prize, draw or selected-student perk. Every student who submits a finished track gets A&R feedback.
Big Dirtee Sound Academy started with a simple idea: if you are going to teach people how this music is made, get the people who actually make it to teach them.
Dizzee Rascal has helped shape the curriculum and philosophy of the academy. Alongside him, students will learn from leading producers, artists and industry figures with direct experience in the genres they are teaching.
A pioneer of UK grime and one of British music's most influential artists, Dizzee Rascal won the prestigious Mercury Prize for his debut album Boy in da Corner. With five UK No. 1 singles, multiple platinum certifications and a career spanning over two decades, he has helped shape the sound of British music.
Multi-platinum producer and recording engineer with credits spanning some of UK rap's biggest names, including Central Cee, Dave, Dizzee Rascal, Headie One and Booter Bee. His work includes recording landmark UK rap tracks such as Central Cee's Loading and Russ Millions' Keisha & Becky.
Acclaimed UK rap producer with over 175 million streams across his productions and credits on two UK Rap Albums Chart No. 1 releases. His extensive catalogue includes work with Potter Payper, Rimzee, Benny Banks, Jordan McCann and Loski, alongside serving as the main producer for MOBO-nominated artist Catch.
One of the defining producers of UK drill, M1 On The Beat has helped shape the genre through productions for Drake, Headie One, Digga D, K-Trap and many more. Winner of GRM Daily's Producer of the Year in 2021, his signature sound has become synonymous with some of the most influential records in UK rap.
A veteran producer and influential figure in UK grime, Silencer, formerly known as Teddy Music, has built a reputation for some of the genre's most distinctive and hard-hitting instrumentals. His extensive credits include collaborations with Dizzee Rascal, Skepta, JME, Wiley, P Money and D Double E.
Every two weeks with artists, producers and industry figures.
Regular reasons to open FL Studio, experiment and make something new.
Exclusive BDSA discounts, opportunities and community perks.
Start at the beginning. The programme is designed to create quick wins early and then build your knowledge step by step.
Go deeper on the techniques that separate a good track from a finished one. Pick up workflow, arrangement, mixing and genre detail from the people who use them, then get your finished track in front of the label.
Big Dirtee Sound Academy launches in 2027. Join the early access list to be first to hear when enrolment opens.
£249 for the first 200 students, then £349. One payment. Lifetime access.
No. Joining the early access list means you’ll be first to hear when enrolment opens, with the first chance to claim one of the 200 launch-price places.
The Big Dirtee Records A&R team. Every student who submits a finished track through the Big Dirtee Records demo portal gets feedback. It’s not a competition and not a selected few.
Yes. Start at the beginning. The programme is designed to create quick wins early and then build your knowledge step by step.
The main course is built around a 140 BPM UK trap track. The techniques carry across trap, drill, grime, UK rap and newer underground styles, and the Genre Upgrade Packs go deeper into each one.
You'll simply need a computer, some headphones, and a copy of FL Studio.
