Encore Rock Academy is for all you magnificent grown-up humans who’ve spent years tinkering with guitars and basses, bashing drums, warbling away in the shower, being amazed by how good saxophone sounds, or poking at keyboards like they’re about to explode — and you STILL want to play like a proper rock legend.

And here’s the good news: you don’t need to learn mountains of music theory, or do those boring exercises that make you feel like you’ve accidentally joined the Navy, or practise for six hours a day until your fingers look like overcooked spaghetti.

Because here’s the truth — the best way to learn anything is by having fun.

REAL fun.

The kind of fun that makes you grin like a lunatic.

And one of the best ways of having fun is to play in a real performing rock band. The sort with lights and an audience and that lovely moment where you think, “Good Lord, I might actually be amazing at this!”

And that’s exactly what Encore Rock Academy gives you.

Not just rehearsal rooms, not just encouragement, not just someone saying, “Yes, that noise you made was technically music.”

No — you get placed straight into a proper rock band.

A real one.

With other humans.

Making sounds together that frighten the neighbours.

And every twelve weeks — just when you’ve found your groove and your inner rock god is pacing around in tight trousers — we shove you onto the stage of one of Perth’s premier venues.

A LIVE audience.

Lights.

Applause.

Possibly someone’s mum cheering too loudly.

You get the whole glorious experience — the adrenaline, the nerves, the “I can’t believe we’re doing this!” feeling — and before you know it, you’re playing your heart out like you’re headlining Wembley, only with fewer pyrotechnics and slightly more sensible footwear.