Sunlit Durban home music studio desk with turntable, monitor speakers, and timber acoustic panels
Durban Studio • Intake Open

Make and perform your own music as pure.

Step into a warm studio space where complete beginners, passionate hobbyists, and dedicated artists explore sound without pressure. Finish real tracks, projects, and live sets.

Beginner to Full Tiers
Tangible Final Releases
Mentorship by Chaale
Tactile mixing desk and analog studio setup bathed in Durban daylight at Miza Academy

Moorosi Studio · Durban, South Africa

Our approach

Music made to be shared

Learn to trust your ear, shape your sound, and finish music you can play for the people in your life.

Miza Academy exists because making music is personal. Rather than running through a rigid corporate syllabus, we focus on genuine self-expression. Whether you are touching a crossfader for the very first time, taking a gap year, or producing your next set of records, every course takes place in a calm studio and wraps up with something tangible: a clean mix, a completed track, or a live set ready for a crowd.

A finished track or EP

Walk away with mastered audio files you can send to friends, release, or perform.

Real studio confidence

Get hands-on time with Pioneer decks, and professional studio equipment in a studio room.

Launches October 17Open Day: Saturday, October 24

Step inside the studio on Saturday, October 24.

Walk through our Durban space, test the decks, and talk about your sound. We are opening our doors so you can experience how music production and DJing feel when taught as genuine creative self-expression.

Chaale will have fresh coffee ready, student tracks queued up on the monitors, and the decks plugged in for you to try your hands on. No sales pitch, no pressure to enroll on the spot.

Hands-on studio gear

Test out the turntables, CDJs, controllers, and analog production monitors.

Coffee with Chaale

Have a relaxed one-on-one conversation about your creative goals and taste.

Warm home environment

Experience the uncluttered, friendly studio setting where you will be making music.

Durban, South Africa•10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Free attendance with limited studio slots to keep groups intimate.

Foundational Pathways

Two creative tracks, built around real music.

Choose the pathway that speaks to how you want to create and play. Both tracks culminate in a concrete, shareable project.

Hands cueing a vinyl record on a turntable in a warm home studio
Performance & Selection

DJ Courses

Learn track selection, phrasing, harmonic mixing, and live deck performance. From cueing vinyl to digital club setups, you build the confidence to play sets that move a room.

Key MilestoneLive performance or recorded studio set
Beginner to advanced tiersExplore DJing
Student arranging music on an audio workstation with studio monitors
Sound Design & Arrangement

Music Production Courses

Explore synthesis, beat programming, song arrangement, and mixing. Translate your raw musical ideas into finished, radio-ready productions in an unhurried, hands-on environment.

Key MilestoneA fully mixed master track or debut EP
Beginner to advanced tiersExplore Production
Chaale fine-tuning mixer faders during a hands-on production session in the Durban studio

Chaale

Founder & Lead Instructor · Durban

Meet Chaale

Mentorship from an active producer and DJ.

Learn sound craft directly from someone actively performing on dance floors and guiding students to tangible, shareable records.

Working out of a studio, Chaale brings over a decade of experience as an internationally recognized producer and DJ. Instead of standardized tests or abstract theory, you get patient, unhurried guidance focused entirely on shaping your original musical ideas into songs and live sets you are proud to share.

Complete beginners to working artists
Tangible tracks & live performance outcomes
Tangible deliverables

Walk away with real music and recorded DJ sets

Every course centers on completing a finished project you can share with friends, upload for release, or perform live.

Student fine-tuning an audio mixer in front of acoustic studio monitors in Durban
Milestone 01
Beginner to Intermediate

Finished track

A fully mixed, master-ready original song created from scratch.

Leave the studio with an original record arranged, mixed, and ready for streaming. You will dial in sound design, balance frequencies on studio monitors, and craft a clean sonic identity.

What you take home

Mastered 24-bit WAV & MP3 release

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Hands sequencing tracks on audio workstation hardware at a wooden studio desk
Milestone 02
Full Production Track

Cohesive EP release

A 3-to-4 track body of work demonstrating real artistic range.

Build an authentic multi-track project that sounds intentional from start to finish. You will sequence transitions, refine mix cohesion across songs, and prepare your project for public release.

What you take home

Complete multi-track portfolio & EP package

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DJ blending two vinyl channels on a mixer in an intimate warm studio lounge
Milestone 03
DJ Performance Track

Live performance set

The technical poise to curate and deliver a full set.

Command the decks with fluid track selection, smooth phrasing, and creative transitions. You will practice real crowd dynamics and walk away with a recorded set to share with promoters.

What you take home

Recorded 60-minute live studio showcase

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Curious how we structure each milestone?

Come hear recent student projects and test the studio setup during our upcoming Open Day in Durban.

RSVP for Open Day