Emily Hopley’s passion for music/engineering/production started at an early age interning at a local gold coast studio when she was 15 which lit a fire in her to get into audio and the music industry. Over the years, Em has worked in studios around Gold Coast & Brisbane, assisting award winning engineer/producers such as Anna Laverty, Michael Stavrou, Aria-award winning Cody McWaters & Steve Kempnich, Yanto Browning, Virginia Read and more.
In June 2021 she started managing Airlock Studios & manager assistant to Airlock Records in Meanjin/Bris as well as being an in-house engineer. Emily has also worked (assist & lead) on numerous projects at Airlock including Up In The Airlock (season 2), Boss Moxi, Suicide Country Hour, Mt.Nadir, Blussh, and her own projects: Upsetter - DOOMGAZE and Airlock Studios Immersive Program, which was a 3-day audio engineering workshop for 10 womxn/GNC participants, funded by Queensland Arts Showcase program, with Anna Laverty as guest engineer/educator and sponsorship from Fender Australia and PreSonus Australia.
After 2-years, Emily has now departed as manager from Airlock to pursue Engineering and Production full time. Still working as an in-house engineer at Airlock, Emily additionally completed a residency at Brisbane Mix studio owned by Matthew Gray (Mastering Engineer) in between lecturing Audio & Music Production at JMC and SAE.
Emily has a strong passion for equality, equity and diversity and will continue to strive for this in the music industry from the ground up!
