Online Course

Live Playlisting Course

Learn to create and work with live playlists, from choosing and organising sounds to mixing, transitioning and responding to an experience as it unfolds.

5 weeks · 5 live calls · Online · Starting January 2027 · €515

Join the next Live Playlisting Course

Join the next five-week live online course, from building your sound library to creating live playlists of your own.

Starting: January 2027
Duration: 5 weeks
Live sessions: 5
Format: Online · Zoom
Price: €515
Language: English
Facilitators: Fanny & Ahilan

Join the Live Playlisting Course

What is live playlisting?

Live playlisting is a practice of attuning, sensing and responding through sound.

A live playlist takes shape moment by moment. You learn to listen to what is happening and make choices in real time, changing the timing, intensity, texture or direction of the sound as the experience unfolds.

It is both an experiential practice and a practical skill: sensing when to build, create space, shift or allow something to remain, and having the tools to do it through sound.

This practice applies to both in-person and online spaces. Alongside hands-on work with sound, the course draws on science-informed perspectives on the body, nervous system and perception, giving you additional ways to understand what you experience.

Sound, body & space

The course begins by exploring how sound meets the body and the space around us, shaping attention, perception and experience.

We explore these relationships and learn from science-informed perspectives on the nervous system, brain activity, sleep and wake cycles, perception and states of consciousness, using them as additional ways of understanding what we experience.

Through experience and observation, we learn to notice how sound is felt in the body, how a space changes it, and how attention shifts as a result.

Shaping a journey through sound

Next, we explore how different qualities of sound come together to shape an experience over time, and learn the 12-stage framework as a map for it.

VibrationFrequencyRhythmTempoTextureIntensityDensitySilenceTransition

12 stages: a map of the arc of a journey, and a guide for choosing sound to meet each phase.

A journey through sound has rhythm, movement, contrast and space. We explore how vibration, frequency, tempo, texture, intensity, density, silence and transitions can influence the quality and direction of an experience.

We also explore perspectives on how sound interacts with the brain, nervous system and perception, including processes such as neural coupling and neuroplasticity.

The 12-stage framework is one of the core things you learn in this course. It offers a map of the arc of a journey, helping you choose and place sounds for each phase, and a structure you can hold while playlisting live, sensing when to build, create space, shift or allow something to remain.

No two journeys unfold in the same way. The practice is meeting each one as it arrives.

Trust what you sense.

Let the journey emerge.

Five areas of practice

Learn through practice

The course is experiential and practical. Each week, you work directly with sound, develop your technical fluency, experiment with mixing and live playlisting, and build your own way of working.

Learning by embodying

SoundsBuild your sound libraryChoose and organise sounds, building a collection and an ear for the qualities you want to work with.

ToolsBecome confident with the toolsDevelop technical fluency with the software and equipment until the technology feels natural to use.

TransitionsExperiment with mixingExplore layering, timing, transitions and the different ways sounds can meet.

PlaylistsCreate live playlistsBring the different elements together and work with sound in real time.

Your approachDevelop your own approachPractise, experiment, adapt and refine your way of playlisting, until the approach becomes your own.

Sounds

Build your sound library

Choose and organise sounds, building a collection and an ear for the qualities you want to work with.

Tools

Become confident with the tools

Develop technical fluency with the software and equipment until the technology feels natural to use.

Transitions

Experiment with mixing

Explore layering, timing, transitions and the different ways sounds can meet.

Playlists

Create live playlists

Bring the different elements together and work with sound in real time.

Your approach

Develop your own approach

Practise, experiment, adapt and refine your way of playlisting, until the approach becomes your own.

Over five weeks, you move from hearing sound differently to creating live playlists in your own way.

Who is this course for?

Live Playlisting is for people who want to move from experiencing Dreamwave / innerdance to creating and working with sound themselves.

A foundation to build from

Completing Innerintensive or another foundational Dreamwave / innerdance training is required before joining Live Playlisting. It gives you a grounding in the journey, its principles and the role of the facilitator.

You don’t need previous playlisting, DJ or mixing experience. The course introduces the technical tools and practice from the ground up.

Explore sound

For those with a Dreamwave / innerdance foundation who are drawn to sound and its relationship with the body and experience.

Develop your facilitation practice

For facilitators, coaches, therapists, educators, embodiment practitioners and others who want to bring live playlisting into the spaces they already hold.

Develop your Dreamwave / innerdance practice

For people already connected to Dreamwave or innerdance who want to deepen their relationship with sound and feel more confident creating live playlists.

Explore sound creation

For those with a Dreamwave / innerdance foundation who are drawn to the technical and creative side of playlisting and curious about working with sound, technology and live creation.

Join the next Live Playlisting Course

Ahilan and Fanny sitting on a patterned rug with a laptop, mixer, DJ controller and pad controller laid out between them

Who guides the course

Ahilan & Fanny

Ahilan Sundaralingam and Fanny Lemieux have practised innerdance since 2017 and lead the Live Playlisting Course.

They have been part of the many changes in the sound created in playlisting. For them, playlisting is a process of learning intuitively and becoming attuned to the space, and also a way of knowing and being that keeps developing.

Inspired by their own journey, they created this course to support facilitators and trainers in finding their own way with live playlisting.

Meet Ahilan →Meet Fanny →

What participants say

Experienced with innerdance music

“The playlisting workshop was a true eye-opener. Although I already had some experience with innerdance music, this session provided me with concrete tools and strategies to build my playlists in a purposeful and intuitive way. The insights into the 12 stages, frequencies, and the functioning of the brain and body were incredibly enriching and gave me a deeper understanding of the impact music can have on the human system.”

Thomas V. (Belgium)

New to the technical side

“I became much more comfortable with sound and the technical tools. The course gave me the confidence to experiment and find my own way.”

Anne B.

Experienced practitioner

“The course opened a new dimension of my practice and gave me fresh ways to work with sound, rhythm and the unfolding of a journey.”

Stephanie D.

About the facilitation

“The course was held with so much presence and care. I felt supported while having plenty of space to explore and develop my own approach.”

Jessica Z.

Putting it into practice

“What I especially appreciated was the hands-on approach: no abstract theory, but practical knowledge I could immediately apply in my own practice. Since the workshop, I’ve started creating playlists myself and have already developed a complete, deep innerdance playlist that truly resonates with the transformative power of this music.”

Thomas V. (Belgium)

Frequently asked questions

Who is this course for?

Facilitators, practitioners and anyone with a Dreamwave / innerdance foundation who is drawn to the technical and creative side of sound, and to the role of creating and accompanying a journey through it.

Is prior Dreamwave / innerdance experience required?

Yes. Completing Innerintensive or another foundational Dreamwave / innerdance training is required before joining, giving you a grounding in the journey, its principles and the role of the facilitator. You don’t need previous playlisting, DJ or mixing experience. These skills are introduced during the course.

Do I need experience with DJ software or mixing?

No. The course starts from the technical foundations, so no previous playlisting, DJ or mixing experience is needed.

What software and equipment do I need?

You will need:

An iPad or tablet
A stable internet connection
Headphones or speakers

Software recommendations and setup guidance are shared ahead of the course.

What happens during the five live sessions?

Five live online sessions combine theory and practical exploration of tools and techniques, with time between sessions to practise.

What will I be able to do after the course?

By the end of the course, you’ll have developed your own sound library, gained confidence with the technical tools, created live playlists and practised responding to an experience through sound in real time.

How much time should I expect to spend between sessions?

Most participants spend a few hours between sessions experimenting with their sound library and practising live playlisting, with no fixed schedule.

Is the course online?

Yes. The course runs entirely online over Zoom, with all five sessions held live.

What language is it offered in?

The course is facilitated in English.