This course covers beatboxing with percussion and special effect sounds created only orally, along with other tricks for sequencing and rythms. Effects taught include base drum, hi hat, cymbals, snare drum, toms, tambourine, scratch, winds, high frequency whistling (chirping), bass effects, echo effects and creating rythms using various effects and sequencing. With some practice you'll be ready for stage performances of at least 3-5 minutes at one go. You will learn both solo beatboxing as well as accompanying percussion with other music.

This course is designed to make the processing of mixing your track feel more like music and less like engineering. You'll learn how EQ and compression work together to help you make the right musical choices for each track in your mix. You'll learn what to listen for when using a compressor.

Students get started by downloading the stems (audio files). These stems can be used in an DAW (ProTools, Cubase, Ableton, Logic, etc.). The lessons in this course are presented with Cubase, but the main focus is EQ and Compression which are universal topics that apply to any DAW. Follow along with this walkthrough-style course to learn how the technicalities of mixing with EQ and Compression. With these skills, you'll be able to stay focused on your music without having to compromise on a half-baked final mix.

Do you feel stuck in the pentatonic boxes and want the exciting and unusual textures you hear from your favourite rock and fusion guitarists, but don’t know where to start? This course has the answer.

In Creative Pentatonics Part 1, you’ll learn how to create modal and "outside” sounds using your existing pentatonic vocabulary. There are no mysterious new scales, licks or techniques to learn: if you know even a single pentatonic scale shape, you can use the concepts found in this course to take your playing to exciting new places.

 

A thoughtful and progressive course designed to help ANYONE learn how to edit a podcast.

You'll learn the basics and advanced features inside Audacity, how to build your own podcast template, how music licensing works, plus ready-to-use templates and resources. This is a complete guide with everything you need to produce a podcast show using Audacity!

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This course is jammed full of practical knowledge, explantations, and concise breakdowns of why things work the way they do. And with the included supplemental exercises on practicing scales, building triads and larger chords, this material will continue to be fruitful and aid your music making skills for years to come. Music Theory is specifically designed to help you learn how music works, and is ideal for anyone new to music theory.

Harness the power of FM synthesis and take your sound design to a whole new dimension. Get the edge that’ll truly make your tracks stand out. Learn to make the world’s most advanced synths do your bidding.

We chose Dan Larsson to host this masterclass because he specializes in FM synthesis, specifically. He’s a stone-cold FM guru, on the cutting-edge of current genres and emerging production styles.

 

Learn the fine art of Dubstep production and drops with our resident expert, BigJerr.

Learn the Dubstep essentials for producing heavy hitting drops your fans won't forget. BigJerr (SCARlit) will help you overcome the symptoms of writer's block with techniques for creating catchy and memorable melodies, drums and basslines that your listeners will talk about.

Learn the nuts and bolts of mastering using only the effects in Ableton Live. Whatever your genre, this course will leave you with supreme confidence in your music, whether sharing with friends, posting to Soundcloud, or distributing online through Spotify, Apple Music, or Tik Tok. After all, the plugins you own are not as important as knowing how to use them. Grab this course and skyrocket your mastering knowledge.

In an ideal world, we’d all send our songs out to get professionally mastered. Or, in another perfect world, we’d all get the slickest, state-of-the-art mastering plugins. The thing is, these worlds require lots of money! Dough, funds, lana, yen, euros, you name it.

Hosted at Bernie Grundman Mastering, engineer Mike Bozzi introduces you to the specialized facility and its equipment, then gives a synopsis of his professional background, musical influences and mentor Brian Gardener. He discusses the achievement of tasteful loudness in modern mastering, common issues with mixes received, submission advice, mastering single tracks versus albums, sample rate, bit depth, working in dual mono, his monitoring setup, outboard gear and signal path.

Jesse Brede, owner of Pivotal Agency, Gravitas Recordings, Gravitas Create, and Lion's Share digital shares his tips and tricks for building your dream team and carving out your career in the music industry.

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