This course is for those who want to write and release their first electronic track. With your own style, rhythm, and feel.
You will get acquainted with the field of sound production: you will learn the basics of music theory, master software, and understand the structure of an electronic track. You will learn how to work with bass lines, create samples, and turn them into music. You will understand the direction you want to move in, where to release your track, and how to sign it to a label.
As a result, you will create your own track under the guidance of the lecturer.
The course program
Module 1: Producing electronic music
Class 1: Intro
Module 2. Practice in DAW: Ableton Live
Class 2: Software and tools for creating electronic music
Class 3: Ableton Live 12
Class 4: Feedback session with Ableton Live
Module 3: Creating music
Lesson 5: Rhythm and beat
Lesson 6: Sampling and working with audio
Lesson 7: Basic sound theory
Lesson 8: Sound synthesis
Lesson 9: Bass lines
Module 4: Effects and arrangements
Lesson 10: Effects
Lesson 11: Modulation and automation
Lesson 12: Feedback session
Classes 13-14: Fundamentals of music theory – workshop with a guest lecturer
Class 15: Structure and arrangement
Class 16: Sound experiments with a track
Class 17: Drums + bass
Class 18. How to create a track from a single sound (workshop with a guest lecturer)
Class 19. Balanced mixing
Lesson 20: How to understand when a track is ready
Module 5: Release
Class 21: How to sign a finished track to a label + Q&A (lecture)
Class 22: Graduation