Get your start as an artist
ONLINE MUSIC PRODUCTION INTRO COURSE
Explore what it takes to produce original music in this introductory online course. For the next 11 weeks, you’ll work through HD video lessons covering the fundamentals of Ableton Live, music production and song arrangement. You’ll also get online feedback on your music assignments from peers and teachers, as well as your own personal mentor to work with 1-on-1 on your original music.
VIRTUAL 1::1 MENTORSHIP
Weekly sessions with a professional producer.
LESSONS &PROJECTS
Learn from the pros and tackle new challenges.
SELF--- PACED PROGRAM
Work on lessons when you’re ready.
Q&&A with GUEST ARTISTS
Interact with top music talent online.
As a graduate of the ONLINE Music Production Intro Course, you'll be able to:
Produce in Ableton Live
Learn the fundamentals of Ableton Live, the most popular platform for creative music production.
Finish songs
Move past creative blocks and bring your music to completion.
Create a trademark sound
Sculpt your tones and arrange them into compositions.
1:1 WEEKS
of music production education
(see curriculum below)
10 Hours
with a professional producer
120 Hours
of office hours available
(optional)
LIVE Q&&A
with guest artists
CURRICULUM
Level 1: Music Production with Ableton Live I
6 Credit Hours / 56 Clock Hours
Recommended time to complete - 11 Weeks
Ableton Live
Coursework explores the unique traits of Ableton Live and its non-linear approach to music production and investigates many of the ways Ableton Live can be user configured for both studio music production and live performance. Projects and lessons include how to create, open, and save projects, use hot keys, import, edit, and warp audio, work with MIDI clips, understand the session view and the arrangement view windows, manipulate software instrument tracks and synths, route dynamic and time-based effects, quantize, and employ the groove pool.
Arrangement
Coursework focuses on the analysis of real world examples in popular music and develops an understanding of song structure and standard arrangement techniques that form the foundation of compositional studies.
Ear Training
Introduction to rhythm transcription, learning to hear and identify major and minor intervals.
Keyboard Techniques
Introduction to the basic concepts of music theory and its applications in songwriting using the keyboard. Topics include motor skills, ear training, major and minor scales/ chords.
