Links update: 26/03/2023
For years I've been teaching Music Technology in the college classroom. As a University Professor, my classes are sought after, and, frankly, expensive. I believe Ableton Live can be learned by anyone, and cost shouldn't be a barrier. This class uses the same outline and syllabus I've used in my college classes for years, at a fraction of the cost.
In this class, we are going to be making beats. Drum beats, in particular. You don't need to know music theory, harmony, reading music, or any particular audio application.
I'll be using Ableton Live and some Logic in this course, but it will be easy to following along on whatever program you are most comfortable with. We will start the class off with basic rhythm theory, and learning where (typically) we put the kick, the snare, and the hi-hats. Then we will learn to adapt that pattern to work for a number of different styles.
This is a comprehensive class - that means there are three (3!) different classes that together make the complete sequence. This is Part 1. (The best place to start!)
Also in the class we will be doing a number of analysis projects. That just means we will load up some tracks, and re-construct the beat in the track. Doing this will help us to see how those beats are built, and guide us in making our own beats.
Topics include:
•Tools of the trade
•Working on the Audio Grid and MIDI Grid
•The Bar
•The Pulse
•The 8th and the 16th
•Meter
•"Counting" Bars
•Reading Drum Patterns
•Percussion Elements
•Cymbals
•Where to find good, free, samples (My favorite sites!)
•Forming the Groove
•Variation
•Modulation
•Genre
•Feel
•Swing
•The "Basic Pattern"
•Off Beats and Down Beats
•Dynamics
•Syncopation
•Humanism
•... And much more!!!
I will be making 3 (three!) complete classes in order to bring you the most comprehensive manual on beat programming techniques ever created. Each class has Sets, sessions, samples, and experiments for you to try on your own and follow along with.
And of course, once you sign up any part, you automatically get huge discounts to all the upcoming parts (the next 2!) of this class.
You will not have another opportunity to learn Beat Programming in a more comprehensive way that this. Start here.
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