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New to music production? These three courses give you the fundamentals — pick your DAW, learn to mix, and understand the music business.

New to music production? Start here. These courses give you the fundamentals to build on.

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Office Hours Weekly. Ask questions, get help, and connect. Included with residency. Production Gym Weekly. Production breakdown of your favorite songs. Included with residency. Theory Gym Weekly. Morning music theory workout. Included with residency. Ear Training Weekly. Test your ears and discuss — music, mixing, and more. Included with residency. Instrument Gym Weekly. Practice and workout on instruments. Included with residency. Weekly Beat Review Weekly. Listen to Beat Challenge song ideas together. Included with residency.

DAW Core Skills A foundational course for beatmakers to master essential DAW operations—navigation, asset management, recording … Logic Pro X Core A foundational course for beatmakers to master the essential operations of Apple’s Logic Pro X—navigation, asset … Ableton Core Master Ableton Live fundamentals with certified training. Learn essential music production concepts, effects, synthesis, … Pro Tools Core Master Pro Tools, the industry standard DAW for recording and production. Learn essential operations, workflow, signal … FL Studio Core Master FL Studio with expert instruction. Learn navigation, workflow, MIDI programming, loop building, session …

Music Theory Learn fundamental musician skills including music theory, performance basics, and foundational concepts essential for … Effects, Synth & Mixing Primer Learn essential music production concepts including effects, synthesis, and mixing fundamentals. Perfect primer course … Hardware & Recording Essential audio hardware and recording course. Learn microphones, interfaces, speakers, acoustics, signal flow, and …

Logic Pro 1-Day Intensive Full-day Logic Pro workshop for producers. Master navigation, recording workflow, editing, signal flow, and session … Ableton 1-Day Intensive THE TEN CHORDS WORKSHOP Master chord function and write instantly better music in one day. Unlock advanced harmony using the 10-Chord Toolkit … Orchestral 1-Day Intensive

Electronic Music Kitchen Master electronic music production fundamentals. Learn trance, bass music, EDM composition techniques, MIDI programming, … Hip Hop Kitchen Learn to create unique hip hop beats with professional structure, sound design, and mixing techniques. Master looping, … Orchestral Kitchen Master orchestral production techniques including articulation, arrangement, and realistic programming for brass, … Session Player Kitchen Learn professional session player techniques and realistic instrument programming. Master drums, guitars, bass … Soundtrack Kitchen Learn film scoring and soundtrack composition techniques. Master orchestral production, sound design, and music for … Vocal Kitchen Learn professional vocal recording, production, and processing techniques. Master microphone placement, vocal chains, …

Beat Building Jam Workshop ideas into songs. Peer feedback. Instructor support. Prep for production Mix & Production Incubator Workshop ideas into songs. Peer feedback. Instructor support. Prep for production Recording Incubator Songwriting Incubator Workshop ideas into songs. Peer feedback. Instructor support. Prep for production

Mixing Masterclass Master advanced mixing techniques with experienced engineers. Learn parallel processing, sidechain compression, vocal … Recording Studio Masterclass Hands-on recording studio masterclass with professional equipment. Learn large format consoles, studio etiquette, and … Songwriter Masterclass Master songwriting techniques with professional composers. Learn melody writing, chord progressions, song structure, … Synthesist Masterclass Advanced synthesis masterclass covering wavetable, granular, FM synthesis, and sound design. Learn professional …

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The Residency is your home base — weekly gyms, office hours, feedback sessions, and a community of people doing the same thing you are.

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Recent Resident Gyms
- EAR-TRAINING-GYM: An ear training session built around a deceptively simple but challenging exercise: generating random chord progressions and attempting to conceptualize how they sound — including identifying a likely key — before playing them. Using an online chord generator tool (shared via the Discord chat), the session explored multiple progressions, each presenting its own puzzle around key identification and harmonic context.
- OFFICE HOURS: Drum tips
- EAR-TRAINING-GYM: We listened and studied pitch and the use of auto tune vs natural performances
- OFFICE HOURS: Helped Nadine troubleshoot her live synth sync issues, midi concepts, and music production
- OFFICE HOURS: We discussed some of Varun's work in progress, and listened to his songs, as well as discussed arrangement choices, lyrics. Alee mentioned mastering and we briefly discussed mastering and the video that will go with her song she's been working on.
- PRODUCTION-GYM: We talked about Smashing Pumpkins 1993 track, Cherub Rock. Analysis of mix, arrangement, production choices, and contextual production process to current production methods. We also discussed the importance and impact of pre-production on this track and on students own projects and processes.
- PRODUCTION-GYM: David Bowie's Space Oddity (1969)- Production, use of stereo, arrangement, structure, and how the production, mix, and arrangement supported the storytelling. How did the mix create and support feelings of alienation/isolation. How did the use of stereo- change the song, and how would it be if it was mixed today?
- PRODUCTION-GYM: Breakdown of Killing Me Softly, genesis of the song, songwriting controversy, recording process, use of reverb, notable session players and importance of collaboration
- OFFICE HOURS: Doing automation, Arpeggiators in Logic, having the energy to make music after work, songwriters circles and writers rounds, releasing music, Varun’s song, mixing and automation, how to do automation in Pro Tools, songwriting retreats
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Upcoming Resident Events
- Instrument Gym: Scott Hampton
  Feb. 24, 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK)
- Office Hours: Cato Zane
  Feb. 24, 10am (PT) | 1pm (ET) | 6pm (UK)
- Instrument Gym: Kallie
  Feb. 24, 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)
- Instrument Gym: Jon Mattox
  Feb. 25, 8am (PT) | 11am (ET) | 4pm (UK)
- Weekly 'Beat' Review: Nathan
  Feb. 25, 7pm (PT) | 10pm (ET) | 3am (UK)
- Office Hours: Ben Krueger
  Feb. 25, 8pm (PT) | 11pm (ET) | 4am (UK)
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Upcoming Courses
- Feb 28, 2026 Logic Pro 1-Day Intensive
- Mar 2, 2026 DAW Core Skills
- Apr 02, 2026 Comprehensive Program
- Apr 2, 2026 DAW Core Skills
- Apr 18, 2026 Harmony 1-Day Intensive
- Apr 19, 2026 Musician Basics Elective
- Apr 22, 2026 Effects, Synth, & Mixing Primer
- May 7, 2026 Hardware & Recording Primer
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