Full Week Schedule

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  Sun, May 17 Office Hours Ask questions, get help, and connect. w/ Scott Hampton · 1pm (PT) | 4pm (ET) | 9pm (UK)
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  Mon, May 18 Weekly Beat Challenge Gather and listen to anyone's Beat Challenge song ideas -- just for fun w/ Nathan · 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK)
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  Mon, May 18 Office Hours Ask questions, get help, and connect. w/ Cato Zane · 9am (PT) | 12pm (ET) | 5pm (UK)
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  Mon, May 18 Instrument Gym Practice and workout on instruments! w/ Jon Mattox · 9pm (PT) | 12am (ET) | 5am (UK)
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  Tue, May 19 Instrument Gym Practice and workout on instruments! w/ Cinnamontal · 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK)
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  Tue, May 19 Office Hours Ask questions, get help, and connect. w/ Nathan · 10am (PT) | 1pm (ET) | 6pm (UK)
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  Tue, May 19 Ear Training Test your ears and discuss - Music, Mixing and more! w/ Jam Phelps · 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)
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  Wed, May 20 Theory Gym Start your day at the 'gym' with a morning music theory workout w/ Scott Hampton · 8am (PT) | 11am (ET) | 4pm (UK)
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  Wed, May 20 Weekly Beat Challenge Gather and listen to anyone's Beat Challenge song ideas -- just for fun w/ Nathan · 6pm (PT) | 9pm (ET) | 2am (UK)
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  Wed, May 20 Office Hours Ask questions, get help, and connect. w/ Jon Mattox · 8pm (PT) | 11pm (ET) | 4am (UK)
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  Thu, May 21 Production Gym Start your day at the 'gym' with a production breakdown of your favorite songs w/ Kallie Marie · 5am (PT) | 8am (ET) | 1pm (UK)
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  Thu, May 21 Office Hours Ask questions, get help, and connect. w/ Ben Krueger · 2pm (PT) | 5pm (ET) | 10pm (UK)
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  Thu, May 21 Office Hours Ask questions, get help, and connect. w/ Nathan · 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)

What We Covered Recently

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  OFFICE HOURS general audio and time signature questions. Talked about signing up for upcoming classes as waitlist
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  THEORY-GYM We used "Hotel California" by the Eagles as a case study in harmonic minor usage, modal interchange, and cadential function. Covered the role of the raised seventh (G-sharp) in producing a dominant E chord over an A minor tonic, the distinction between functional and notational chord identity (e.g., the flat-six versus an inverted F chord), and how the song's chord progression generates a repeating sense of plagal motion. Also discussed the song's rhythmic feel and its relationship to reggae and the one-drop pattern.
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  INSTRUMENT-GYM non-sequential scale exercises on guitar, picking patterns, use of hybrid picking, switching positions when playing through more than one octave
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  EAR-TRAINING-GYM Covered the difference between saturation and distortion, with live demonstrations on kick drum, bass, and vocals using the Abbey Road Saturator and a virtual guitar amp. Worked through multi-stage compression on a vocal chain — three compressors in sequence for peak reduction and makeup gain — and explained why reverb belongs on an auxiliary bus rather than directly on a track, including how to EQ and automate the reverb tail independently. Also addressed gain staging, headroom management, microphone selection for noisy rooms, and tracking levels for vocals.
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  PRODUCTION-GYM PRODUCTION GYM — 862 words across 2 speakers (14 wpm). Insufficient instructional content for a summary.

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