Beat Kitchen Programs
From beginner to music maker—your complete path.
Primary foundations → Core DAW skills → Genre specific “Kitchens” → Masterclass refinement. Plus Residency community for continuous growth and collaboration.
Residency
Beat Kitchen Residency comes with different options to fit your budget and needs. Choose from Annual, Quarterly, or Monthly residency plans to access our complete community of live training, mentorship, and collaboration.
Residency: The Heart of Beat Kitchen
Residency is your all-access pass to the heart of Beat Kitchen—a membership that offers the structure, support, and community your music deserves. Get free weekly access to our live training gyms, including music production, ear training, theory, and instrument workouts, plus office hours and our private Discord group. You'll also unlock discounted pricing on add-on sessions and events. It's everything that makes Beat Kitchen different: live learning, real collaboration, and direct connection with artists, instructors, and fellow producers.
Office Hours
Every week, we open our doors for office hours—your regular check-in with the Beat Kitchen community. These sessions are included with your residency and hosted by our instructors, who are all working professionals in the music industry.
Office hours are intentionally unstructured. Come with specific questions about a track you're working on, technical challenges, or just sit in and learn from what other residents are discussing. Maybe you're stuck on a mix, curious about a plugin, or want feedback on a new idea—this is your time to tap into the collective knowledge of both instructors and fellow residents.
Music Theory Gym
Music Theory Gym is where we take the songs you love and figure out what makes them tick. Residents suggest tracks they're curious about, and together we break them down to their musical core—dissecting chord progressions, analyzing harmonic choices, and understanding why certain combinations create the emotional impact they do.
This isn't about memorizing scales in isolation. We start with real music that moves you, then work backwards to understand the theory behind it. Our instructors guide the session, but everyone contributes observations and questions as we rebuild the song piece by piece, discovering techniques you can apply to your own work.
Production Gym
Music Production Gym is where we dive into the craft of making music—from the gear in your hands to the final master. Each session tackles a different aspect of production, whether that's exploring microphone techniques, understanding hardware workflows, diving into composition approaches, or demystifying the mastering process.
Our instructors come prepared with a topic, but these sessions have a life of their own. A discussion about compressor settings might evolve into a deep dive on drum programming, or a mixing session might shift toward creative sampling techniques. The collaborative format means we follow the curiosity and questions in the room, and you'll walk away with practical insights you can apply immediately.
Instrument Gym
Instrument Gym is where we get hands-on with the physical side of making music. Whether it's developing keyboard chops, working on guitar techniques, or diving into percussion practice, these sessions focus on building the instrumental skills that bring your productions to life.
We work collectively over live Discord video, so you can see techniques in action and practice alongside other residents. Our instructors demonstrate approaches and guide the session, but everyone participates—sharing what they're working on, asking questions, and learning from each other's playing styles. You'll develop not just technical skills, but the confidence to incorporate live instruments into your creative process.
Ear Training Gym
Ear Training Gym is where we develop your most important musical tool—your ability to hear and identify what's happening in music. We practice identifying notes, intervals, and chord structures, but always in the context of real songs and sounds rather than abstract exercises.
Our instructors guide you through listening exercises that build your ear step by step, while residents work together to decode what they're hearing. You'll learn to recognize chord progressions in your favorite tracks, identify intervals in melodies, and understand how different harmonic structures create specific moods. These skills translate directly into better production decisions and more confident musical choices.
Weekly 'Beat' Review
Weekly Beat Review keeps your creative momentum flowing by giving you a regular outlet to share your work. Submit an idea, a work in progress, or something that's finished—whatever you've been creating that week. The goal is to stay inspired and motivated to write something new, maybe even two things, every single week.
This isn't about polished perfection; it's about consistent creativity and getting feedback in a supportive environment. Residents share their submissions, discuss what's working, what challenges they're facing, and celebrate progress together. You'll discover that having a weekly deadline and an audience of fellow creators pushes you to experiment, finish ideas, and keep your creative practice active.
Upcoming Resident Events
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🟩Free Theory Gym w/Nathan Rosenberg
Oct. 22: 8am (PT) | 11am (ET) | 4pm (UK)
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Weekly 'Beat' Review w/Nathan Rosenberg
Oct. 22: 7pm (PT) | 10pm (ET) | 3am (UK)
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Office Hours w/Ben Krueger
Oct. 22: 8pm (PT) | 11pm (ET) | 4am (UK)
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Production Gym w/Cinnamontal
Oct. 23: 5am (PT) | 8am (ET) | 1pm (UK)
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Office Hours w/Ben Krueger
Oct. 23: 2pm (PT) | 5pm (ET) | 10pm (UK)
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Office Hours w/Kallie
Oct. 23: 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)
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Theory Gym w/Nathan Rosenberg
Oct. 23: 7pm (PT) | 10pm (ET) | 3am (UK)
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Office Hours w/Nathan Rosenberg
Oct. 26: 1pm (PT) | 4pm (ET) | 9pm (UK)
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Office Hours w/Scott Hampton
Oct. 26: 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)
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Weekly 'Beat' Review w/Nathan Rosenberg
Oct. 27: 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK)
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Office Hours w/Kallie
Oct. 27: 9am (PT) | 12pm (ET) | 5pm (UK)
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Production Gym w/Ben Krueger
Oct. 27: 9pm (PT) | 12am (ET) | 5am (UK)
Individual Courses
Primary Skills Collection
These platforms are your creative workspace. Master one, build knowledge that compounds. Our training develops the foundational skills that make you a better beat maker with every session.
Primary Skills Collection
These platforms are your creative workspace. Master one, build knowledge that compounds. Our training develops the foundational skills that make you a better beat maker with every session.
Core Skills Collection
Pick your DAW. Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools, FL Studio—choose one and dive deep. Master the essentials that power everything else. Already confident? Jump right in.
Core Skills Collection
Pick your DAW. Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools, FL Studio—choose one and dive deep. Master the essentials that power everything else. Already confident? Jump right in.
Kitchens Collection
Master-level techniques. Genre-specific tools that actually work. Short, tactical classes taught by working professionals—skills every music maker needs.
Kitchens Collection
Master-level techniques. Genre-specific tools that actually work. Short, tactical classes taught by working professionals—skills every music maker needs.
Master Classes Collection
Ready to go deeper? These aren’t for beginners. Advanced audio engineering, mixing, mastering, sound design, and songwriting with industry experts.
Master Classes Collection
Ready to go deeper? These aren’t for beginners. Advanced audio engineering, mixing, mastering, sound design, and songwriting with industry experts.
Incubators & Jams Collection
This is where we work together. Interactive sessions for generating songs, solving problems, and breaking creative barriers. Every level benefits.
Incubators & Jams Collection
This is where we work together. Interactive sessions for generating songs, solving problems, and breaking creative barriers. Every level benefits.
Workshops Collection
Spend a day with us on a specialized topic. Includes a month of residency.
Workshops Collection
Spend a day with us on a specialized topic. Includes a month of residency.Comprehensive Programs
Our comprehensive programs are year-long journeys that combine multiple courses into cohesive learning experiences. Each program includes a full year of Beat Kitchen Residency, giving you ongoing support, community access, and live training throughout your musical development.
Comprehensive Program Abstract
Comprehensive Beat Kitchen Program covering music and music production fundamentals from soup to nuts. Includes one year of BKS Residency!
Duration: 12 months
Includes: One year of BKS Residency (A $650 value)
Available Comprehensive Program Sessions
Comprehensive Program
Comprehensive Beat Kitchen Program covering music and music production fundamentals from soup to nuts. Includes one year of BKS Residency!
Starts: Nov 04, 2025
Ends: Nov 03, 2026
Total Courses: 15
Meet Days:
Meet Times:
Available Seats: 7
Total Price: $4,650
Included Courses:
- Hardware & Recording Primer: Things you can touch. Mics, cables, interfaces, monitors and more
- Recording Incubator: Review and fine-tune your recordings. Instructor moderated, peer support
- Digital Marketplace Primer: A series of classes and workshops designed to help you market yourself, your music, and navigate the pitfals of the digital marketplace
- Mix Incubator: Workshop your mix, mixing exercises, group feedback and guidance
- Musician Basics Elective: Vocabulary and music theory for producers
- Effects, Synth, & Mixing Primer: Tools that shape sound: reverb, compression, synthesis, and more. Pre-requisite for Mixing/Mixcraft
- Beat Building Jam: Tactical training. A new beat, a new instructor, live each week.
- Songwriting Incubator: Workshop ideas into songs. Peer feedback. Instructor support. Prep for production
- Vocal Kitchen: Vocal techniques, recording vocalists -- vocalist provided
- Mastering: Loud mixes need to sound good everywhere
- DAW Core Skills: Workflow and navigation in your DAW of choice
- Effects, Synth, & Mixing Primer: Tools that shape sound: reverb, compression, synthesis, and more. Pre-requisite for Mixing/Mixcraft
- Synthesist: Beyond subtractive synthesis; advanced sound design and sound sculpting
- Songwriting Incubator: Workshop ideas into songs. Peer feedback. Instructor support. Prep for production
- Mixcraft: Time to MIX! Once you understand the tools, the rubber hits the road here
Comprehensive Program
Comprehensive Beat Kitchen Program covering music and music production fundamentals from soup to nuts. Includes one year of BKS Residency!
Starts: Jan 12, 2026
Ends: Dec 06, 2027
Total Courses: 4
Meet Days:
Meet Times:
Available Seats: 8
Total Price: $1,600
Included Courses:
- Hardware & Recording Primer: Things you can touch. Mics, cables, interfaces, monitors and more
- DAW Core Skills: Workflow and navigation in your DAW of choice
- Musician Basics Elective: Vocabulary and music theory for producers
- Effects, Synth, & Mixing Primer: Tools that shape sound: reverb, compression, synthesis, and more. Pre-requisite for Mixing/Mixcraft
Comprehensive Program
Comprehensive Beat Kitchen Program covering music and music production fundamentals from soup to nuts. Includes one year of BKS Residency!
Starts: Mar 12, 2026
Ends: Mar 11, 2027
Total Courses: 12
Meet Days:
Meet Times:
Available Seats: 8
Total Price: $4,500
Included Courses:
- Musician Basics Elective: Vocabulary and music theory for producers
- DAW Core Skills: Workflow and navigation in your DAW of choice
- Hardware & Recording Primer: Things you can touch. Mics, cables, interfaces, monitors and more
- Beat Building Jam: Tactical training. A new beat, a new instructor, live each week.
- Effects, Synth, & Mixing Primer: Tools that shape sound: reverb, compression, synthesis, and more. Pre-requisite for Mixing/Mixcraft
- Recording Incubator: Review and fine-tune your recordings. Instructor moderated, peer support
- Synthesist: Beyond subtractive synthesis; advanced sound design and sound sculpting
- Songwriting Incubator: Workshop ideas into songs. Peer feedback. Instructor support. Prep for production
- Vocal Kitchen: Vocal techniques, recording vocalists -- vocalist provided
- Mixcraft: Time to MIX! Once you understand the tools, the rubber hits the road here
- Orchestral Kitchen: Get the most out of orchestral libraries
- Digital Marketplace Primer: A series of classes and workshops designed to help you market yourself, your music, and navigate the pitfals of the digital marketplace
