Musician Basics
Course Levels: Primary Skills
Course Length: 12 Hours
$250
Residency Required. Learn More.
Great Vocals Served Up Here
Kitchens are where beat-makers get their hands dirty. It’s where creatives go to play with their food. You won’t learn the secrets of recording a great vocal at a recording school. Music production means understanding the instrument, how to record it, and how to communicate and work with artists to coax that once in a lifetime performance that can bring a track to life.
Vocal Kitchen is designed to work you through everything from better singing (or warming up your vocalist), capturing a performance, your mic and vocal chain and editing. This class is suitable for vocalists and non-vocalists alike. We want you working with vocals and this is how we are going to make it happen.
At the conclusion of this course you should expect to:
- feel more confident in the recording of vocals
- have a methodology for the use and placement of your microphone
- have a better understanding of vocal pedagogy (warm-up, range, intonation, tone)
- gain experience manipulating vocal performances in a track (eq, compression, tuning, comping)
- appreciate the balance between performance, capture, and refinement of a polished vocal take
The prerequisites for this class are basic DAW proficiency (see: DAW Core Skills) and familiarity with mixing tools (see: Effects Synth Mixing Primer) If you are not a singer, you’ll be provided with one.
Upcoming Classes
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Musician Basics Elective
Total Classes: 12
Dates: Oct 21, 2025 — Oct 21, 2025
Meet Times: 3:30 PM Eastern | 12:30 PM Pacific | 8:30 PM UK
Available Seats: 8
Price: $250 -
Musician Basics Elective
Total Classes: 6
Dates: Nov 13, 2025 — Nov 13, 2025
Meet Times: 7 PM Eastern | 4 PM Pacific | 12 AM UK
Available Seats: 8
Price: $250 -
Musician Basics Elective
Total Classes: 6
Dates: Dec 08, 2025 — Dec 08, 2025
Meet Times: 9 PM Eastern | 6 PM Pacific | 2 AM UK
Available Seats: 2
Price: $250 -
Musician Basics Elective
Total Classes: 2
Dates: Jan 14, 2026 — Jan 14, 2026
Meet Times: 7 PM Eastern | 4 PM Pacific | 12 AM UK
Available Seats: 8
Price: $250
The Fine Print
- This class meets LIVE on a Discord channel. You can join from wherever you have an internet connection.
- We DON'T record this class. That's what office hours are for.
- You are expected to attend or arrange to get caught up in office hours.
- Refunds. No. Not really. Sometimes we'll make a good faith exception but we are running the class based on your commitment to join and we pay a percentage of transactions on the way in and on the way out.
