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Orchestral Kitchen

Orchestral Kitchen

Get the most out of orchestral libraries

Tuesdays, Thursdays

Dec 8, 2026 - Jan 5, 2027

4 PM Pacific | 7 PM Eastern | 12 AM UK

6 Classes • 8 Seats Available

Resident Non-Resident

$250.00

Resident pricing

What is Residency?

Orchestral Kitchen

Get the most out of orchestral libraries

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Get the most out of your orchestral sounds. The fact is that the best orchestral production doesn’t start with great sounds. Great sounds won’t help poor programming. We are here to teach you the skills you need to make your brass sections splat, your percussion thunder, and your strings produce goosebumps.

Key Topics

Articulation
Arrangement
Sections
Mixing Considerations
Analysis

What Students Say

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Incredibly knowledge-packed and the teacher has a great, passionate personality.

—Taylor

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One of a kind. Precious and deeply conscious teaching and learning exchange. Recommended to all who wonder about the mysteries of the universe <3

—Alix

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Awesome interactive/ accessable class, Nathan really cares and has a great way of teaching.

—Em

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Phenomenal work, a joy to collaborate with

—Rafael

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Shared a lot of great information about the fundamentals of music. It was very helpful to understand the basics from different perspectives and how they can be applied.

—Matthew

Course Level: Kitchens

Extras

Beat Kitchen At-A-Glance

Beat Ktichen Calendar

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Recent Resident Gyms
- OFFICE HOURS: spoke about Egypt Their setup Live versus recording Getting better low end Saturation and dynamic eq tricks for better low end Microtiming in a mix Panning The beat challenge Guitars and basses Favorite plugins and tape emulations
- INSTRUMENT-GYM: Since it was just Varun we did discuss rhythms & stickings. We also did some one on one talking about and listening to his music 👍
- PRODUCTION-GYM: Scary Monsters by David Bowie, track breakdown
- OFFICE HOURS: Troubleshooting Discord w/Nathan 👍
- OFFICE HOURS: Listened to two songs ahead of him attending a songwriting retreat. We went over strategies to get the most out of collaborating with others. Examples are what to prepare for the session and what are the pros and cons of scripting parts vs allowing space for others to come up with ideas for your song.
- INSTRUMENT-GYM: Speed drills, hand warm ups, lead playing technique, hammer on pull offs, tapping, hand positioning, fingering, and the C Major Scale. (For guitar).
- OFFICE HOURS: I helped alee with drum ideas and we chatted about the importance of practice and not over thinking things, I got to know Space and their goals
- THEORY-GYM: Our House' —Madness A listen to a classic with some unusual chords, some cool guitar tones, and an unexpected key change. Is the mixolydian mode underrated?
- OFFICE HOURS: We talked about different ways of releasing songs, platforms, content, and Dewi helped Alee with a business idea for music.
Learn more about Residency
Upcoming Resident Events
- Office Hours: w/ Jam Phelps
  Feb. 08: 1pm (PT) | 4pm (ET) | 9pm (UK)
- Office Hours: w/ Kallie
  Feb. 08: 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)
- Weekly 'Beat' Review: w/ Nathan Rosenberg
  Feb. 09: 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK)
- Office Hours: w/ Jam Phelps
  Feb. 09: 9am (PT) | 12pm (ET) | 5pm (UK)
- Theory Gym: w/ Nathan Rosenberg
  Feb. 09: 9pm (PT) | 12am (ET) | 5am (UK)
- Production Gym: w/ Scott Hampton
  Feb. 10: 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK)
Learn more about Residency
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