Production Incubator

Your lab for turning a song into a finished production

An incubator is your lab — where you put what you learn in class to work on real material, with feedback from rotating instructors and your peers. But it’s also a forcing function: you can’t mix a track you haven’t produced. So bring the draft you started (in class or the Songwriting Incubator), and the goal is momentum — leave with a production complete enough to push into the Mix Incubator.

It’s context-based instruction: you’ll see a variety of instructors week to week, and usually one or two of you present your work. The puzzles we solve are universally useful, so come whether or not you’re presenting — your feedback is valuable.

Prerequisites: Basic production fundamentals — a DAW you're comfortable in and a track in progress. If you're earlier than that, start with the Songwriting Incubator or a Core class.

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What students say

Man’s really passionate about teaching music went in with literally 0 knowledge of music and came out with a lot still got a lot to learn but definitely recommend them

—Spyder

In the month of June, I joined a free zoom workshop called “Music Theory for Producers and Engineers” where I got to meet Nathan. I wasn’t expecting much, as I have joined other workshops from other businesses in the past, but I was

—Rich, Switzerland

I’ve been a student at Nathan’s audio engineering school - Beat Kitchen, for seven months, and the experience has been invaluable. Coming back to music after years focused on family and business, I wanted a learning environment that was

—Lotus, Bali

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

—Taylor

Nathan was extremely helpful in helping better understand the basics of harmony and music theory. The instruction style is small group and having the ability to communicate and not just listen to a lecture makes the learning process more

—Ira, Los Angeles, CA

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