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Songwriter Masterclass

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Better songs start with better songwriting.

Great music productions starts with great music. Develop a simple idea into a full composition. Learn how to write a melody and build a chord progression. Analyze popular songs with your instructor and learn the techniques used by the songwriters you love. Watch as they guide you through the creation of song bodies and toplines.

Key Topics:

Creative Techniques and Best Practices
Collaboration
Melody
Chord Progressions
Modulation
Analysis
Form
Splits
Topline

What Students Say

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Recently took a couple of classes - Effects, Synthesis and Mixing primer and the Beat Building Jam. Both classes were really good. Ended up learning a lot of basics of how sound design and shaping works in the first one and a bunch of

—Hardik

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Great teachers and instruction. I will definitely recommend and am really happy I took the time to attend a class-such valuable and easy to understand concepts and a few radical gems that will blow your mind!

—Valentina

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Nathan is a great teacher, very knowledgeable, and explains things in a practical way making it easier to understand

—aden

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I loved the class I took on music theory. I am a theory nerd, and a music teacher since 2008. I got new insights in this class about things I had learned before. I also thought Nathan did a great job of establishing basic ideas before using

—Jon

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This was an awesome music theory fundamentals class. Nathan was a very thoughtful, thorough teacher who offered up time and energy outside of class to help his students in a myriad of ways from answering questions to providing feedback on

—Lizzie

Course Level: Master Classes

Extras

Beat Kitchen At-A-Glance

Beat Ktichen Calendar

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Recent Resident Gyms
- OFFICE HOURS: We discussed low end
- 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?
Learn more about Residency
Upcoming Resident Events
- Production Gym: w/ Scott Hampton
  Feb. 10: 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK)
- Office Hours: w/ Cato Zane
  Feb. 10: 10am (PT) | 1pm (ET) | 6pm (UK)
- Production Gym: w/ Jon Mattox
  Feb. 10: 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)
- Production Gym: w/ Kallie
  Feb. 11: 8am (PT) | 11am (ET) | 4pm (UK)
- Weekly 'Beat' Review: w/ Nathan Rosenberg
  Feb. 11: 7pm (PT) | 10pm (ET) | 3am (UK)
- Office Hours: w/ Jon Mattox
  Feb. 11: 8pm (PT) | 11pm (ET) | 4am (UK)
Learn more about Residency
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- Apr 18, 2026 Harmony 1-Day Intensive
- Apr 22, 2026 Effects, Synth, & Mixing Primer
- May 7, 2026 Hardware & Recording Primer
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