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Beat Kitchen At-A-Glance
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Recent Resident Gyms
- INSTRUMENT-GYM: We started with Hanon's exercises for piano, and then we looked at some of Wesley's pieces on piano that he is practicing and relearning. We discussed tempo, and phrasing for his practice.
- OFFICE HOURS: We talked about some of our favorite live performances and a little about music production
- OFFICE HOURS: Did a mix critique of one of his songs. Topics discussed: The importance of arranging Working with a trusted monitor setup Listening Objectivity The 10,000 hours
- PRODUCTION-GYM: We listened to guns and roses
- PRODUCTION-GYM: Mother by Pink Floyd and also ABC by The Jackson 5 Discussed a multitude of music production topics and answered questions from them both
- THEORY-GYM: Kathleen Edwards - Buffalo: Charted out the chords, analyzed verse melody. Topics included using a third in the bass and Melody notes like 7ths over triads
- THEORY-GYM: Using stereo and mid-side engineering techniques to analyze Jason Lowenstein's 'More Drugs' song that appears to be in more than one key at once!
- INSTRUMENT-GYM: Simple I IV V inversions in multiple keys. Adding minor 9 chords and developing rootless voicings
- OFFICE HOURS: we talked about sound treatment and snares
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Upcoming Resident Events
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Office Hours:
w/ Kallie
Jan. 18: 1pm (PT) | 4pm (ET) | 9pm (UK) -
Office Hours:
w/ Nathan Rosenberg
Jan. 18: 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK) -
Ear Training:
w/ Cinnamontal
Jan. 20: 7am (PT) | 10am (ET) | 3pm (UK) -
Office Hours:
w/ Nathan Rosenberg
Jan. 20: 10am (PT) | 1pm (ET) | 6pm (UK) -
Ear Training:
w/ Cinnamontal
Jan. 20: 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK) -
Ear Training:
w/ Cinnamontal
Jan. 21: 8am (PT) | 11am (ET) | 4pm (UK)
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Office Hours:
w/ Kallie
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Upcoming Courses
- Jan 31, 2026 Harmony 1-Day Intensive
- Feb 21, 2026 Logic Pro 1-Day Intensive
- Mar 2, 2026 DAW Core Skills
- Apr 02, 2026 Comprehensive Program
- Apr 2, 2026 DAW Core Skills
- Apr 22, 2026 Effects, Synth, & Mixing Primer
- May 7, 2026 Hardware & Recording Primer
- May 11, 2026 Vocal Kitchen
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