Modern Pop Music Production & Recording
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Modern Pop Music Production & Recording Breakdown
36 Hours | $1099 + $100 Registration
Use the ‘CONNECT’ button below to request schedule information for our classes. One of our placement experts will follow up within a business day. For one-to-one lessons, see Modern Pop Music Production & Recording Private Instruction, and connect with a specialist on that page.
Seattle students take the Modern Pop Music Production & Recording in a small group at our studio, or live online in the same session with the same instructor, using our specialist music collaboration software, Muse. The city has a deep electronic and independent music scene, and our teachers are part of it.
Introduction and Understanding Modern pop music production
- →Introduction to the course
- →Introducing yourselves to the students
- →What is production?
- →The 7 elements of music: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, Timbre,
- →Dynamics, Texture & Form
Examining Pop Song Structures
- →Breaking down the song structure of some modern hits
- →Learn about verse, pre chorus, chorus, mid 8 and their variations
- →Study how current Pop songs progress through a composition
- →Your weekly task
Examining the work and impact of top producers
- →Examining 4 hit producers work
- →The use of dynamic song arrangements/production
- →How to build tension and create memorable moments
- →Arrangements for maximum impact
- →Your weekly task
Examining Current Hits
- →How shorter songs are the current trend
- →De-constructing several current hits
- →Song structure and the chord structure of a hit
- →Your weekly task
Mastering Vocals
- →Why establishing the vocal melody is essential early on
- →Vocals: Recording & getting a performance and then comping
- →Vocal tuning and timing – essential today – what software used
- →Why automation is so important for vocals
- →Your weekly task
Drums & Percussion
- →The importance of rhythm in Pop
- →The rise of the 808 – for drums AND basslines
- →Drum patterns and percussion elements
- →Weekly task brief
Electronic Sounds and Synths
- →The role of electronic elements in modern pop
- →Use of Synthesizers and sound design for Pop tracks
- →Experimentation with electronic sounds and sampling
- →Your weekly task
Examining common production techniques
- →Augmenting samples with real players
- →Replacing soft synths with real synths/drum machines
- →Thrift shop alternatives to expensive vintage synths
- →Production gimmicks and tricks
- →Your weekly task
Music Production Software, Plugins and Top Tips
- →Must have software used in Pop.
- →Basic recording, editing, and mixing techniques
- →How to use production tools to refine a song
- →Your weekly task
In our students' words.
“Lots of one on one, great break down, wonderful teacher. Awesome staff..I cant wait to take a production course to advance what I have learned in this class. Very positive, super supportive. I'm so happy I decided to cont. with my education..201 made everything gel in my brain from the first class especially when I started playing out. It all made sense.”
Bee Cregar
Some Instructors
Before you enrol.
A DAW you can work in and a way to record - the course covers modern pop production and recording the way records are actually made, from the session up.
Pete Gleadall, live online.
The length is in the glance strip at the top of this page, and the tuition for this campus - with the registration fee and any early-booking rate - sits just above the call to action.
Yes - ask admissions about private instruction and we will pair you with a specialist in this subject.
Yes - live online, with weekly sessions and playback of your work.
36 Hours | $1099 + $100 Registration
Ready when you are.
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