Hip-Hop Production Course
- →History of the 808, exploring sample-based 808s, and its origins. Learn to make designer 808s using synthesis
- →Programming drums and exploring creative ways to use rhythm patterns effectively
- →Design drums from scratch using synthesis
- →Custom drum kits
- →Exploring different compression techniques for drums and bass
- →Creative practices editing and modulating drum loops
- →In depth to FX on drums
- →Exploring sampling styles and techniques using sample-based instruments
- →Creating custom sound patches using various sound design concepts
- →In-depth look at FX in samples
- →In depth look at some of the more popular sample-based used in modern Hip Hop
- →In depth look at some of the more popular virtual instruments used in modern Hip Hop
- →Create sounds from scratch using synthesis
- →In-depth look into Waveforms, ADSR, Envelopes, and Filters
- →Explore additive and subtractive synthesis used in Hip Hop
- →How to write instrumentals with a vocalists in mind.
- →Learning to leave space in frequency and time for vocals
- →Practice working and recording with a professional rapper (TBA)
- →Tips and tricks from a professional rapper writing lyrics and melody
- →Pitch correction, FX, compression and EQ techniques working with vocals
- →Creative mixing & mastering techniques to achieve desired mix ready for commercial release unique to Hip Hop
- →Song structure and writing Hip Hop songs for different platforms, including radio, TV/film, and commercial stings
- →Creative strategies and practices for finishing songs
- →All about sample clearance
- →Collaborations
- →Discussions throughout course on marketing, branding and distribution of material
- →Different ways to monetize and release music
Instructors
Questions we hear a lot.
Yes - ask admissions about private instruction and we will pair you with a specialist in this subject.
Yes - you should know your way around your DAW. Take one of our DAW classes first if you are not there yet.
Yes. Sessions run in person at this campus and live online at the same time, so you join whichever suits you.
Designer 808s and custom drum kits of your own, drums that hit, and beats recorded, mixed and mastered - not left in the project folder.
Boom Bap, Lo-Fi, East Coast, West Coast, Southern and trap - and the history of the 808 behind all of them.
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.
18 Hours | In-Person: $599 + $100 Registration Fee
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Whether you’re a budding producer, DJ or a brand new indie artist -- most of the time the focus is purely on the music, and that’s about it. However, soon enough, you’ll realize that there’s much more involved in just putting on music.
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