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.
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 Portland this course is deliberately small: a handful of students, one working producer, and plenty of time on the equipment. If getting to the studio is not practical, the same classes run live online, using our specialist music collaboration software, Muse. Discover qualities that distinguish us, here.
What our students say.
“I learned more in 6 days than a year of trying to learn on my own. Explained everything in an easy to understand format. Covered tons of material.”
Michelle Tsukamoto
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Questions we hear a lot.
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.
Yes - live online, with weekly sessions and playback of your work.
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.
36 Hours | $1099 + $100 Registration
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