Songwriting and Music Production Coaching - Learn by creating!

From 76.55 C$ /h

I'm offering private songwriting and music production coaching by working on your own musical material, tailored to your specific needs!

Do you have musical ideas that you struggle to give shape and finalize? Keep on starting to write songs but can't have a finished song? Or you already have beautiful songs but don't know how to arrange and record them properly?

I'm a multi-instrumentalist singer, songwriter and producer and I'd be happy to work on your material together with you and pass on my knowledge in songwriting, performing, arranging and studio production.

I can help you decide if that second chorus is coming too early, or if that arpeggio would work better on a nylon string guitar, or if that song will sound better with a simple beat on the drum machine instead of live funky drums. I can also teach you how to use a DAW to record audio, how to capture vocals and insturments, how to use VST plug-ins for your work, how to do a rough mix and many more useful things for you to become independent in your creative workflow!

The sessions take place in my studio in Marzhan. Please contact me if you're interested and we can create your personal curriculum ispired by your needs and wishes.

Location

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At teacher's location :

Frank-Zappa-Straße, Berlin, Germany

Online from Germany

About Me

I'm a multi-instrumentalist singer, songwriter, producer and music instructor. I write, produce and perform music for more than a decade, both solo, in bands and in collaboration with artists of various genres.

By instructing private classes and group workshops, I manage to share my experience and vision in making music with the ones who have passion for music and in need of a mediator towards original creativity.

Collaborating is one of my favourite things to do as an artist, as well as an instructor. In my group workshops I enjoy creating music together with other people, while helping them improve their skills and enlarge their vision. When I teach private classes to adults, I approach it as a collaborative creation process and use a 'learn while you create' method, where we work on musical material together and challenge any obstacle getting on the way of my student's creative process.

Education

Master of Music Design at HKU Music & Technology:

I've focused on composition, performance, production and music education during my two year master education. I specialised on the approach 'improvisation as a tool for composition', which I often apply in both my creative processes and in educational environments.

Experience / Qualifications

I took part of many music groups as a singer, drummer, guitarist, bassist and percussionist, with different styles of music. In my solo project Yank; I compose, arrange, produce, record and perform my own songs.

I'm a member of Amsterdam based vocal improvisation ensemble Genetic Choir, where we explore the limits of human voice and use it to create instant compositions.

I also work a lot on sound design and electro-acoustic production using the computer as an instrument.

Age

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Duration

60 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Turkish

Skills

Audio production

Song writing

Music composition

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Ableton Live | Basics, advanced techniques and using it as a creative tool

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Whatever songs/riffs/comps/(16th note) strumming patterns (lead guitar/rhythm guitar) harmony and music theory, solfeggio(aural), and so on.

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it's not brain surgery. it's going to be a lot of fun!

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Bring your laptop or MPC with your demos and/or ideas and let's do that magic happens!

DAW: Ableton, Logic Pro X and MPCs standalone/desktop software

Level: beginners, intermediate and advanced

Ages: 15 to 90

Languages: English, Spanish (mother tongue) and German

Individual face-to-face meetings of one hour at my recording studio in Lichtenberg, Berlin.

About the courses:
- Understanding and development of the basic notions of one of this DAWs: How to create, edit and save your own projects and or sound libraries
- Basic knowledge of technology applied to music
- Fundamental basic knowledge of music theory and harmony
- Audio recording and microphones
- Sampling vinyls or any other sound font
- MIDI language: what is MIDI? How to sync properly your DAW with any external gear, control or send your track’s MIDI data to an external midi device
- How to build your own setup and workstation
- Arrange & produce your tracks
- FX Plugins, hardware FX processors and pedals
- Routing signals and mixers
- Mix
- How to prepare your live set
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