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Basics of Music Production, Beat making and sound design

This course is good for aspiring to produce their own songs. Also a good course people aspiring to produce electronic music.

This course will touch on the basics of electronic music production using DAWs along with live instruments

Course Detail:
Beats, Loops and Instrumental
Rules of music - Tempo, Bars, etc...
Patterns & Timeline
Recording Vocals & Midi
Timeline and Arrangement
Layers - FX, Vocals, instruments
Pre-Mix and Final Mixing

Extra information

Bring a laptop either mac or windows

Location

At student's location: Around Geneva, Switzerland
At teacher's location: 1290 Versoix, Switzerland

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General info

Age:
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Duration:
45 minutes
60 minutes
The class is taught in:English, French

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If you are not satisfied after your first lesson, Apprentus will find you another instructor or will refund your first lesson.

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  • Instructor since July 2017
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from C$43.01At teacher's location
from C$43.01At student's home

Good-fit Instructor Guarantee


If you are not satisfied after your first lesson, Apprentus will find you another instructor or will refund your first lesson.

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