This course is designed for those interested to learn the basics of making beats. Read more.
Jason Allen is a PhD in music, and was recently named one of the semi-finalists for the Grammy Foundations "Music Educator" award.
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Who this course is for:
- This course is ideal for music theory beginners, as well as students with some background in music theory.
- Anyone who produces music, or aspires to produce music, should take the course.
What you’ll learn:Â
- Understand and apply new harmonic ideas to your songs
- Produce music using techniques outside of just major and minor keys
- Understand and use the 7 musical modes
Requirements:Â
- Although Ableton Live is used in the class, students do not need to be Live users. But they should have access to some kind of audio program with MIDI sequencing. Garageband, Logic, or several free pieces of software all work great.
- No MIDI instruments are required.
This course is an extension of Music Theory for Electronic Musicians, and Music Theory for Electronic Musicians 2, in which we learned how to work with the piano roll editor in a DAW to make harmonies, melodies, and whole tracks. In this class we expand on those ideas and work with harmonic patterns (harmony) that is more rich than just major and minor.
Production Techniques Through Theory
The most important part of this class is an extensive foray into using these techniques in actual tracks. I’ll be creating 9 tracks through this class, right along with you, each using a different technique so you can see exactly how I incorporate it right into my music.
Full Sessions
After each production project, I’ll give you the whole session of what I made using the techniques for you to play with. You can download it, expand on it, re-work it, and even release it as your work.
If Your Music is Missing Something, This is Probably It.
If you are finding that you are writing track after track, and while they sound good, there is something they are missing – then this it. You are missing the sense of harmony that professional producers have. In this class, I’ll arm you with all the tools you need to produce those tracks just like you imagine them.
Who should take this course? Â Anyone interested in producing their own music. This will get you up and running and give your tracks a unique sound in no time.
Structure This course consists of video lectures, which all contain a session in Ableton Live 9. If you are using a different program (or none at all), no worries! This isn’t a class on how to use Ableton Live, and the concepts can be applied to any DAW.
Our Promise to You
By the end of this course, you will have learned the basics of making beats.
10 Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are unsatisfied for any reason, simply contact us and we’ll give you a full refund. No questions asked.
Get started today and develop your music production skills.
Course Curriculum
| Section 1 - Welcome And Overview | |||
| Introduction | 00:00:00 | ||
| Welcome To Making Beats: A Collaborative Class | 00:00:00 | ||
| Introducing Our Teachers | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 2 - Making Drums With Bjelo | |||
| Overview Of Bjelo | 00:00:00 | ||
| Drum Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Making Your Own Drum Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Recording Drum Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Monitoring The Kick On A Separate Track | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Triplet Grid | 00:00:00 | ||
| Working With Controllers For Production | 00:00:00 | ||
| Connecting Controllers In Ableton Live | 00:00:00 | ||
| MIDI Mapping | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Push Interface | 00:00:00 | ||
| Back To Bjelo - Are We Ready? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo Video 1: Making Beats | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 3 - Effects And Synthesis With Bjelo | |||
| Effect Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Setting Up Audio Effect Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Operator (In Ableton Live) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Exploring Operator | 00:00:00 | ||
| Velocity Tricks And Ghost Notes | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo's Effect Tricks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo Video 2 - Effects And Synthesis | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 4 - Grooves With Bjelo | |||
| The Groove Pool (in Ableton Live) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo Video 3: Grooves | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 5 - Completed Track With Bjelo | |||
| A Few Words First | 00:00:00 | ||
| Automation And Effects | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo Video 4: Completed Track | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 6 - Making Drums With CORA | |||
| Introduction To CORA | 00:00:00 | ||
| Taking Advantage Of The Metronome | 00:00:00 | ||
| Quantizing Overview | 00:00:00 | ||
| Quantizing Tricks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Introducing CORA | 00:00:00 | ||
| CORA Video 1: Making Drums | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 7 - Bass Lines And Grooves With CORA | |||
| CORA Video 2: Adding Bass Lines And Grooves | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 8 - Keys With CORA | |||
| CORA Video 3: Keys And Harmony | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 9 - Arrangements And Effects With CORA | |||
| Automation And Effects Review | 00:00:00 | ||
| CORA Video 4: Arrangements And Effects | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 10 - Melody, Compression And Fine Tuning With CORA | |||
| CORA Video 5: Melody, Compression And Fine Tuning With CORA | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 11 - Full Track From CORA | |||
| CORA Video 6: Full Track | 00:00:00 | ||
About This Course
Who this course is for:
- This course is ideal for music theory beginners, as well as students with some background in music theory.
- Anyone who produces music, or aspires to produce music, should take the course.
What you’ll learn:Â
- Understand and apply new harmonic ideas to your songs
- Produce music using techniques outside of just major and minor keys
- Understand and use the 7 musical modes
Requirements:Â
- Although Ableton Live is used in the class, students do not need to be Live users. But they should have access to some kind of audio program with MIDI sequencing. Garageband, Logic, or several free pieces of software all work great.
- No MIDI instruments are required.
This course is an extension of Music Theory for Electronic Musicians, and Music Theory for Electronic Musicians 2, in which we learned how to work with the piano roll editor in a DAW to make harmonies, melodies, and whole tracks. In this class we expand on those ideas and work with harmonic patterns (harmony) that is more rich than just major and minor.
Production Techniques Through Theory
The most important part of this class is an extensive foray into using these techniques in actual tracks. I’ll be creating 9 tracks through this class, right along with you, each using a different technique so you can see exactly how I incorporate it right into my music.
Full Sessions
After each production project, I’ll give you the whole session of what I made using the techniques for you to play with. You can download it, expand on it, re-work it, and even release it as your work.
If Your Music is Missing Something, This is Probably It.
If you are finding that you are writing track after track, and while they sound good, there is something they are missing – then this it. You are missing the sense of harmony that professional producers have. In this class, I’ll arm you with all the tools you need to produce those tracks just like you imagine them.
Who should take this course? Â Anyone interested in producing their own music. This will get you up and running and give your tracks a unique sound in no time.
Structure This course consists of video lectures, which all contain a session in Ableton Live 9. If you are using a different program (or none at all), no worries! This isn’t a class on how to use Ableton Live, and the concepts can be applied to any DAW.
Our Promise to You
By the end of this course, you will have learned the basics of making beats.
10 Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are unsatisfied for any reason, simply contact us and we’ll give you a full refund. No questions asked.
Get started today and develop your music production skills.
Course Curriculum
| Section 1 - Welcome And Overview | |||
| Introduction | 00:00:00 | ||
| Welcome To Making Beats: A Collaborative Class | 00:00:00 | ||
| Introducing Our Teachers | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 2 - Making Drums With Bjelo | |||
| Overview Of Bjelo | 00:00:00 | ||
| Drum Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Making Your Own Drum Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Recording Drum Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Monitoring The Kick On A Separate Track | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Triplet Grid | 00:00:00 | ||
| Working With Controllers For Production | 00:00:00 | ||
| Connecting Controllers In Ableton Live | 00:00:00 | ||
| MIDI Mapping | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Push Interface | 00:00:00 | ||
| Back To Bjelo - Are We Ready? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo Video 1: Making Beats | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 3 - Effects And Synthesis With Bjelo | |||
| Effect Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Setting Up Audio Effect Racks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Operator (In Ableton Live) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Exploring Operator | 00:00:00 | ||
| Velocity Tricks And Ghost Notes | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo's Effect Tricks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo Video 2 - Effects And Synthesis | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 4 - Grooves With Bjelo | |||
| The Groove Pool (in Ableton Live) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo Video 3: Grooves | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 5 - Completed Track With Bjelo | |||
| A Few Words First | 00:00:00 | ||
| Automation And Effects | 00:00:00 | ||
| Bjelo Video 4: Completed Track | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 6 - Making Drums With CORA | |||
| Introduction To CORA | 00:00:00 | ||
| Taking Advantage Of The Metronome | 00:00:00 | ||
| Quantizing Overview | 00:00:00 | ||
| Quantizing Tricks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Introducing CORA | 00:00:00 | ||
| CORA Video 1: Making Drums | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 7 - Bass Lines And Grooves With CORA | |||
| CORA Video 2: Adding Bass Lines And Grooves | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 8 - Keys With CORA | |||
| CORA Video 3: Keys And Harmony | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 9 - Arrangements And Effects With CORA | |||
| Automation And Effects Review | 00:00:00 | ||
| CORA Video 4: Arrangements And Effects | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 10 - Melody, Compression And Fine Tuning With CORA | |||
| CORA Video 5: Melody, Compression And Fine Tuning With CORA | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 11 - Full Track From CORA | |||
| CORA Video 6: Full Track | 00:00:00 | ||
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A pretty good first course experience
The course “Making Beats: 3 Producers Share Their Best Tips And Strategies” is the first course I completed on the Skill Success platform. Consequently, some of my comments may seem overly critical of the course content, which is not my intent. I apologize in advance to the Skill Success community, the instructor, and guest producers involved in this course.
Overall Impression
My general impression of the course content is favorable. I enjoyed the clear and easily understood delivery of the instructor and the guest producers.
Course Content
The course content was good and covered the subject matter in a reasonable and coherent sequence. Including tracks from producers provides different perspectives and strategies that are valuable to learners. Although demonstrated in Ableton Live, the production techniques apply readily to other production systems. A minor annoyance of the course delivery is the numerous short explainer videos between the main course units. While these videos are informative, incorporating them as introductions to the appropriate sections could improve the flow of the course.
The volume level of some of the guest producer’s videos was too low. The description of this course says it is an extension of two other courses by the instructor. I sometimes felt like I should have completed those courses before taking this one. The course is starting to show its age and could use an update to capture and present new production techniques enabled by more recent versions of Ableton Live and other tech elements used in the course. I look forward to enrolling and completing these courses.
Summary
“Making Beats: 3 Producers Share Their Best Tips And Strategies” is a good course, and I recommend it for beatmakers and producers.