Soundabode’s unique approach to Music Composition talks about your favourite tunes and the methodology to achieve them. In this module, you’ll find out how to develop the musical aspects of your tracks without getting too bogged down in scales and theory. It’s ideal for beginners with no musical training as well as those who want to finish off the great ideas filling up your hard drive. You’ll learn how to add hooks, riffs, chords, basslines, melodies, develop your arrangements and work with vocals whilst keeping everything in key so it ‘sounds right’. We’ll analyse and breakdown massive tracks and artists in a wide variety of styles including Avicii, Skrillex, Martin Garrix, Deadmau5, Sasha, Guy J, Calvin Harris and more. What made these tracks huge and how are they put together? Overall, you receive over 100 downloadable project examples and study aids. You will be shown how to work with a vocalist, using a real life writing situation as inspiration. No previous keyboard ability is required and the course works for Windows & Mac users (Ableton).

Under This Module You Will Learn

1. Rhythm & Beats
2. Keys, Chords & Arpeggios
3. Chord Progressions, Basslines & Rhythm
4. Riffs, Melodies & Hooks
5. Approaches to Writing
6. Extending Music Theory
7. Structure & Track Analysis – Massive Tunes
8. Extra Musical Touches & Arranging
9. Writing Vocals & Collaborating
10. Applying Vocals
11. Finishing Tracks
12. Production & Creative Essentials

Sound Design is where you can use full potential of a digital audio workstation offering many virtual Synthesizers and creative ways to design your own sounds. Using Virtual Synths like Serum, Massive, Kontakt Synths and Spectrasonic’s Omnisphere, you will learn how to utilise the latest instruments and plug-ins to create your own unique sound and deliver productions and remixes to a professional level. Featuring fascinating insights from experienced professionals you’ll discover in-depth sampling, synthesis and remixing techniques designed to help you create your own signature sound.

In This Module You Will Learn

1. Component Parts of Sound
2. Subtractive Synthesis
3. 3^rd party VSTs
4. Wavetable Synthesis
5. Frequency Modulation Synthesis
6. Sampling – Creating multisample patches
7. Sampling – Drum design
8. Drum Design in Battery
9. Processing, Layering
10. Resampling
11. Synthesis with Ableton Wavetable (new for live 10 users)
12. Synth Patch Development

Shows how to hook up the decks to a mixer and amp or speakers, and then explains the basic controls in this setup, which are the fundamental ones you find in all DJing formats.

Teaches some of the musical considerations when mixing, to help students better choose the right track to play and know when to mix it. Topics covered include tempo, time signature and key,as well as swing or shuffle. There is also some information about how tracks are structured and an example of a standard song arrangement.

Combines all the techniques learned so far on the course, and some new tricks, to provide some mixing examples.

Continues looking at more advanced DJing techniques by introducing cue points and looping, showing how they can be useful in various mixing scenarios.