Audio Recording & Production Essentials
Home Studio Recording and Production for Independent Musicians
Want a SNEAK PEEK?
Check out this video from inside the course to learn how to choose a microphone for your home studio!
What's Inside?
This course is geared more towards beginners who are looking to:
- Record professional sounding music from their own home.
- Figure out what gear you need and how to use it (without breaking the bank!)
- Learn my creative process and workflow for writing original music and arranging cover songs.
- Gain more advanced production skills through an entire start-to-finish song walkthrough.
- Learn the basics of music production (Audio and MIDI editing, sample instruments & synths mixing, mastering)
- Learn from a professional, Billboard charting independent musician with over 10 years of experience.
I use Logic Pro X, but the course focuses on teaching concepts and techniques that can work within any DAW.
39 Video Lessons
- Over 5 hours of organized training videos teaching you how to professionally record and produce your own music from home.
- Learn at your own pace with Lifetime access to 39 value-packed video tutorials.
Album Launch Planner
- Downloadable and customizable Album Release Checklist to help you plan and stay organized for when you're ready to release your next album.
- I'm showing you the exact system I've used to stay organized while releasing over 11 of my own albums.
Cover Song Walkthrough
- I take you step-by-step from start to finish through my arrangement process for a popular cover song.
- You'll learn about my production template, what samples and synths I use, how I approach the arrangement, how I edit, how I record my violin into the arrangement, and how I mix and master everything into a finished song ready for release.
Curriculum Includes:
Course Intro
1. The Benefits of Recording and Editing Yourself
2. Putting Together Your Own Home Studio
How to Choose Your Home Studio Gear
3. Microphones
4. Audio Interfaces
5. Headphones
6. Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)
7. Computers
8. Studio Monitors & MIDI Keyboards
9. Sample Instruments
Hiring Others
10. Producing Yourself vs. Working With a Producer
11. Advice for Working with Arrangers and Producers
Arranging & Composing
12. My Creative Process for Arranging
13. My Technical Process for Arranging
14. My Creative Process for Composing
15. My Technical Process For Composing
16. Don't Wait Until You Feel Inspired to Write
17. How to Write a Song: Emotion & Storytelling
18. How to Write a Song: Your Tools
19. How to Write a Song: Melody
20. How to Write a Song: Chord Progression
21. How to Write a Song: Song Structure
22. How to Write a Song: Lyrics
Home Studio Recording
23. How to Set Up For Home Studio Recording
24. Latency
25. Setting Appropriate Gain & Volume Levels For Recording
26. Recording With a Click Track
27. My Recording Process in Logic Pro X
28. Editing Your Recording in Logic Pro X
Mixing & Mastering
29. How to Use Reference Tracks To Improve Your Music
30. An Overview of Mixing
31. Basic Mixing Process
32. Basics of EQ, Compression, Delay, Reverb & More Mixing Tips
33. Basic Overview of Mastering
Song Walkthroughs
Cover Song: "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher"
34. Concept
35. Templates, Samples & Synths
36. Arranging
37. Rough Editing (Copy & Paste, Quantize, Etc)
38. Recording the Melody
39. Mixing & Mastering
14 DAY REFUND POLICY
If my course isn't the right fit for you, I offer a full refund policy within 14 days of your purchase.
