Receive exclusive ONLINE one-on-one music production instruction tailored to your individual experience level and learning pace.
All you need is your personal computer and a pair of headphones.
If you are a beginner, you will acquire all the fundamental skills and necessary tools to independently produce your own original beats and compositions by the class conclusion. No prior musical education or background is required to begin.
If you are an advanced musician or possess prior musical experience, you will receive focused instruction specifically addressing your requested topics and interests. From advanced music theory and keyboard technique to the sophisticated art of mixing, mastering, or any specialized subject area you wish to explore, we customize the curriculum. Your questions, your preferred learning pace, and your unique music style guide the lesson structure.
The lesson takes place in a fully equipped, professional music production studio located at 42nd Street in Manhattan is Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, instructed by a professional music producer, composer, and pianist with a degree from New York University.
Ableton Live is the primary software utilized in this instruction. Advanced learners are welcome to use their own digital audio workstation if they are primarily interested in learning fundamental concepts such as mixing, beat making, composition, arrangement, harmony, and music theory, along with other topics the students wish to explore during their sessions.
Major Topics Available for Study:
Create Music
- Creating rhythmic beats from scratch
- Producing and recording original compositions and songs
- Track arrangement, structure, and composition techniques
- Sound design and synthesis fundamentals
- Working with remixes, samples, and loops
- Orchestral and instrumental arrangement
- Using controllers and performing live
- Analog synthesizers and drum machines
- Finger drumming methods
- Discovering and mastering your DAW and plugins
Develop Your Skills
- Piano and keyboard proficiency
- Musical improvisation and spontaneity
- Harmonic theory and progression
- Reading musical notation and chord charts
- Music theory, composition, and songwriting
- Ear training and development
- Classical and jazz piano styles
Shape Your Sound
- Fundamental principles of acoustics
- Sound engineering, recording, and production
- Studio session setup and file organization
- The professional art of mixing
- Vocal mixing and enhancement
- Compression and dynamic range control
- Understanding plugins and brand recommendations
Important Information:
- There is no age restriction for this instruction. Students under sixteen years old are enthusiastically welcome if a parent or legal guardian is present and attends throughout the lessons.
- These are individually customized one-on-one lessons where you select the days and times that work best with your schedule.
To schedule lessons on dates not currently listed, please contact [email protected] with your preferred date and time preferences.
Important Scheduling Information:
- Private lesson scheduling offers flexibility and is contingent on instructor availability.
- Should the instructor become unavailable on your booked date and time, the instructor will contact you to reschedule based on your preferences. You may also request an immediate refund if preferred.
- The stated price is for one participant attending a one-and-a-half-hour lesson.
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
