Modern Pop Music Production & Recording
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Modern Pop Music Production & Recording Breakdown
36 Hours | $1099 + $100 Registration
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Introduction and Understanding Modern pop music production
- →Introduction to the course
- →Introducing yourselves to the students
- →What is production?
- →The 7 elements of music: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, Timbre,
- →Dynamics, Texture & Form
Examining Pop Song Structures
- →Breaking down the song structure of some modern hits
- →Learn about verse, pre chorus, chorus, mid 8 and their variations
- →Study how current Pop songs progress through a composition
- →Your weekly task
Examining the work and impact of top producers
- →Examining 4 hit producers work
- →The use of dynamic song arrangements/production
- →How to build tension and create memorable moments
- →Arrangements for maximum impact
- →Your weekly task
Examining Current Hits
- →How shorter songs are the current trend
- →De-constructing several current hits
- →Song structure and the chord structure of a hit
- →Your weekly task
Mastering Vocals
- →Why establishing the vocal melody is essential early on
- →Vocals: Recording & getting a performance and then comping
- →Vocal tuning and timing – essential today – what software used
- →Why automation is so important for vocals
- →Your weekly task
Drums & Percussion
- →The importance of rhythm in Pop
- →The rise of the 808 – for drums AND basslines
- →Drum patterns and percussion elements
- →Weekly task brief
Electronic Sounds and Synths
- →The role of electronic elements in modern pop
- →Use of Synthesizers and sound design for Pop tracks
- →Experimentation with electronic sounds and sampling
- →Your weekly task
Examining common production techniques
- →Augmenting samples with real players
- →Replacing soft synths with real synths/drum machines
- →Thrift shop alternatives to expensive vintage synths
- →Production gimmicks and tricks
- →Your weekly task
Music Production Software, Plugins and Top Tips
- →Must have software used in Pop.
- →Basic recording, editing, and mixing techniques
- →How to use production tools to refine a song
- →Your weekly task
Houston is one of the newest campuses in the Garnish network, and the Modern Pop Music Production & Recording here runs the way it does everywhere we teach: small groups, working producers as instructors, and a live-online option for anyone who cannot make it to the studio, using our specialist music collaboration software, Muse. Discover qualities that distinguish us, here.
What our students say.
“I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for such an awesome experience. The classes Garnish offered and the final experience at Exchange LA was the push I needed to accelerate my new career and gave me confidence as a DJ.”
Matthew Naramore
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Questions we hear a lot.
Yes - live online, with weekly sessions and playback of your work.
Pete Gleadall, live online.
Yes. The Modern Pop Music Production & Recording course can be taught one-to-one, in person in Houston or online, built around your own projects - ask admissions about private instruction.
The Modern Pop Music Production & Recording course runs 36 hours. Tuition at Garnish Houston: 36 Hours - $1099 + $100 Registration.
A DAW you can work in and a way to record - the course covers modern pop production and recording the way records are actually made, from the session up.
36 Hours | $1099 + $100 Registration
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