My Story in Music and How to…
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Slanj Va!
When starting out in music production, we all have dreams of crowds reacting like CRAZY!
And if you’ve just been on my FREE Ableton Jump Start Mini Course…
You are on the right path!
But being a beginner,...
Chances are, all over YouTube, Tik Tok and Instagram you’re seeing people who make it seem SO easy,
and maybe you’re wondering
“Are they just more talented compared to me?”
or
“do I have it in me to reach these goals?”
But the truth is they are just further down the path of their musical adventure than you are,
and you can get there too!!!
I was in a really similar situation in 2016 - where I almost gave up on music making…
I was playing around on ipad apps, had some fun music gadgets…
But I just wasn’t getting my ideas out properly and they always sounded amateurish in the end.
It was super frustrating!!!
In the end - after talking to my parents - they encouraged me to go to Ableton Live night classes
These were actually night Classes I’d already spent a year pondering if I should attend -
which turned out to be a wasted year by the way.
Don’t let this be you!
The classes were in Glasgow, and that meant a 2hr round trip every week for me,
but after hearing some encouraging words for my family, I WENT FOR IT!
And it was the best decision I’ve ever made when it comes to music!
I learnt all about Ableton Live, and within only one year…
I’d been asked down to London to play the Lumen Prize for Digital Arts!!!!
This was shortly followed by a tour of underground music venues in Goa, India,
And eventually my music even made it onto ITV, the BBC,
and even onto an app made by THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY!!!
So learning all about Ableton on a course changed my musical adventure and accelerated at a RAPID pace
Imagine what it could do for you?!?!
That’s why I created this
FROM SLOW TO FLOW course
I want to take you from a place of frustration to finding your music production flow state.
Here are some of the course benefits
Ditch frustration and find your flow state
Learn a process to create tracks from beginning to end
15 min discovery call to find out YOUR music & ambitions
Invite to our online Discord community for ongoing support
Full, in depth resource pack included to help you when the course is finished
Checklists to track your learning
Money back guarantee
Pay in Instalments
Invitation to release your music on our label, Tonic Note Records
So you might be thinking this sounds magic, but is it a bit expensive?
However, compared to audio production courses which can cost THOUSANDS of pounds,
I think the base price of £348 is super competitive!
And if you compare the cost of you having to use ENGINEERS and other PRODUCERS to make your music sound professional, this course to learn it yourself is an amazing investment in your future and will save you in the long run!!!
Also, if you enrol during our launch week then you get a massive discount and other benefits that will not be around after launch week.
Also, I offer a generous guarantee of a full refund in case you don’t love the course, and I offer solid terms and conditions in your favour.
So if you book now by clicking below,
You will get:
20% off
A bonus 2 hr zoom coaching session
A BONUS pdf guide called “Get out of LOOP HELL forever” - which is an extra resource for helping you finish tracks!
Click below to book!
START doing this & NEVER be STUCK IN THE LOOP Again
Slanj Va!
You’ve just found your whisky fuelled music production life coach!
In this video guide you are going to learn to ARRANGE A TRACK!
This is part 3 of 3 in your free introduction to Ableton mini Course and I hope you are enjoying it!!
Includes the chapters:
00:00 WHY WATCH THIS VIDEO?
01:00 OUR GOAL FOR THE ARRANGEMENT
01:53 ADDING SAMPLES
03:16 GETTING 3 VERSIONS OF YOUR 8 BAR LOOP TO WORK WITH
03:34 DEVELOPING THE BASSLINE
04:12 NAMING THE SCENES
04:33 DEVELOPING THE DRUMS
05:01 VARIATION ON SAMPLES
05:28 USING BACKGROUND NOISES TO SPICE UP YOUR MIX
05:57 DEVELOPING A PRE-DROP
07:19 CHECKING YOUR 3 SECTIONS
07:43 GET INTO ARRANGEMENT VIEW
09:40 EDITING YOUR ARRANGEMENT FOR INTEREST
10:41 USE AUTOMATION FOR A PRO FEEL
12:16 AUTOMATE VOLUME WITHOUT ISSUES LATER ON
13:20 ADD EAR CANDY OR YOUR ARRANGEMENT COULD BE BORING
13:56 INTRO AND OUTRO SOUNDS
15:07 CONGRATULATIONS AND CONCLUSION
15:36 PREVIOUS STUDENTS SUCCESS STORIES
16:18 WHAT IS COMING NEXT? AND BONUS LESSON
17:00 OUTRO
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NEVER Struggle to make BASS LINES Again!
Slanj Va!
You’ve just found your whisky fuelled music production life coach!
In this week’s video guide you are going to learn to make amazing bass lines!
Includes the chapters:
00:00 WHY WATCH THIS VIDEO?
01:23 CHOOSING A SICK BASS SOUND
02:40 PLAY NOTES IN - TURN YOUR KEYBOARD INTO A MIDI KEYBOARD
03:23 NO MORE WRONG NOTES - SCALE MIDI FX
04:15 RECORDING IN YOUR BASS LINE
05:10 IS YOUR PLAYING CRAP? HELLO QUANTISE MODE
06:20 EXTRA EDITING OF THE MIDI NOTES TO FINE TUNE
06:39 WANNA BE PRO? YOU GOTTA DO VELOCITIES
07:56 FOOL ANYONE TO THINK YOU KNOW ANY SYNTH WELL
09:02 CAN YOU REALLY BECOME A MUSIC PRODUCER?
09:57 PREVIOUS STUDENT CASE STUDY AND REVIEWS
10:42 WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NEXT?
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SHOW NOTES
Slanj Va!
Everyone wants a bassline that makes a crowd go….
*****BOOOOM Mad crowd video and explosion haha******
So in the next 10 minutes,
we are going to learn how to create professional sounding basslines that will blow people away
This is lesson 2 out of 3 of your FREE Ableton mini course -
and this mini course is actually a free excerpt from my upcoming FULL Ableton Course!
Thank you to those who watched lesson 1, commented and shared!!
I am so excited you’re on this FREE mini course you’re on now, and so stoked for the full course that’s coming up.
I created this content because before, I was a lot like you: dabbling in music production ….
… overwhelmed by all the different things I had to learn
and definitely not getting the results I wanted!!!
But since I’ve followed this training, it’s given me opportunities I’d never have believed, like ….
That time I toured India and ended up performing at an art-warehouse slash skatepark in the middle of the Goan Jungle!!
So If this kind of thing sounds exciting to you, that’s magic, because in the next 10 minutes, you’ll learn how to create amazing baselines in Ableton
- and this is one step in the right direction of you creating your own musical adventures!
Don’t think it can happen to you? Well it’s worked for hundreds of my other students, so let’s get into it!!
ANNNND by the way… it’s worth sticking around to the end of this video, so you can find out how to build upon this lesson with the other parts of the mini course -
AND find out how to bag a BONUS lesson too!!!!
BASS LINES
So HOW do you PROGRAM BASS LINES?
Select synth
Scale midi fx
Draw in
Play in
Quantise and record quantise
CHEAT CODES TO A PRO SOUND
Velocity stalks
Swing by moving some notes slightly
Extend to 8 or 16 bars
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SOUND PRO ON ANY SYNTH
Synth controls (filter, LFO, Unison, Vibrato)
So I hope you enjoyed this video and will be making awesome music as soon as you switch off youtube!
You might also be interested in the full course I mentioned,
But thinking things like
“Will I get the results I want?”
“Is it too hard for me?”
“Is it too expensive?”…
But the truth is YOU CAN become the great music producer you dream of.
Your unique ideas, and personality ,and tastes are all there, you just need a little help along the way, and I am happy to be your guide!
Here are some frequently asked questions I get, but can answer now:
“Is this too hard for me to achieve?”
“Has it worked before?”
“Is it too expensive?”
So hopefully that helps you believe how you can level up your skill level, and make the music you’ve always dreamed of!
…IN THE NEXT VIDEO
I’ll be teaching you how to take your loop and arrange it into a track!!!!
That will be part 3 of 3 in this this FREE mini course
So, sign up below to make sure you don’t miss the next part of the mini course
And If you do, I will ALSO send you a free 1 page guide - your
MUSIC PRODUCTION LEARNING ROADMAP - WHAT TO LEARN AND WHEN
Use this to figure out where you are on your journey and where to head next!
OH, and If you can think of any Ableton Newbie friends who could benefit from this training, it would be amazing if you could share this with them - it might help them out a lot !
SO,
Slanj Va! You’ve been tuned into Dave, your whisky-fuelled music production life coach! See you in part 3!!!!
Bored of Presets? Struggle With Sound Design?
Then Register below, to get your FREE “Ultimate Guide to Synths” eBook!
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How YOU can make BEATS in ABLETON LIVE 11…
Slanj Va!
You’ve just found your whisky fuelled music production life coach!
In this week’s video guide (below), we learn to make beats in ANY GENRE!
Includes the chapters:
00:00 WHY WATCH THIS VIDEO?
01:03 CHOOSING A SICK DRUM RACK
02:42 SETTING OVERALL TEMPO
03:34 DRAWING A FULL BEAT INTO THE MIDI CLIP
06:45 PROFESSIONALS MUST DO THIS - ADD VELOCITY
08:48 HUMANISE YOUR BEAT WITH SWING
10:00 GET SPOOKILY PROFESSIONAL WITH GHOST NOTES
10:52 YOUR 1 BAR LOOP SUCKS - SO EXTEND IT
12:51 SO HOW THE HELL DO I DO IT IN ANY GENRE?
13:40 WHAT TO DO NEXT?
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SHOW NOTES
So you want drums that make people go like this …
***LIMMY OOFT Face meme to a heavy beat***
Well you're in the right place!!!
Right now,
we are going to learn how to program professional drums, in ANY GENRE -
This lesson is a free excerpt from my upcoming Music Production Course!
It's called from “SLOW” to “FLOW”
and by the end of it, you will have ditched all your frustration, and found your music production flow state!!!
I created the course because, before… I was a lot like you: dabbling in music production ….
overwhelmed by the complexity of it all…
and I definitely was not getting the results I wanted!!!
But since I’ve followed this exact training, it’s given me opportunities I’d never have believed, like ….
This one time the European Space Agency called me up to use music in one of their apps!!!!
WHAAATT?!
So If this kind of thing sounds good to you, and you want to be like the hundreds of other students I’ve helped, that’s magic.
They’ve gone on to have loads of adventures in music, and you can too.
ANNNND BY THE WAY… it’s worth sticking around to the end of this video, so you can find out how to build upon this lesson….
Because the other content that goes with this forms your FREE, THREE PART mini course for Ableton newbies!
Let’s gooooo!!!
DRUM PROGRAMMING
So HOW do you PROGRAM DRUMS?
Select kit
Draw in
CHEAT CODES TO A PRO SOUND
Velocity stalks
Swing by moving some notes
Triplets - activate grid
Ghost notes - advanced velocity trick
Add your own sounds - simpler
Extend to 8 or 16 bars
Enjoying this so far? Well remember to sign up below so you get parts 2 and 3 of this free mini course!!!
So, How do you do this IN ANY GENRE?!
You need a template!
Beat Dissected
So I hope you enjoyed this video and will be making awesome drum beats as soon as you switch off youtube!
You might also be interested in the full course I mentioned,
But thinking things like
“will it work for me?” or “is it too expensive”....
In my next video I’ll answer all those questions…
…AND I’ll be teaching you how to make professional bass lines to match the drum loop you just made!!! That’s part 2 of this FREE, 3 part mini course
So, sign up below to make sure you don’t miss the next part of the mini course
And If you do, I will ALSO send you a free eBook - your ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SYNTHS!!
OH, and If you can think of any Ableton Newbie friends who could benefit from this training, it would be amazing if you could share this with them - it might help them out a lot !
SO,
Slanj Va! You’ve been tuned into Dave, your whisky-fuelled music production life coach! See you in part 2!!!!
Bored of Presets? Struggle With Sound Design?
Then Register below, to get your FREE “Ultimate Guide to Synths” eBook!
Want to learn music production in a more in depth way?
6 Mistakes New Music Producers Make
Slanj Va!
You’ve just found your whisky fuelled music production life coach!
In this week’s video guide (below), I take a look at the SIX MISTAKES new music producers make. This is also a good watch for more experienced producers to make sure they haven’t fallen into any of these bad habits!
Includes the chapters:
00:00 WHY LISTEN TO THIS?
01:28 OVERWHELM
02:47 OBESESSING OVER PLUGINS
04:15 FEAR OF MUSIC THEORY
05:56 FREE GIFT - GET OUT OF LOOP HELL
06:35 OBSESSING OVER GEAR
08:26 THINKING MORE IS MORE
10:01 WANTING IT ALL TOO FAST
12:25 CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEPS
Enjoy! - PS you can also listen to this as a podcast if you prefer, just scroll past the video
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Gamepad as MIDI controller
Slanj Va!
You’ve just found your whisky fuelled music production life coach!
In this free tutorial, I share with you how to hack a game pad to be a MIDI controller.
This is great for:
Controlling synths
Manipulating FX
Playing beats
Enjoy!
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Learn more on one of my courses!
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“Workflow” For Music Producers… Is a Dumb Word!
Slanj Va!
You’ve just found your whisky fuelled music production life coach!
In this week’s guide, I take a look at how focusing on WORKFLOW and using that word can actually be disrupting your progress in music production!
Includes the chapters:
IT’S MEANT TO BE FUN, NOT WORK
TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING, PLAN TO DO NOTHING
CREATIVITY NEEDS PLAYFULNESS
Enjoy! - PS you can also listen to this as a podcast if you prefer, just scroll past the video
Bored of Presets? Struggle With Sound Design?
Then Register below, to get your FREE “Ultimate Guide to Synths” eBook!
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Remember to sign up for your free eBook below!
COMPETITON!
Enter to win a FUNDED place on my next Ableton course, worth £418!
Top Prize = 1 x funded place on my next Music Production Course
3 x Runner up Prizes = 3 x 20% off vouchers for the course
1 X Runner Up Prize = 1 x 2hr coaching call
Total value of all these prizes = £725!!!!!
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Competition Details
Winner will be drawn on 24th March
For Beginners / Dabblers in Music Production
Learn how to create music using Ableton Live
Ditch music making frustration & find your flow state
Dates:
Sat 20th & Sun 21st May
Location:
WhereElse? Music Venue, Margate, Kent, UK
Requirements:
Students bring their own headphones & laptop with Ableton installed
Remember, it’s free to enter!
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FREE Music Producer Meet up!
Slanj Va!
I am happy to invite you to our FREE Music Producer MEET UP !
Music producers can sometimes be isolated, loose motivation, and can lack community. This event is trying to combat this!
Who is this for? - Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced music producers, & those who are interested in starting out!
When? - Friday 17th March, 7PM
Where? - WhereElse Music Venue - Margate - Kent, UK (OUR NEW HOME!!!)
What? - A casual meet up of music producers, to a playlist of past students work!
How much? - Upstairs (where the meet up is)
£FREE - but donations are welcome
All donations will be used to fund future projects & events by Margate’s School of Electronic Music
Remember to register interest and also get your free Ultimate Guide to Synths eBook!