Recent technological advances in music production software allow anyone to make music! Even with little or no previous musical experience. Some of today's top musicians such as Billie Eilish, Skrillex, Flying Lotus, Daft Punk, and countless others started as "bedroom producers" with little more than just software. 

I will be giving a short introduction course in the rudiments and basics of producing music utilizing one of the most popular music production software: Ableton Live. Ableton Live 11 Studio is quite expensive but luckily for us, it offers a FREE TRIAL of three months so you and your family can decide where music production is something you want to continue pursuing after my course and then you can invest in the full version of the software after this course has finished and you already know the basics of how to produce your original music. 

Topics that will be covered in my 2-week introductory course: 
Basics of music theory (rhythm, harmony, melody)
Basic functions of Ableton Live Studio so that you can use the endless tools in the software to create your music
An informal introduction to music history beginning in the early 1920s until now (blues, rock, pop, hip-hop, dance)
How to create interesting original songs from start to finish

I will teach this course using Zoom and sharing my screen so that learners can follow along on their computers and produce music alongside their peers and myself. 

I hope to foster an interesting conversation that extends beyond just music production and that each student can share what their musical interests are and what they want to create. That way I can individually cater my lessons toward the specific needs of each student. I hope to have a class-based around the technical aspects of Ableton Live but that also includes a lot of sharing of projects between students. 

After this course each student should feel confident exploring, playing, and creating on Ableton Live! 

Our projected course schedule is listed below. This course plan is subject to change depending on the class's previous experience with music production and the class's general progression over time.  

Course Schedule: 
Week of 31.01 :: Lesson 1: Orientation and Introduction to Ableton Live 10: Creating Your First Drum Pattern in Ableton
Week of 31.01 :: Lesson 2: Introduction to the Main Popular Music Building Blocks; Arrangement View vs. Session View
Week of 07.02 :: Lesson 3: In-Depth Introduction to the Drum Rack
Week of 07.02 :: Lesson 4: Introduction to Analog and Other Software Synthesizers
Week of 14.02 :: Lesson 5: Introduction to Audio& MIDI Effects
Week of 14.02 :: Lesson 6: Introduction to Sampler and Simpler
Week of 21.02 :: Lesson 7: Creating Your First Song Using Drum Rack, Analog, Effects, and Sampler
Week of 21.02 :: Lesson 8: Mixing and Rendering Your First Song