Curriculum

Arranging and Preparation

In our arrangement tutorials, we will speak with students about all essential components of having a concise and tight arrangement. The primary subjects will be as follows:

  • Locking in the drums and bass
  • Percussion dynamics-- changes in feel
  • Rhythm playing-- voice leading, right hand technique
  • Melodic hooks
  • Not stepping on the vocals
  • Vocal structure and phrasing
  • Form
  • Band hits

Engineering and Production

Similar to the arranging tutorial, our engineering and production tutorial will be broken into segments. The following concepts will be focused on:

  • Signal flow
  • Microphone placement
  • EQ
  • Compression
  • Level
  • Intro to Pro Tools software suite
  • Bussing
  • Effects processing
  • Communication with musician
  • Editing
  • Punch in- punch out
  • Overdubbing
  • File organization