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Foundation Course – Learn the Basics of EDM Production in 6 months.
Over the years, we have designed and delivered quality tutorials to thousands of new and experienced producers. Now, the Dance Music Academy is taking a step further. With a carefully structured approach, you can learn professional music production from start to finish.
DMA 01: The Foundation Course (Starts Jan 2019)
Our Foundation course is the perfect introduction to creating EDM (Electronic Dance Music). It is a 6-week step-by-step course designed to help you learn the basic skill sets required to produce your Electronic Dance Music.
We start right at the beginning. No previous experience or knowledge is necessary. You can work at your own steady pace, working through the courses part by part. With video tutorials and workbooks, everything is explained clearly by an EMTAS approved industry professional with 30+ years of experience.
Employing key learning styles, we take you through every topic in detail to ensure you are armed with the necessary skills to create a great workspace, understand all the relevant technology and techniques, and most importantly are able to implement these to independently to produce music.
The Course Structure
The Basics
Learn about computer requirements, the different DAW’s, how to choose your headphones, speaker monitors, cables, audio interfaces, and an introduction to room acoustics.
The DAW
Learn how to use the DAW, the piano roll and audio editing, sends and inserts, processors and effects, and how to develop the essential analytical and critical listening skills.
The Drums
In week 3, you’ll learn how the professional create those pounding kick drums and percussion, and you’ll learn how to create and build professional drum loops, and then how to process them.
Creating a Groove
You’ll learn some fundamental basics of synthesis, and use this to create a bass sound. With an easy-going introduction to music theory, you’ll learn how to create basslines and groove.
Building Leads
For week 5, we delve more into music theory and learn how to use it to create melodies. You’ll develop a lead melody and then finally synthesize and layer instruments to create classic lead sounds.
Your First Track
In the final week, we’ll tie everything together to produce a track and the learn how to mix it to produce a track you can play to family and friends. We’ll also look at how to become creative in your own work.
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Please note that due to course material improvements (to comply with the EMTAS standards), the weekly update sessions have changed to monthly.
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