Production Fundamentals

Free preview — Session Setup and Templates

What this covers

How records actually get made — from an empty session to a mixed, delivered master. This is the working process behind a Grammy-nominated, Sony-published catalog, taught as a start-to-finish build rather than a pile of disconnected tips.

• ✓Set up a session and template you can work fast in
• ✓Program drums that hit and sit right in the pocket
• ✓Build chord and melody foundations that support a vocal
• ✓Arrange a record that holds attention start to finish
• ✓Record and comp vocals properly at the source
• ✓Produce and tune vocals so they sit in the track
• ✓Mix with intent — balance, space, depth, and loudness
• ✓Export and deliver correctly for distribution

Who it's for: Producers and artist-producers who can make loops but struggle to finish records.

Lessons

1. 1

   Session Setup and TemplatesFree

   The starting point that decides how fast everything after it moves.

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2. 2

   Drum Programming

   Pocket, swing, layering, and making drums hit without just turning them up.

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   Chords and Melody

   Building a musical foundation that leaves room for a vocal to be the star.

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   Arranging the Record

   Structure, tension, and the changes that keep a listener past thirty seconds.

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   Recording and Comping Vocals

   Getting a great take at the source so you're not fixing it later.

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   Vocal Production and Tuning

   Stacks, ad-libs, tuning, and making a vocal sit in the track.

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   Mixing Essentials

   Balance, EQ, compression, space, and depth — with intent behind every move.

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   Export and Delivery

   Loudness, formats, stems, metadata, and getting it out clean.

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