Blackbird Academy: Speakers & Headphones

Lesson 1: Introduction Here, in this opening video, you’ll receive an introduction to speakers, headphones, and in-ear monitors (IEMs). Lesson 2: The Truth Expand Many things impact you listening experience: speaker and headphone components, internal electronics, cabling, power, noise, and even the room you’re in. Lesson 3: Types of Speakers Expand Speakers come in different…

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Blackbird Academy: Understanding Recording Signal Flow

Lesson 1: Introduction Here, in this opening video, you’ll be introduced to the framework for the whole Foundation Series. Lesson 2: The Source Expand Sure, you can fix timing, add effects and EQ later on in the process to improve sound quality. But it’s always better to get it right at the source before you…

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Bobby Borg: Intro to Music Publishing

Lesson 1: Introduction Here in this first video, music performer Bobby Borg and businessman Michael Eames introduce themselves and give you an overview of what exciting content you’ll be learning in this course. Lesson 2: Copyright Basics Pt. 1 Expand Here, Bobby and Michael introduce you to Music Publishing. They’ll breakdown the different layers of…

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Bobby Borg – Music Marketing for the DIY Musician

Lesson 1: Introduction Welcome to Bobby Borg’s Music Marketing for the DIY Musician. In this video, Bobby gives you an outline of his entire course and tells you everything you’ll need to know to get the most out of it. Lesson 2: What is Marketing? Expand Here, Bobby explains the term “marketing” and walks you…

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DJ Shortee – Turntables

Lesson 1: Introduction In this opening video, DJ Shortee outlines the course. You’ll see all the gear you need to DJ with turntables, a mixer, and how to set it up. Lesson 2: Basic DJ Gear Expand Here, DJ Shortee teaches you the proper DJ gear needed such as a basic turntable setup. She’ll show…

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Josh Bess – Building an Audio-Effect Rack

Lesson 1: Introduction Music Producer Josh Bess welcomes you to this exciting webinar! Josh outlines what you can expect, and introduces you to some interesting guests in this live webinar event. Lesson 2: How to Build a Custom Audio Effect in Ableton Live Expand Josh reveals how you can create one of his favorite custom…

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Josh Bess – Making Music with Polyrhythms

Lesson 1: Introduction Welcome! If you ever wanted to learn how to produce new music with polyrhythmic rhythms this is the course for you! Here in this opening video, music producer Josh Bess outlines the main topics that will be covered and introduces you to some featured guests. Lesson 2: Making Music with Polyrhythms Expand…

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Josh Bess – Creating a Song Inspired by Vocal Sampling

Lesson 1: Introduction Welcome! In this exciting lesson music producer Josh Bess teaches you how to produce a a full song from a single one-shot vocal sample. You’ll also learn other new techniques to aid your music production workflow. Here in this opening video Josh outlines the topics for the course and introduces you to…

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Josh Bess – Remixing Yohei Ueno

Lesson 1: Introduction Welcome! In this exciting three-part course music producer Josh Bess teams up with fellow producer Yohei Ueno for a techno remix session. Through the course Josh will keep the recording rolling so you can get a realistic glimpse of what the creative process is really like. This is an exclusive inside look…

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Josh Bess – How Drum Grooves Control the Genre of Music

Lesson 1: Introduction Welcome! In this exciting series music producer Josh Bess explains to you how the type of drum grooves you create along with the type of your sound choices will result in a different genre of music each time. You’ll be exposed to drum rhythm creation, MIDI note editing, sound design choices, groove,…

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