Music Production Courses

However you want to describe it, as minimal or tech house or minimal techno or whatever, it is a sound that has taken dance floors across the globe by storm and is unlikely to be leaving us anytime soon. There are countless amazing producers and DJs that have taken the Minimal and Tech House sub-genres to new levels and to greater heights, with the likes of Dubfire, Ritchie Hawtin and Loco Dice consistently pushing the sound beyond any limits.

We at Point Blank Music School are extremely happy to be able to offer a genre specific course for producing Minimal and Tech House tracks with Ableton Live. As a tool for working with Minimal, Ableton has always been considered top-quality due to its endless ability to be manipulated to the working methods of the user and due to the fact that Ableton is a fantastic DJ tool. The genres of Minimal and Tech House have always welcomed new technology, whereas other artists in other genres may cling to the traditional, purist methods of DJing purely with vinyl, when a Minimal artist plays your more than likely to catch a glimpse of the latest hardware controller or brand new digital DJ software.

So to get back to the course, whats on offer is the ability to Learn how to produce Minimal and Tech House tracks to release quality. Using Ableton Live you will create your own authentic drum sounds, synth patches, textures and effects under the guidance of a pro music producer. Essential tips, tricks and techniques to give your tracks that professional sound. Upload your music each week for expert analysis and feedback on your work.

It’s this final feature, the ability to upload you music and get feedback, that I’m most excited about due to the fact that this is the only online course of its kind in which students receive personal guidance on their work. The way in which this feature works is that each week you upload your Ableton track/project so far and your pro producer tutor will examine and analyse the track in Ableton and produce a video of him going through it advising on what might be improved and how to go about doing so. So what you effectively get is a 1-2-1 personalised video explaining how your individual project can be changed/tweaked/developed in order to achieve the sound that you’re looking for!

In addition to this 1-2-1 personalised video feedback, you also receive a whole host of other course materials, including; Over 50 video tutorials on Ableton Live, Extensive course notes, Over 20 Ableton projects to download, Exclusive samples & audio resources, Weekly web chat with a pro producer and a Student forum to post your questions & discussion topics.

You can check out the full details of the course here. Also take a look at the video below for a taster of what you can expect from the personal video feedback: