Hip-Hop Production
Course — Nashville

Hip-Hop Production

At a glance
Duration
18 hours
Format
In-person in Nashville or Live Online
You leave with
Designer 808s and custom kits of your own, and beats built on them
From the source
The history of the 808, sample-based and synthesised
Drums that hit
Rhythm patterns, compression for drums and bass, creative editing
Learn how to record, write, collaborate, and produce Hip Hop! Styles include Boom Bap, East Coast, West Coast, Southern, and Trap. Explore and craft the skills to make your drums knock and your 808s rumble. Create and shape your own sound using different sampling techniques, and modern synthesis. Learn the skills needed unique to Hip Hop to record, mix and master records for commercial release. Students must know their way around their DAW and at least one working sample-based virtual instrument and one synth-based plugin. One of our DAW courses in Ableton, Logic or Pro Tools will get you up to scratch for this course. 3rd party weapons of choice are made by Native Instruments and Spectrasonics, but alternative 'freeware' can be downloaded legally. Exclusively delivered by Zack Johnson , who wrote and developed this course.   Beats & Pieces
In Nashville, a city built on songwriting and recording, this course is taught by producers who work in its studios. Classes are small and hands-on, and the same sessions are available live online, using our specialist music collaboration software, Muse.
Sampling
Synthesis and Sound Design for Hip Hip
Recording Vocals and Working with Artists
Mixing & Mastering for Hip Hop
Business
18 Hours | In-Person: $599 + $100 Registration Fee | 33% off Live Online Use the ‘CONNECT’ button below to request more info on our upcoming planned schedules for LA in PT and NYC in ET . One of our placement experts will follow up with information and find a time for an assessment call to get you in to the most suitable program we have for you. To be in the loop when we release more dates, sign up to our newsletter towards the top right of this page. We don't send many, you can easily unsubscribe, and we never share our data with anyone, ever. Discover qualities that distinguish us, here.
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