SNED Music 8 week Ableton Live Beginners group course.

A FUN and comprehensive in-person course designed to give beginner users of Ableton Live an immediate understanding of music production; On completion of this course, students will walk away with a complete workflow through which to create music.

Learn Ableton Live: The most versatile music production software
Techniques for beat making
Understand how to create songs start to finish
Develop the habit of exporting finished tracks
Recording, audio editing, sampling
Musical awareness and ear training: how to make your music sound good
Simple but usable music theory that is easily understood by beginning musicians, plus cheat-codes for using it within music production
Songwriting and composition techniques, shorcuts and tricks
Mixing skills: equalisation, compression and audio effects
Automation: make your music artistically expressive
Understanding MIDI instruments, MIDI mapping, and using controllers creatively
Performance tricks in Ableton Live
Workflow techniques: produce faster, easier, and more reliably with a systematic approach

On completion of this course, you will walk walk away with a complete workflow for music production - a step by step process that you can take yourself through again and again in the future - removing all confusion about 'what to do', and enabling you to begin creating your own music immediately.

A huge reason this course WORKS is it's focus on WORKFLOW: How to piece all the understandings, techniques, tricks, shortcuts together into a specific step-by-step process that MAKES SENSE to you.

No more confusion - no more 'what next?' - making it easy for you to turn those initial musical sparks and ideas into full blown songs and pieces of finished music.

Between each session, homework tasks are assigned to help you practice and solidify the skills you will learn along the way. Throughout the course, we produce several short pieces of music, helping you develop the powerful habit of ‘finishing’ music, right from the start.

Students are additionally provided with a high quality, hand-picked sample pack designed specifically for this course, containing 1GB of royalty-free samples.

You will learn about powerful online resources that make creating even easier; Splice: a fantastic online sample library that will immediately and dramatically boost the quality of your productions; and Soundcloud: a location to store and share your music.

Whilst it's called a 'Beginners Course', we actually go FAR beyond the beginners level. This 8 week journey is as packed with content as it's possible to make it - covering the most important topics, presented in an understandable sequence.

It typically takes individuals 2-3 years of self-learning online to encounter the material covered in this course.

Each week we will be exporting basic ‘tracks’ of current work, getting us into the habit and workflow of ‘finishing’ music. Each track will incorporate specific skills learned from across the course, ensuring techniques are well practiced, so that familiarity and confidence are guaranteed.

Learning as a group, with a tutor, is SO much easier and more fun than going it alone.

I have a million cheat codes, hacks, shortcuts, tips and tricks to share that will forever unlock music production for you.

In addition, this course will teach methods to enhance your listening abilities, musical understanding, mindset, and perception. It will also delve into the psychology behind music, providing an understanding of how and why music affects us. This understanding can immediately open the door and allow access to anyone looking to create music.

Music is innate - and it's much more simple than YouTube makes it out to be.

This is a tried and tested, professionally delivered course that has successfully helped over 300 people break through into their musical creativity.

Get ready to be making and finishing more music than you have ever made before! :)

To investigate my art and learn more, head over to www.snedmusic.com

What you need to know:

June 2023 Course: Wednesdays from June 28 - Aug 16

Full dates are as follows: June 28 - July 5, 12, 19, 26 - Aug 2, 9, 16

Previously advertised starting June 7th - start date is now June 28th

This is an 8 week course. Classes will run from 7-930pm on Wednesday evenings. Please arrive at 6:45pm each session to get set up.

This course is priced at $895. The nearest comparable course in Melbourne comes in at $1100 for 6 weeks.

Location: Depending on booking numbers there, are two classroom locations: Larger groups capped at 17 participants run from Donald St Community Hall, 18 Donald St, Preston VIC 3072. Small groups of 5-7 students run from The SNEDlab, De Chene Pde, Coburg North. It is always more likely that classes run from the Preston venue, but please check that both locations work for you.

Course requirements: Enthusiasm and excitement, your own computer with a working version of Ableton Live 10/11 installed and running, a computer mouse, and a quality pair of wired headphones (bluetooth headphones are not suitable). Ableton offers a free 90 day trial of their software.

Setup and use of MIDI controllers is covered during the course - controllers are provided if you are unable to bring you own.

Click register to claim your spot.

The moment you commit to your learning and development, the journey begins - act now on your inspiration and impress your future self!

NOTE:

THIS COURSE USUALLY REACHES CAPACITY – It is recommended to book early and secure your place

REFERRAL DISCOUNTS: If you have a friend who would like to take part, and successfully registers - you get $50 cash back from your course fees. Get a friend involved! Learning as a team is a whole lot of fun.

Payment plans are available - please enquire!

Our locations are easily accessible via public transport, and parking is plentiful.

Feel free to contact me at any time with any questions about the course - and if you would like an in person chat before booking, you are most welcome to visit my Coburg North studio for a free 30 minute consultation.

Please note:

Course fees including deposits are non refundable and non transferable
Depending on venue availability and bookings, course dates may change from those initially advertised. In the event of a date change, this course may start up to 2 weeks later than the initially proposed date.
This event requires a minimum number of participants to proceed. In the (highly) unlikely case of cancellation due to low numbers, your fees will be refunded
Location for group venues may be subject to late notice change. Classes will always be held at various venues on rotation within the inner-north suburbs, so please be sure that you are able to reach the following areas: Fitzroy/Northcote/Preston/Brunswick/Coburg/Thornbury

SNED Music 8w Ableton Live Beginners Course