DEEP AND SOULFUL HOUSE: LOGIC PRO

Content

Origins, Legends and Beatmaking

• The History; influences, major players
• Classic Drum Machines and their sound
• Sampling and editing drum sounds.
• Selecting Drum Samples to emulate famous producers
• Programming and Quantize
• Creating Groove Quantize Templates
• Programming beats and fills

Percussion and the Sounds 

• Using 'real' and programmed percussion
• Creating 'futuristic' percussion sounds
• Sound Design - Creating analogue percussion
• Creating classic keys; Electric Piano and Organ
• Bass; electric/acoustic. EXS24 library solutions
• Creating bass, lead and stab sounds
• Creating Synth FX using the ES1/ES2
• Learn to create noise sweeps / washes

Chords, Basslines and Riffs

• Classic Deep House chord structures
• Creating Deep/Soulful House Chords
• Bassline Analysis: Deep House basslines
• Creating Basslines
• Riff Analysis
• Creating riffs for Deep & Soulful House track

Vocals, Structure and Mixdown

• Classic Deep House arrangement techniques
• Vocal Compression techniques
• Layering Backing Vocals
• Vocal EQ and FX tricks
• Essential Mixing & Compression techniques
• "NYC" Style Compression
• Effects & Automation
• Final Mixdown

Reviews

Nick D Course rating: 10/10

I enjoyed the course. The content was a good balance of notes, video and practical work.

Nelson Moreira Course rating: 10/10

Danny Lewis is a fantastic tutor with tons of knowledge and experience and i am gratefull to have been taught by him. He often helped me decipher things in music i never could figure out myself sometimes.

Mark Ginter Course rating: 10/10

What an absolutely brilliant course and tutor!! It exceeded my expectation 10 fold and was a fantastic learning experience which has brought me on in quantum leaps. A massive thanks to all involved!   

Avelino Lugtu Course rating: 10/10

enjoyed the course a lot. looking forward to the minimal techno course on november.

Tomy Ferstl Course rating: 9/10

It was a great time here and I really enjoyed it a lot. It was definitively not my last PP course. Thx Danny for beeing a great tutor and for all the great tipps! Cheers Tomy

Stavros Potamitis Course rating: 10/10

This lesson really changed the way I see music production. I feel lucky enough to have participated and I strongly recommend to everyone that loves music production to enroll. Danny J Lewis was a fantastic tutor always ready to answer our questions and not only taught us many interesting techniques but he gave us a deeper understanding on the matters discussed in this course. Personally I m grateful and I cant wait to come to London and study at Point Blanc next year ( have to finish my univercity at Greece first ). Thank you Danny !

George Teare Course rating: 10/10

the tuition in the weekly videos was explained step by step really well and clearly. Danny has been clear and made everything easy to understand.

Matthew Biant Course rating: 9/10

A very enjoyable course, with excellent instruction

Jason Peters Course rating: 10/10

Really get your money's worth in this course. A ton of material was presenting, but it was done in a vary coherent way. I have an education degree and have worked in eLearning for years and I am completely impressed with the stucture and content of this course. I think Danny also does a great job in helping students. He offered a lot of insight and encouragement. I will definitely take another course although I will need some time to process the wealth of information I got from this one. Really great job guys. Thanks!

Andreas Hermansson Course rating: 10/10

Loved the course, thank you!

rey aquino Course rating: 10/10

The course was amazing, keep innovating!

Cis Cuypers Course rating: 10/10

Great course, learned a ton of stuff! Everything is thoroughly explained and the 1-2-1 feedback is priceless.

Luke Hodsdon Course rating: 10/10

I'm 25 but couldn't select that age group. Great course not faults only the thing i thought was it would have been good to know how long each video was as sometimes i was doing them i my lunch break and wanted know if i had time to fit another one in. Thanks to Danny and Alex both great teachers!

Joey Ghazlan Course rating: 8/10

Hi alex, thank you for your insight and feed back on the DVR's. It is a shame i couldnt make it to any of the online chat sessions,  but hey i still learnt a lot :) Big up Point Blank! Great courses for those seeking to enhance their production skills!

Chris Gygax Course rating: 10/10

Alex did a great job. I really learned a lot. The videos are great. Thank you very much for the great time :)

Daniel Derendinger Course rating: 10/10

I just can say THANKS!!!! I had the best 4 weeks in my life as a musician!!! I learned a lot of great things!!! The Tutor Alex was great and everytime helpfuly!!! Try this course when you will learn a lot of thin about Deep & Soulful House Music!!!

Reece Duncan Course rating: 10/10

I think the course was absolutely fantastic! Although i've had problems and not got as far as i wanted with my track in during the course.I've learnt so much and it's been well worth the money. Alex has been a brilliant tutor and has gone above and beyond to try and help out in every aspect. Top marks to point blank!

Abdullah Benabdallah Course rating: 10/10

The course is really excellent. I've learned a lot not only about deep house but also a bunch of tricks and workflow methods in logic. Alex is not only a great producer but also a great tutor with an excellent music taste. I I also enjoyed the weekly online discussion. Big thumbs up!!!

Gavin Boyce Course rating: 9/10

Excellent Course. Very focused which is what i wanted as there are too many generic Logic courses out there. DVR feedback is excellent and the course material is up to date and relevant to what im doing. Ill be very surprised if my material dosnt sound much more professional after this thanks!

Dominic Martin Course rating: 10/10

This is the 4th PB course I've done and probably the final one I'll need. Each course has really helped me in some respect or another, the fact that they are all genre-specific really goes a long way. A year down the line and my understanding of EQ, Compression, Stereo Width, Mixing and Mastering plus Logic itself and the many shortcuts and tricks is really night and day. This course was excellent and Alex the tutor was very helpful and enthusiastic. It's also very comforting to know that someone like Alex  - who is clearly at the top of his game with his Greenmoney project - is running the rule over your project as this is someone who is relevant and releasing excellent, current music. Also DJL deserves a special mention - his videos are so well-explained and really help to unlock the many hidden features and power of Logic.

Jesse Rudoy Course rating: 8/10

Alex was an amazing tutor for this course. He really put a lot into it and was genuinely interested in listening to our tracks and giving us feedback on them. really cool month!

Georgios Vythoulkas Course rating: 9/10

the videos were very helpful, especially the beat making and the mastering one. i also liked the synth explanation in general the course was worth the money and it motivated me to start producing more music and get some great tips

maher guindy Course rating: 10/10

a great course, videos were detailed and covered all aspects of house music.. on top of that, Alex is a GREAT tutor who will assist you in any way possible.(he helped me in sound design, gave me music business advice, and even hooked me up with labels!)

Julian Moore Course rating: 10/10

The course was superb, both in terms of the notes and excellent videos and in terms of the in-depth analysis and feedback that Alex gave throughout. It was superb to have someone teaching with his kind of experience, but also with an interest in what we were producing. Both he and Danny explained the concepts very clearly and catered for all levels. Overall, I've learnt way more than I thought I would and it's given me the taste to learn a lot more and to practice what I've learnt over the last month. This has been a brilliant month and I'll be recommending it to anyone I speak to! Thanks, Julian Moore

David Smith Course rating: 8/10

I learnt some very valuable lessons in music making and I feel prepared to confidently finish tracks now. My tutor provided fair and useful feedback and he took a real interest in the type of track I was trying to write.

Gavin Paisley Course rating: 10/10

lads i mega-mailed luke with a extensive feedback report as i'd never be able to get it all in here but in short, it's kickstarted my music making, given me exactly the tools i wanted and needed to make house music, it's the best music course i've ever taken, i'll be recommending it to musicians and producers everywhere, and i'll be back myself as soon as possible to take the next one

cheers, thanks! G

Neal Armstrong Course rating: 10/10

I thought course was superb! I loved every minute of it. My skills have drastically improved and I feel I'm starting to settle into a workflow and sound that fits me, thanks to what I've learned at Point Blank. Alex was awesome, the amount of advice he is willing to share is beyond helpful. Every little question that was limiting me was answered promptly and professionally. The videos with Danny were equally amazing, it was such an eye-opener to be able to watch people, like Danny and Alex, who have been at this for a while teach you whats up. Bravo Point Blank, bravo! :D

Micha Engel Course rating: 10/10

Hi, my name is micha engel (5^th water M.M.I.S.  My.Music.Is.Soul.)  Let me start by saying in great words! Alex was great! There was nothing he did not answer. And covered beyond the questions. And the dvrs with him was so great! The tweaks he did made so much sense. The cores in all were easy to follow. Although I understand it is in the mind and soul of the student to use the tools taught by Alex to make something out of nothing. To me, this statement is so true, witch is why I loved it so much, and sad to see the 4^th week is here. As a rating goes. 10+ all the way. I will be doing my best to take another cores here at point blank. Micha engel

James T Course rating: 10/10

Amazing course! Would definatley recomend it to a friend. The course content was great aswell covered many things I had a lot of questions about before I took the course. The group was great aswell especially when Alex played our tracks in the week 4th week video chat to get a response from the group on other idea's etc. Would also like to give a massive thanks to Alex for all his help over the past 4 week's. Could not of asked for a better tutor. Any questions that was asked in the forum was answered as soon as he could answer them. I would definatley come and take the Deep House and Soulful House course again for Alex's DVR's alone