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Deep and Soulful House Course - Logic

Overview

With Louie Vega and Jimpster checking out tracks from this course, this is a fantastic opportunity to get your stuff heard in the right places - after polishing your technique! Developed with TLC by Point Blank's own Danny J Lewis, you will learn how to make Deep and Soulful House tracks to rival the pro's. If you are a fan of producers across this genre from Kerri Chandler and Masters at Work to the deeper sounds of Charles Webster and Jimpster then this course will reveal production techniques and secrets to help you achieve your own credible and authentic sound. Using Logic Pro, you will create your own drum kits, synth sounds, basslines, riffs and chords. How to 'finish' a track. Upload your music each week for DVR™- expert analysis and video feedback on your work from pro producer Alex Phountzi (Bugz In The Attic).

Includes a minimum of 240 mins video / 4 x DVR™ (1-2-1 video feedback)/ 4 hours live masterclasses /1 year access / over 80 pages of course notes / 24/7 access to forum / exclusive audio resources to download. Optional: sign your track to Point Blank Music distributed by iTunes, beatport, Juno Download and Amazon.

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Course Contents

Week 1: 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

Week 3: 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

Week 2: 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

Week 4: 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

Course Reviews

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

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

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!)

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!

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!!!

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