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! 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 Danny J Lewis (Defected / Enzyme Black).

 

Course Preview

 

Direct Video Response™

 

Click on the thumbnail to watch an example of DVR 1-2-1 video feedback from this course.

 

Louie Vega

 

Listen to what Louie Vega (Masters At Work, Elements of Life) has to say about Point Blank.

 

Tutor profile

Danny Lewis
Danny has a huge discography of productions and remixes on labels including Defected, Masters At Work, XL, Ministry of Sound and Enzyme Black.

Sponsored by

Freerange Records

Jimpster, Matt and Tom have requested to hear tracks from this course on a monthly basis. You could get signed!

  

Created on this course

What our students say

Maxwell Underwood (UK)

"I’ve gained a hell of a lot of experience through the 1-2-1 feedback that Danny gives"

 

 

Course Materials

  • 1-2-1 video feedback on your music (DVR)
  • Weekly online masterclass with a pro producer
  • Over 8 hours of exclusive video tutorials
  • Extensive in-depth course notes
  • Over 20 Logic Projects to download
  • 24/7 access to student / tutor discussion forums

 

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
  • Using Track Delay to create Groove
  • Programming beats and fills

Week 3: Chords, Basslines and Riffs

  • Classic Deep House chord structures
  • Creating Deep/Soulful House Chords
  • Bassline Analysis: Classic 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
  • Orchestral sounds - examples of their usage.
  • Creating bass, lead and stab sounds

  • Creating Synth FX using the ES1/ES2
  • Learn to create noise sweeps / washes et

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 details
 Available Dates
6th September 2010
4th October 2010
1st November 2010
10th January 2011
11th April 2011

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 Feedback & reviews

Danny (the tutor) clearly shows his experience.  It was amazing to see and learn so much from him. Its just been a brilliant course.  

(Chris Lamb - UK)

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