CourseMusic ProductionContemporaryIntermediate

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Fast Songwriting with Ableton Live

Name: Fast Songwriting with Ableton Live
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Duration2h 54m

Modules19

LevelIntermediate

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (2h 54m)

- 01. Introduction to the Course
  4:50
- 02. Stages of Music Production
  Free lesson
  7:26
- 03. Musical Concepts
  6:23
- 01. Pre-Production and Building a Library
  13:56
- 02. Organizing Samples
  8:52
- 03. Creating a Template
  11:04
- 04. Making Presets
  16:07
- 05. BONUS: Production Template
  5:54
- 01. What is a Sketch
  3:53
- 02. Building a Sketch
  19:54
- 01. Introduction to Generative Music
  3:05
- 02. Randomizing MIDI with Effects
  14:12
- 03. Device Randomization with M4L
  3:04
- 04. Instant Haus for Random Beats
  1:43
- 05. Generative Clips and Audio
  8:19
- 01. Building Blocks of a Composition
  10:29
- 02. Exercises in Composition
  13:40
- 03. Subtraction Arrangement Activity
  5:59
- 01. Course summary
  15:30

About this course

I'm Ableton-certified trainer Isaac Cotec, and in this course I'll show you how to write songs fast - how to get the sounds in your head out of your imagination, into the software, and turned into the music you have been wanting to make.

We'll work through the tools in Ableton Live that speed up songwriting. We start by building a concept around your music, using images and videos to inspire the creation. Then we move into pre-production: making templates, tools and presets that save time once you sit down to write. From there we make sketches from scratch and expand them into full compositions and arrangements that change over time and tell a story.

Along the way I'll share the tricks and techniques I've picked up over the years for staying in flow, moving past writer's block, and keeping the creativity going in the studio. By the end you'll have the tools, ideas and concepts to push your music forward and get what's in your head out as quickly and easily as possible.

Specifically, this course covers:

The steps of songwriting
Building a concept and artwork around your music
Quickly creating sketches in Live
Expanding your composition
Subtractive arrangement
Tips for writer's block
and much more

Get started writing songs fast with Live.

Who it's for

Producers who finish ideas slowly and want momentum
Intermediate Live users ready to write full tracks
Electronic artists stuck in loop land seeking arrangements

What you'll learn

Turn a mood or image into a track concept
Sketch ideas quickly using templates and presets
Expand short loops into full arranged compositions

What you'll need

Ableton Live installed on your computer
Headphones or monitors and a working DAW setup
A few minutes most days to keep ideas flowing

Meet the Guru

Isaac Cotec

Isaac Cotec is, arguably, one of the best Ableton trainers in the world! While working on his own music, he began teaching recording techniques, sound design, and Ableton Live to private students, and since earning his certification as an official Ableton Certified Trainer he has helped thousands of producers step up their game and succeed as musicians.

Isaac started producing electronic music in 2005 with Psyche Sonics, an experimental group working with the science and research of binaural beats and altering consciousness through sound. After touring, he continued writing music under the alias Cotec and later emerged as the artist Subaqueous, blending his electronic past with both future and organic production techniques. To date, he has released 3 albums and 4 EPs.

Isaac is also the founder and manager of the record label Invibe Music, which represents some of the Pacific Northwest's best electronic music and specialises in midtempo dance music.

In his Ableton Live courses, Isaac shares the production, sound design and songwriting techniques he has spent years refining - the very skills he uses to turn a spark of an idea into a finished track.

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