Berklee
Writing and Producing Music in Your Home Studio Specialization
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Berklee

Writing and Producing Music in Your Home Studio Specialization

Write and Produce Songs in Your Own Home Studio. Take an original song from a general idea to a final mixed and mastered track.

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Beginner level

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2 months at 10 hours a week
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

(18 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
2 months at 10 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

Overview

  • Develop your artist identity.

  • Generate lyrics, melodies, and accompaniments that effectively convey the emotions you want to express.

  • Develop and produce high-quality vocal tracks and song demos using a digital audio workstation (DAW).

What’s included

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Taught in English
37 practice exercises

Advance your subject-matter expertise

  • Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts
  • Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects
  • Develop a deep understanding of key concepts
  • Earn a career certificate from Berklee

Specialization - 5 course series

What you'll learn

  • Discuss why one musical recording is more compelling than another and identify the unique elements of the recording that contribute to it

  • Begin to assess and establish your identity, vision, and intention as an artist and producer

  • Write and develop a compelling piece of music by utilizing various tools

  • Establish the sonic signature of your production by utilizing specific production techniques

Skills you'll gain

Category: Musical Composition
Category: Writing
Category: Peer Review
Category: Music
Category: Media Production
Category: Editing
Category: Music Theory

What you'll learn

  • Define and identify the point of view, form, and the "who, what, where, when, and how" in a song

  • Identify whether a lyric is stable or unstable through the use of line lengths, number of lines, stressed and unstressed syllables, and melody

  • Utilize the various rhyming techniques to evoke specific emotions in a song and define the difference between Assonance and Consonance rhyme

  • Use phrasing to clarify your ideas

Skills you'll gain

Category: Music Theory
Category: Music
Category: Musical Composition

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Musical Composition
Category: Music Theory
Category: Storytelling
Category: Music Performance
Category: Music

What you'll learn

  • Discuss the various types of dynamics processing and when to use each and apply equalization to a vocal track to enhance and improve the quality

  • Define, describe, and apply time based effects and use them to enhance the sound of a vocal track

  • Compare audio editing techniques, including time based and tempo based

  • Discuss how technology has changed the music recording industry

Skills you'll gain

Category: Music Performance
Category: Post-Production
Category: Editing
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Music Theory
Category: Music

What you'll learn

  • You will be working with a song idea and producing it in your home studio, utilizing recording and mixing techniques and finalizing your song.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Musical Composition
Category: Editing
Category: Music Theory
Category: Instrumental Music
Category: Post-Production
Category: Music
Category: Media Production

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Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV. Share it on social media and in your performance review.

Instructors

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