Beginners Guide to Making Beats - Video Training Course

Important Note: This purchase provides you access to the online training course for a duration of 1 year. This course will NOT auto-renew. More information is available at the bottom of this product description.

Learn to record, arrange, and export beats on both hardware and software in this beginners guide to making beats! This high quality training course is over 4 hours long with over 40 easy to follow lessons! 

In this training course I go over the basic principles of a beat and song, how different instruments work together, how to layer sounds to create a full sounding beat, and the process to recording a beat from start to finish. I also show you two different methods of making beats; first with a hardware drum machine and second with the free MPC beats software and an inexpensive controller. 

This course is perfect for all ages and each lesson is easy to follow with many live examples of playing instruments, drums, adding effects, and mixing your beat. I even walk you through sharing your beat and dealing with feedback from people that listen to it.

• This course contains 44 lessons with no ads or interruptions allowing you to focus on learning how to record beats.
• Over 4 hours of professionally recorded video lessons.
• The course is broken down into modules and lessons to provide you with a quick way to jump around to learn specific topics or work through it end to end.
• Your progress is tracked as you work through each lesson.
• Multiple 4K camera angles provide clear visibility to the instruction being given and demonstrated on the Nord Grand 2.

This course contains the following modules and lessons:

1. Introduction
   1. Course Overview – 3:28
   2. What is a Beat? – 3:45
   3. Hardware Vs Software – 10:54
   4. Basic Equipment – 5:52
   5. Song Building Blocks – 4:32
   6. Breaking Down a Beat – 4:41
   7. Drums, Instruments, & Audio – 5:11
2. Beat Structure and Timing
   1. Understanding Tempo and BPM – 6:23
   2. Bars, Measures, and Song Structure – 5:13
   3. Using a Metronome – 4:48
   4. Learning about Quantize/Timing Correction – 5:54
   5. Learning to Loop Record – 8:34
3. Drums and Bass
   1. Drum Patterns – 6
   2. Kick, Snare, and Hi-Hat Basics – 2:53
   3. Layering Drums for Depth – 2:43
   4. Relationship Between Drums and Bass – 4:14
4. Melodies and Chord Progressions
   1. Melody Creation – 6:31
   2. Using Scales – 5:24
   3. Leveraging Melodic Patterns – 5:05
   4. Basic Chords – 4:46
   5. Mood Matching with Chords – 3:30
5. Sampling Basics
   1. Hardware Setup – 3:43
   2. Basic Sampling Technique – 5:27
6. Building a Beat with Hardware
   1. Hardware Overview – 4:02
   2. Establishing the Backbone with Drums and Bass – 20:51
   3. Developing a Memorable Pattern – 7:05
   4. Adding a Melody – 7:45
   5. Building Out the Song Sections – 5:53
   6. Arranging the Beat – 8:40
   7. Creating Transition Riffs – 9:36
   8. Adding Automation – 7:38
   9. Adding Basic Effects – 9:08
   10. Balancing Track Levels – 5:39
   11. Exporting the Final Beat – 7:13
7. Building a Beat with Software
   1. Software Overview – 3:28
   2. Similarities with Hardware Process – 10:49
   3. Basics of Virtual Instruments and Drum Packs – 2:35
   4. Building a Simple Beat – 6:05
   5. Enhancing the Beat – 5:47
   6. Exporting the Final Beat – 7:04
8. Conclusion
   1. Sharing Your Beat – 2:07
   2. Feedback and Improvement Cycle – 1:46
   3. Developing Your Style – 3:01
   4. Course Wrap-Up – 0:57

Training Course Purchase Information:

I am not a fan of auto-renewing subscriptions, but I do have reoccurring yearly costs related to keeping this training course online. In an effort to cover my costs, this purchase provides you access to the online training course for a duration of 1 year. This course will NOT auto-renew. 

Before your 1 year expiration you will receive an email with the opportunity to extend access for another year and if so, you will not lose any of the progress you've made on the training course. If you choose not to extend after a year, your access will be revoked.

Sample Videos:

Basic Beat Making Equipment:

Layering Drums for Depth:

Basics of Virtual Instruments and Drum Packs: