Welcome! ๐ Successful producers today integrate innovative new tools that also allow aspiring musicians, DJs, or anyone with musicality to make professional music without the technical skills previously required (until approximately the summer of 2025.)
๐ซ๐ค We are NOT talking about so-called AI music, with pretend artists and human fans - that is a fad like Pokรฉmon.
๐๐ฑโก๏ธWe are talking about a hybrid workflow using mobile apps and algorithmic sample generation. I produced the track linked using this approach.
๐ธLearning instruments is so much fun (I am a conservatory-trained instrumentalist), and learning a DAW like Ableton or even a DAW in a box that you can strike like the MPC (I have two of them) necessitates next-level engineering and composition skills and 10k hours ๐ง๐พโ๐ปโณโ๏ธ
None is necessary to make professional music anymore. That is a fact and your opinion or feelings are not going to change that. I am sorry to say that if it is hard to accept, like it was for me - at first. ๐ป
What we will learn here will be how your kidsโ musical idols produce. This is a generation change.
๐โก๏ธOf course, we are talking about electronic music forms, including hip-hop genres. So yes, if you get unplugged, and you donโt know how to play an instrument or sing, or clap, or compose, or beatbox, or rap... then, you know, you are not going to be making music ๐ง
You would not be joining this Skool either ๐ค
๐กThe good news - this approach is a lot cheaper and accessible to people over the world than the minimal viable studio until today (DAW, Laptop, Speakers/Headphones/Sound Card/Sound engineering skills (an engineer is not by definition, a musician). This workflow is less technical, but just as musical. We can now lower the barrier to entry for people that were until now locked out of music production at this level ๐๐๐
๐Anyway, this is not an economics lecture, nor is it a music theory class, or a musicology course. It is music history, though ๐ฅ๐ฒ
Letโs go ๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ
SAMPLING ๐๐๐โผ๏ธยฉ๏ธ
Once considered cheating, popular electronic and hiphop music genres fall under whatโs called sample-based music.
DOWNLOAD KOALA SAMPLER ๐ข๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ
Is my advice. $5-7 USD 1-time payment. I own all the fancy hardware samplers and this is by far the most intuitive sampler I use, and the most fun. And if youโre not having fun you are doing it wrong!
๐ I apologize for not starting up with introductions, but there are no members yet, and I havenโt figured out the whole classroom thing. So we will start like this and when we start for real , we will get to know each other.
โณIโll be back with some video content about sampling. One tip, a you obviously need something to sample: I recommend your voice and the human body - clapping, slapping (yourself and/or consensually with friends). There are lots of nooks and crannies that make very cool sounds that can be manipulated with the effects in Koala Sampler, or other apps.
๐In the meantime I encourage you to go often to the App Store or Google Play for free music apps (J6 Synth is great, Korg Gadget, Remixlive) and see what you like. This is a course for people that are not afraid to experiment with stuff.
๐ฉ Another tip: if you want to be a musician, start today. If you want to be a DJ producer, you are already one just not a good one yet. The people that wait around to get the best equipment or for the ideal moment are not the real deal in my experience, which is quite extensive. Be who you areโฆ manifest it โณ๏ธ
This is not a self-help course either ๐
masked producer out. ๐ฅท๐ฅท๐พ๐ฅท๐ฟ( )