Are you an aspiring songwriter or producer? Do you have a list of song ideas you want to professionally record and put out into the world? If so, this specialization is for you. The Writing and Producing Music in Your Home Studio specialization will provide you with the guidelines you need to develop a song from an original idea into a mastered production entirely on your own. With recording and production equipment more affordable than ever, it has become easier and more common for musicians to produce their own songs from the comfort of their own homes. You will begin with The Art of Music Production, where you’ll learn how to develop your artist identity, create a simple song idea, and discover tips for the trade that will make your music production journey smoother. You will continue to work with this song idea, developing the lyrics to communicate stronger emotions before setting them to music with our two courses, Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics and Songwriting: Writing the Music. Next, you will dive into vocal production with our Art of Vocal Production course, honing the industry-standard techniques to create an outstanding vocal performance of your song in a digital audio workstation (DAW). Finally, you will combine all your ideas to polish your original track, all from your home studio in Producing Music in Your Home Studio.
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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.
Instructors: Stephen Webber
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What you'll learn
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).
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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
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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
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Skills you'll gain
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
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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.
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Frequently asked questions
There is no prior knowledge necessary to complete this specialization, however it is recommended that you have an interest in songwriting and producing music in a DAW.
We recommend taking the course in the following order:
The Art of Music Production
Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics
Songwriting: Writing the Music
The Art of Vocal Production
Producing Music in the Home Studio
No, however each course has an associated for-credit course that is available at Berklee Online.
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