Songwriting & Music Production In GarageBand- A Total Guide!
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Try Udemy for Business- Master the GarageBand interface and be able to comfortably navigate its features
- Discover and master six powerful songwriting tools that GarageBand offers you for creative songwriting
- Learn to use the tools that GarageBand offers you for high quality music production (a beginner's guide to recording, editing, mixing, and mastering your music!)
- Learn to build your own home studio from scratch using high quality, budget friendly equipment and learn to set it all up step by step!
- Update to the latest version of GarageBand! (*NOTE: GarageBand is only available for Apple/Mac products, there is not a PC/Windows version!)
- No previous experience needed!
- This course is dedicated to the OS version of GarageBand (laptop/desktop) NOT the iOS version of GarageBand (iPad/iPhone)
Is this course for you?? Check out these reviews from recent students-
"Wow. I just learned more in 15 minutes than I did in an entire semester of a digital music class I took in college." -Jordan Miller
"I rarely leave reviews for anything but I had to leave one for this course! I've always wanted to record my music but thought it was too complicated... This course helped me get past those misconceptions and I am now recording all the time with ease... This instructor is easy to follow and really funny which makes it fun to watch. And the quality of these video lessons are incredible... I would recommend it to anyone looking to grow in recording their own music through GarageBand." -Austin St.Laurent
"Very informative, practical, easy to understand, funny and it's getting me excited to write music!" -Sam Masterson
"Great course on Garageband and thorough introduction to modern music production techniques." -George Theotokis
"Hands down the best introduction to GarageBand out there. Dean takes it from the basics, but fills in enough detail to keep the course engaging and inspiring even if you have a little experience with the program already. He has a really fun teaching style, which makes for an entertaining as well as informative course. Probably the best thing about it is the fact that there are lots of examples of real songs Dean has written and produced in GarageBand. These aren't just great for demoing GarageBand techniques, but they're also pretty inspirational as jump boards for your own songwriting too. Really happy with the course - recommend it wholeheartedly for anyone just starting out, or returning to GarageBand after a long time away!" -Richard West-Soley
Are you a SONGWRITER who is eagar to write, record, and mix your music in GarageBand but you have no idea how to get started?! This course is designed to take you on a step by step journey through the entire lifecycle of your song. We'll learn how to write, record, edit, mix, and master your music with high quality!
In section 1, we'll start by mastering the basics of the GarageBand interface and then discover the powerful songwriting tools that GarageBand offers you for creative, dynamic songwriting.
In section 2, we'll dive into the tools that GarageBand offers for producing- recording, editing, mixing, & mastering- your music with high quality (and have a lesson on how to share & sell your music online for free)!
In Section 3, we'll look at how to build your own home studio from scratch using budget friendly equipment and then we'll learn how to set everything up step by step!
This course finishes with a CHALLENGE to take what you've learned and put it into practice by writing and producing an original song! You will then have the opportunity to share your song with our Udemy student community for encouragement and feedback!
Now, don't worry! If any of these topics intimidate you, we are going to break down each one of them in detail and make them easy to understand and simple to execute in your projects. You do NOT have to have any prior knowledge of GarageBand or music production to master the content in this course!
- Beginner & intermediate songwriters who want to learn how to write, record, edit, mix, and master their music in GarageBand with high quality
- Songwriters and musicians who want to build a high quality home studio on a budget & set it up with ease
- Singers/musicians who want to learn to master the GarageBand software and begin to write and record music from home
- Singers who don't play an instrument but would like to start arranging music using digital instrumentation in GarageBand
Before you get started, I highly recommend that you update to the latest version of GarageBand (10.2)! It's not hard to do, just watch this 30 second video to see how!
Get a roadmap of where we are going in the Songwriting section of this course!
The majority of songwriters never finish & release any of their music! Why is that? We'll take a look a one big reason in this video! The rest of this course is dedicated to helping you overcome this specific roadblock so that you can become one of the few songwriters who finishes and
In this video, we start diving into one of GarageBand's most exciting songwriting+production tools- MIDI Instruments! Watch this video to find out what MIDI Instruments are and why they are so powerful for your songwriting process! (... and how they are the building blocks for making pop & electronic music!)
To finish our discussion on MIDI Instruments we'll talk briefly about two practicals:
1. How to download all the latest MIDI Instruments GarageBand currently offers
2. How to hook up your MIDI controller (+A recommendation on which MIDI controller I use!)
That's right, you read it correctly! This song was created in my home studio using budget equipment and GarageBand!
Are you a songwriter who doesn't play the drums?! No worries! GarageBand offers you an incredible feature called the Session Drummer, which gives you a library of digital drummers (acoustic & electronic) that write drum performances to fit your song! You can even adjust the Session Drummer's performance to make sure it matches your song!
When you talk about using GarageBand to make music some people ask, "Can you actually make high quality music in GarageBand?". For the answer to that question, check out this video!
What in the world is the Arpeggiator?! Great question! Essentially, the Arpeggiator turns you into a piano player! Check out this video to find out how the Arpeggiator allows you to take very simple piano lines and turn them into complex lead lines... by simply clicking a few buttons!
What if I told you that GarageBand offers you an immensely creative band member who plays every instrument imaginable and this band member allows you to use any of his ideas in your songs for free?! Let me introduce you to Apple Loops!
Collaboration is a powerful songwriting tool that helps you maximize your creative efforts by pulling on the strength of others around you. What's that you said? The person you want to write with doesn't have a schedule that matches up with yours and they don't live nearby? Check out one way to collaborate with your writing partners digitally!
Editing helps us eliminate sounds that we don't want to hear in our recordings. (After all, it would be a shame for little, annoying noises to distract listeners from your great song!) More than deleting unwanted sounds, editing also helps us tighten up our musical performances so that they sound more powerful and professional!
What is cake without icing?! In mixing, Track Effects work as the "icing" on the "cake" of your song adding subtle hints of warmth and color. You may not know how to effect your tracks, but that's ok, because as usual, GarageBand makes it easy with one click presets!
Have you ever wanted to use AutoTune on your vocals to get that classic "T-Pain Effect"?! Maybe you've just wanted to use gentle pitch correction to sharpen your vocal performance. Check out this video on using GarageBand's Pitch Correction feature for subtle and dramatic pitch correction!
Mastering allows us to raise the volume of our track and add subtle hints of warmth and color. Sounds nice... but how in the world do I do that?! What if I told you it was as easy as ONE click?! Check out this video to see how to master your music in one click! (Well, maybe it will take a few clicks...)
You've taken time to write an amazing song. You've taken more time to polish that song by putting it through the production process. It's just natural that now you would want to share that song with others! Check out this video for 1 great resource for sharing and selling your music online!
Every home studio needs a few key items. In this video we'll dive into 10 things that you'll want to have in your studio!