El Dorado Hills, CA Music Recording Lessons

Understanding your DAW, FX Plugins, Mixing, Mastering and much more.

use pro tools, mic techniques,hardware, and various recorders

I've been recording most of my life and have that experience to share with my students.

Will learn the fundamentals of recording and production.

Learn the basics of sound engineering. We'll start with basic concepts like comparing microphones and other studio gear and eventually dive deeper into the components of digital audio workstations (DAW) such as Logic and Pro Tools. We'll talk about audio edits, punches, looping, trimming, balancing, EQing and other effects, VSTs, MIDI, and music production.

With technology getting better and cheaper at the same time, you can use a computer or an Ipad and create good recordings, but how? In this class we are going to talk about the principles of good recording techniques.

We will go over mike placement, how to set up a home studio so you dont have reflections in your sound, how to use a pop filter. We will talk about how to prepare to send your music to a mixing engineer and much more!

Music recording can include a wide array of subjects, but I will happily get you started on your journey. Whether it is field recording, foley work, or just wanting to learn to use your recording software, I will walk with you through the process.

If found sound and is your passion, but you're not sure where to get started, we'll go through the basics of the equipment you need and the philosophy of what "found sound" entails.

If you're interested in sound effects and foley for your film but aren't sure where to begin, we will go over these ideas in depth and begin to build your own personal sound effects library. Then we'll go over the basics of recording software and how to use it.

If you have music production software, but aren't sure how to use it, I can teach you everything from basic to more intermediate levels of recording; including where, what, and how to use microphones and how to get the most out of them, adding effects to your tracks, mixing techniques, what ...

I firmly believe that experiencing music and being inquisitive are invaluable to learning how to play music. Studying music is not just about learning the material and regurgitating it, but discovering why a moment of music is cool and examining what about that moment makes it hit you in the right spot. I will be the guide that the student needs when he or she does not know where to go with his or her studies, but I want to encourage students to bring in music they want to learn, or discuss music that they think is cool and use that as a jumping off point into our lessons.