Welcome to DRUM PROGRAMMING MASTERCLASS: PART 3!

This is a class designed for music producers who are ready to get serious about drum programming. The art of programming drums on a MIDI grid, in drum machines, or with audio files can be tricky to master, but when you finish this class, your tracks will have the extra energy that comes from professional drum tracks.

Dr. Allen is a professional musician, top-rated Udemy instructor, and university professor. In 2017 the Star Tribune featured him as a "Mover and a Shaker," and he is recognized by the Grammy Foundation for his music education classes.
 

I'll be using Ableton Live and some Logic in this course, but it will be easy to following along on whatever program you are most comfortable with. We will start the class off with basic rhythm theory, and learning where (typically) we put the kick, the snare, and the hi-hats. Then we will learn to adapt that pattern to work for a number of different styles. 

DRUM PROGRAMMING MASTERCLASS, PART 3: ADVANCED DRUM PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES is a comprehensive class - that means there are three (3!) different classes that together make the complete sequence. This is Part 3. 

Also in the class we will be doing a number of analysis projects. That just means we will load up some tracks, and re-construct the beat in the track. Doing this will help us to see how those beats are built, and guide us in making our own beats. 

• Tools of the trade

• Finding the beat in a track

• Matching swing settings (or not)

• Using multiple beats on the same track

• Programming Hip Hop Beats

• Transitions and the Beat

• "The Breath"

• Transition Examples

• Fills

• Sidechaining (side-chain)

• Programming Footwork beats

• Syncopation

• Pitch and Drums

• Tuning Kick samples

• Melodic Percission

• Mixing drums

• Frequency space and drums

• Programming Funk

• Programming Glitch

• Using Glitch plugins

• FREE plugins for advanced techniques

• ... And much more!!!
  
  

Analysis Tracks:

• Snoop Dogg: Nothing But a G Thang

• Eminem: Loose Yourself

• Dessa: Skeleton Key

• Boylen: High Life

• DJ Slugo: 114799

• The Meters: Cissy Strut

• James Brown: Cold Sweat

• Prince: Sexy MF

• The Winstons: Amen Brother
  
  

You will not have another opportunity to learn Beat Programming in a more comprehensive way that this. Start here.

The course is a roadmap to MAKING STUNNING TRACKS with better drums.

All the tools you need to produce great drum tracks are included in this course and the entire course is based on real-life experiences - not just academic theory.

Please click the "Take This Course" button so you can start making better tracks today.