Hip Hop Production Class | New York
The Styles
- →Boom Bap and Lo-Fi
- →East Coast, West Coast and Southern
- →Trap - the sound, and the swing behind it
Drums and 808s
- →Drums that hit: selection, layering and processing
- →808s that rumble - tuning, glide and distortion
- →Swing, quantise, and finding the pocket
Sampling
- →Finding, chopping and flipping samples
- →Time stretching, pitching and filtering
- →Staying on the right side of clearance
Synthesis for Hip Hop
- →Keys, leads and pads built from scratch
- →Using synthesis to find a signature sound
Recording and Writing
- →Recording the vocal, and writing to the beat
- →Arranging a track that holds attention start to finish
Mix and Master
- →Mixing a beat so it translates off your headphones
- →Mastering it to stand up next to what is on the radio
In our students' words.
“I took the Garnish class and it opened up my eyes to the fundamentals of production.”
J-Dog (Hollywood Undead)
Before you enrol.
No. Most of the tools used are free, so there is no plugin shopping list attached to the course.
Boom Bap, Lo-Fi, East Coast, West Coast, Southern and trap.
18 hours. Tuition is $999 when you book 14 or more days ahead, or $1,199 after that, plus a $200 registration fee.
Yes - you should know your way around your DAW. If you are not there yet, take one of our DAW courses first and come back to this.
Yes - ask admissions about hip hop production private instruction and we will pair you with a specialist.
Yes. Every session runs in person in New York and live online at the same time.
18 hours - $999 (14+ days out) / $1,199 otherwise, + $200 registration
Ready when you are.
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