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.
InquireSampling: The Donut Shop
Sampling as hip-hop's central art - its history and debate, crate digging, recording vinyl cleanly, warping and organising samples, and finding the moment worth sampling.
Read →Synthesis and Melody: Champion Sound
Writing strong hip-hop melodies and leads, sound design fundamentals, and two classic synth recipes - the West Coast G-funk whine and trap bells.
Read →Beats and Pieces: The Breaks That Built Hip-Hop
The classic drum breaks every hip-hop producer should know - Funky Drummer, Amen Brother, Impeach the President, When the Levee Breaks - and how to loop, chop and flip them into a beat of your own.
Read →Programming Hip-Hop Drums
Boom bap and trap drums from scratch - tempo, kick and snare foundations, swing and groove, hi-hat rolls, layering, found sounds, giving drums a human feel, and EQ and compression for a hard-hitting kit.
Read →Lyricists Lounge
Recording & Mixing Vocals RECORDING SESSION WITH ARTIST This will be your time to learn how to record, engineer and work with a professional rapper in the studio. MIXING VOCALS There are 4 main factors to consider. PART 1: Getting your mix under control and removing any harsh frequencies. » Solo you
Read →Mixtape
Arrangement OVERVIEW At this point, we looked at writing and sketching out some ideas, maybe even started to create 4 to 8 bar loops. Next we should consider extending these ideas into fully arranged composition. Before we discuss arrangement, I want to share a project with you. Common Song Phrases
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