Rhythm Section Programming Class | New York
Drumming Insights
- →Step into the mindset of a drummer - realistic patterns and fills that groove with authenticity, and give your music a rhythmic heartbeat.
Guitar and Bass
- →Techniques that give programmed guitar and bass parts real musicality, creating layers that complement and enrich the whole.
Session Musician Secrets
- →How top session players approach their instruments, and the finesse and expression that sets them apart.
Rhythm Section Mastery
- →The backbone of the beat - the building blocks that bind a track together and push it forward.
In our students' words.
“This course is for anyone that wants to learn any style of production. The teachers are extremely versatile and can help you with all styles of electronic music.”
Zach Sternberg
Before you enrol.
Yes - ask admissions about rhythm section programming private instruction and we will pair you with a specialist.
Crafting realistic drum patterns and fills, writing musical guitar and bass parts, session musician technique, and treating the rhythm section as the backbone of the track.
Both. Every session runs in person in New York and live online at the same time.
No. The whole point is to program those parts convincingly without playing them - though what you learn about how players think will change how you write either way.
18 hours. Tuition is $999 when you book 14 or more days ahead, or $1,199 after that, plus a $200 registration fee.
18 hours - $999 (14+ days out) / $1,199 otherwise, + $200 registration
Ready when you are.
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