Third Year – Developing Producer Skills

🎯 Goals

  • Create polished, original compositions
  • Understand EQ, automation, and effects
  • Collaborate on group projects

🎹 Term 1: Music Genres

  • Explore genres such as Hip-Hop, EDM, Pop, and Classical
  • Recreate a simple track in a chosen genre
  • Use synths and samplers

🎙 Term 2: Audio Recording & Editing

  • Use a microphone to record voice or instruments
  • Cut, trim, and fade audio regions
  • Add reverb, delay, and pitch shift

🎚 Term 3: Mixing and Automation

  • Introduction to mixing concepts: volume, panning, EQ
  • Use automation for dynamic effects (e.g., volume fades)
  • Mastering basics: bouncing and exporting high-quality audio

✨ Term 4: Group Music Project

  • Plan and produce a song with a partner or small group
  • Assign roles (beat maker, melody writer, mixer, etc.)
  • Peer feedback and revisions
🎵 Project: Group song production with a final showcase performance