Music Production / Engineering Programs in Los Angeles

Garnish Music Production School, West Hollywood:
Ideally located on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood CA, Garnish Music Production School is a commercial recording, programming and mixing facility, with award-winning instructors delivering cutting-edge 6-week music production Diploma courses for adults in small class sizes. We provide weekday, weekend, and evening study options, with 6 hours of training per week. From technical courses like Ableton Live and Pro Tools, to creative topics such as Songwriting, Mixing & Mastering, our programs are designed for people who just want to get straight to the point and produce quality music in their style, fast!

Intensive 6-week Music Production Diploma Courses:
Our music production diploma courses are generally run over a six-week period, with six teaching hours per week. If you attend one of our evening courses, there are two three-hour evening sessions per week, otherwise your weekly material will be covered in a single information-rich day. We know that committing to a six-week course isn’t always easy, so if you can’t make a session we’ll do our best to arrange for you to catch up on a future cycle.

Electronic Music Production (EMP)
Learn to produce electronic music (EMP) in Los Angles No matter what your style, you will be shown how to craft your tunes, and build them from the ground up. Our instructors are all professional producers and electronic music specialists, and they will help you get the sounds you want out of your head and into your DAW, sharing the techniques and tricks they’ve built up from years of experience. Weekly modules include:

- Week 1 – Beats and Pieces
- Week 2 – Subtractive Synthesis
- Week 3 – Huge Sounds Using Wavetable & Additive Synthesis
- Week 4 – Granular & Frequency Modulation Synthesis, and Advanced Groove Techniques
- Week 5 – Arranging & Track Analytics
- Week 6 – Out Of The Box & Mixing Electronic Music

Electronic Sound Design (ESD) 
Our advanced course in Electronic Sound Design is suited to experienced producers whose focus is on electronic music and sound design, keen to widen their armoury of skills and add the final polish to their dance and electronic tracks. You will explore an entire new world of creative tools and sound-morphing toys, many of which are free using Reaktor and all of which will save you valuable time on your mission to achieve the original sounds you need. Weekly modules include:

- Week 1 – Sound Science & SPEAR
- Week 2 – Sound Design & Music for Media & Video Games
- Week 3 – Glitch
- Week 4 – Up, Down & Sampling
- Week 5 – Reaktor
- Week 6 – Real World In-The-Box Mixing Electronic Music Masterclass

Hit Songwriting Course
If you aspire to be a songwriter then our hit songwriting course will equip you with many indispensable skills as you delve into the art of writing hit songs. Weekly course topics include:

- Session 1 – Introduction to The Craft of Songwriting
- Session 2 – Music Theory-Melody & Chords
- Session 3 – Melodic Rhythm and Further Lyric Concepts
- Session 4 – Writing Hooks & Hit Choruses
- Session 5 – From Theory To Practice
- Session 6 – Co-Writing With A No.1 Hit Selling Songwriter

Pro Tools 10 Course
Our six-week Pro Tools course based in Los Angeles provides an in-depth introduction to producing high quality music. It doesn’t matter what genre your music is, if you use Pro Tools to create your tracks, this course will cover the essential music production and engineering skills you need. Weekly topics include:

- Week 1 – Introduction and setup, computers, programming MIDI.
- Week 2 – Making Your Own Unique Sounds
- Week 3 – Sound Engineering and Recording Techniques
- Week 4  – Advanced Editing and Production Tricks
- Week 5 – Using Samples and Loops.
- Week 6 – Tips, tricks and Preparing to Mix

Ableton Live 9 Course
Our six-week Ableton 9 course based in Los Angeles introduces all the essential skills you need to create and perform your own music using this software, whatever style of music you make. Weekly course topics include:

- Week 1 – Getting set up: Audio and the preferences window
- Week 2 – Creating With Audio & MIDI
- Week 3 – Recording Techniques and Introduction to Mixing
- Week 4 – MIDI Tracks and Composing with Virtual Instruments
- Week 5 – DJing and Live Performance
- Week 6 – Advanced Techniques

Mixing & Mastering
Learn the Art of Mixing & Mastering in Los Angles. In this course you will learn a host of classic mixing techniques, as well as newer, innovative tricks used by the best in the industry. Our course tutors are all established mix engineers, and they will share their tips and tricks as they cover everything you need to create great mixes. Weekly topics include:

- Week 1 – EQ, Environment, Acoustics and Separation
- Week 2 – Dynamics
- Week 3 – Reverbs, Delays and Other FX
- Week 4 – Vocals, Automation and Getting Creative in the Mix Process
- Week 5 – Out Of The Box
- Week 6 – Mastering

Logic Pro 9 Course
Our six-week Logic course based in Los Angeles is suitable for both beginners as well as self-taught learners wishing to fill in gaps and use Logic properly to make all genres of music. Weekly courses include:

- Week 1 – The Basics
- Week 2 – Instruments & FX
- Week 3 – Sampling
- Week 4 – Sound Engineering and Recording Techniques
- Week 5 – Arranging In Logic & Advanced Midi
- Week 6 – Advanced Audio & Introduction to Mixing

Electronic Music DJ School
Suitable for beginners, and learners who have played around at home, and want to fill gaps and learn from a professional DJ with a track record playing top venues up and down the country. The quickest way to learn how to DJ electronic music, is to be taught in a group environment so you can interact not only with an instructor, but with your fellow learners at our unique electronic music DJ school here in Los Angeles. At the end of your course, you will play out at a top Hollywood club (venue TBC) live infront of a crowd! Weekly topics include:

- Session 1 – Equipment, set up, and ready to go
- Session 2 – In ‘n’ Out (not lunch!)
- Session 3 – Building a Set
- Session 4 – FX
- Session 5 – Software
- Session 6 – Recording and editing your demo mix