Produce a Funky Nu Disco Track in Ableton Live

Make a track in the styles of contemporary Disco House Producers

This course is ideal for those of you who wish to develop their sound within the Nu Disco Funky House genres. In this course you will find a whole range of skills to learn and take into your own productions once completed. The track you will produce here has a selection of staple sounds that are associated with Disco & Funk music which have been produced using House music techniques. The arrangement sections in this course are a great way to take your composing skills to a new level. In this course you will gain plenty of insight into the fundamentals required for this type of music.

What you’ll learn

  • Music arrangement.
  • song structure in a digital composition.
  • chord playing and drum programming.
  • mixing skills.

Course Content

  • Introduction –> 1 lecture • 6min.
  • Lesson 1 The Beats –> 1 lecture • 8min.
  • Lesson 3 Keys and Synths –> 1 lecture • 8min.
  • Lesson 4 Synths –> 1 lecture • 12min.
  • Lesson 5 Vocal Tuning and Lead Synth –> 1 lecture • 12min.
  • Lesson 6 Chorus Chords and Riffs –> 1 lecture • 9min.
  • Lesson 7 Starting the arrangement –> 1 lecture • 7min.
  • Lesson 8 Building the arrangement further –> 1 lecture • 6min.
  • Lesson 9 Further Arranging –> 1 lecture • 6min.
  • Lesson 10 Continuing Arranging –> 1 lecture • 6min.
  • Lesson 11 Final Arrangement Outro –> 1 lecture • 12min.
  • Lesson 12 Mixing the drums –> 1 lecture • 11min.
  • Lesson 13 Mixing the Bass –> 1 lecture • 11min.
  • Lesson 14 Final Mixdown –> 1 lecture • 13min.

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This course is ideal for those of you who wish to develop their sound within the Nu Disco Funky House genres. In this course you will find a whole range of skills to learn and take into your own productions once completed. The track you will produce here has a selection of staple sounds that are associated with Disco & Funk music which have been produced using House music techniques. The arrangement sections in this course are a great way to take your composing skills to a new level. In this course you will gain plenty of insight into the fundamentals required for this type of music.

 

If you think about the producers who are listed below, you will understand the type of Nu Disco sound you will be producing.

Mousse T

Crazy P

Hot Toddy

 

The key components you will learn are

Installing VST

Playing bass lines

adding chords and a variety of keyboard riffs.

Tuning vocal samples

Adding sound effects for transitional impact

mixing down your drums and instruments.

 

This course has been designed to make it an easy to follow video tutorial where the instructions are clear and simple which make the course a much more pleasing experience for you.

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