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Music Production

Start music production: make your first beat

Use BandLab’s free browser studio to program drums, write chords and a bass line, and mix a finished beat.

By the end you’ll have made: A one-minute beat, mixed and shared

Time to learn

≈ 6 h 57 min

That’s about 52 long showers.

1 h 37 min watching · 4 h 45 min practising · 35 min on quizzes and games

3 modules · 15 lessons

Start lesson one

Modules

  1. Week 1Find your way around the studio

    ≈ 1 h 30 min · 30 beats
    1. A tour of BandLab Studio (part 1 of 2)8:03
    2. A tour of BandLab Studio (part 2 of 2)8:13
    3. Make your first beat (part 1 of 2)5:22
    4. Make your first beat (part 2 of 2)5:31
    5. Find your way around the studio gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  2. Week 2Write the music

    ≈ 3 h 10 min · 54 songs
    1. Compose your own music (part 1 of 2)5:06
    2. Compose your own music (part 2 of 2)5:15
    3. Make a bass line from your chords6:58
    4. Create 808 beats8:22
    5. Add swing7:01
    6. Create fills5:32
    7. Write the music gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  3. Week 3Mix and finish

    ≈ 2 h 17 min · 46 beats
    1. Set your levels9:00
    2. Use effects to improve your mix (part 1 of 2)5:27
    3. Use effects to improve your mix (part 2 of 2)5:36
    4. Mix for clarity (part 1 of 2)5:56
    5. Mix for clarity (part 2 of 2)6:05
    6. Mix and finish gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up