The Basics of Music Producing | Seth Mosley (Skillshare)

Offered by Skillshare,
The Basics of Music Producing | Seth Mosley (Skillshare)

This class provides a birds-eye-view of the basic formula the pros use for producing hit records. It doesn't take as much as you might think to get going. Find out more.

Produce Your Hit
For you students who took "The Basics of Songwriting" Course, this project is a continuation of the first course, where we had you write a song about the person or thing you love the most.
Now the assignment is, is to get the gear you need (or borrow it from a friend), and produce that song! Post it for the class as an mp3 and share some steps you took in creating it, any unique things about your production, any favorite samples, sounds plugins, or whatever you feel. We love to hear interesting ideas and we learn new tricks from you all the time!
Don't worry if you're a beginner. The most important thing is just to DO IT, and to PUT YOUR WORK OUT THERE.
The Pros weren't always pros. Remember sometimes you have to be brave enough to be "bad" before you are "great"!

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

How to 808: Beginner/Intermediate Guide to Creating/Mixing 808s for your beats in FL Studio (Skillshare) Skillshare
Skillshare

How to 808: Beginner/Intermediate Guide to Creating/Mixing 808s for your beats in FL Studio (Skillshare)

This class teaches you all the basics you will need to know when implementing 808's into your beats in FL studios. This class covers how to find 808 samples and import them into FL studio for use, how to use these samples to create punchy and simple bass lines for your samples/beats, and finally some easy tips to mix these 808s, such as sidechaining and EQ, to get them sounding perfect for your track. I have also included a few other producing tips such as stretching samples to ensure they are in time, etc.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
The Blues: Understanding and Performing an American Art Form (Coursera) Coursera
University of Rochester

The Blues: Understanding and Performing an American Art Form (Coursera)

The blues is an American art form and the most important musical form in jazz. Although there are other formal paradigms of the blues, such as 8-bar or 16-bar, this course focuses on different incarnations of the 12-bar blues. There are considerable differences between Early Jazz blues, Swing blues, Bebop blues, Modal blues, and Post Bop blues.

Nov 2nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Jazz Improvisation (Coursera) Coursera
Berklee College of Music

Jazz Improvisation (Coursera)

Learn the basic concepts of improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the jazz world, including the mental, melodic, and harmonic processes that contribute to the instinctive skills that an improviser puts to use when taking a solo. While many people are fans of jazz and understand that musicians are often “making up” the notes they are playing during a performance, most people—often including musicians, themselves, who are beginning to learn improvising—aren’t clear about what exact processes take place to enable this to happen. The purpose of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of modern improvisation and how to go about mastering the different musical and mental skills involved.

Nov 2nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Quick Mix: Low End (Skillshare) Skillshare
Skillshare

Quick Mix: Low End (Skillshare)

Quick Mix is going to be shorter lessons with practical tips so you can get the info and get out! In this class I will be showing EQ notching and sidechain techniques to help you get a much cleaner and tighter low end. I will show you how to find the frequencies you should be removing so your low end elements fit together like a puzzle. After that we'll use sidechain compression to make room between competing instruments.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Beat Making Magic for Music Producers (Skillshare) Skillshare
Skillshare

Beat Making Magic for Music Producers (Skillshare)

Are you ready to cook up fire beats that will sell, get placed, and allow you to live off your music?Successful music producers all have one thing in common. We cook up beats like top tier chefs using high quality ingredients, recipes, and special sauces. Beat Making Magic is a video course designed to give you all the secret formulas you need to crank out bangers in any genre of urban music (trap, west coast g-funk, east coast boom bap, etc).

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Making Music in FL Studio 12: Introduction to the Basics (Skillshare) Skillshare
Skillshare

Making Music in FL Studio 12: Introduction to the Basics (Skillshare)

Calling all music enthusiasts and seasoned producers alike -- join me in this introductory lesson and learn the basics of this truly powerful music creation software, FL Studio 12. Learn how to quickly create patterns, arrange compositions and export tracks. In this class, you’ll gain valuable workflow and production tips and tricks, as well as a basic understanding of FL Studio signal flow, sequencing and composition.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Ear Training Starts Here - Identify The Notes (Skillshare) Skillshare
Skillshare

Ear Training Starts Here - Identify The Notes (Skillshare)

It's time to start hear music in pro ears. Evreyone enjoys listening to music, but what about enjoy plus understand what you hear? Ear Training Starts Here is a course that teach you the super importnat (and fun!) skill for evrey musican: Identify the notes that you hear if you'r saying: sounds nice, but I have the hearing of a deaf person...than I'm here to tell you that you also can hear and start recognize the notes! It's NOT something you are born with. It's NOT relate to Perfect Pitch.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Brand & Culture: Branding in Contemporary Classical Music (Skillshare) Skillshare
Skillshare

Brand & Culture: Branding in Contemporary Classical Music (Skillshare)

In order to get a grip on this continuously changing musical landscape, it is necessary to formulate a strategy with the characteristics of your brand firmly in mind. That’s why we provide exercises and models that help you gain a new perspective on you and your work, that help you reframe your activities and that reveal possible avenues to a successful future.

Self Paced
Self-Paced