When & Where

Quick Facts

  • Availability Yes
  • Tutor Jonathan Trott
  • Course Code W24MPPL02A
  • Suitable For 19 year olds and up are permitted on this course

What you will learn

Have you written songs but never managed to taken them any further? This intensive course will allow you to convert your songwriting ideas into either a sequenced backing track in Logic Pro or a demo version recorded live in the studio (or a combination of the two!). Working with songwriting and music production tutors, you will need to have finished or near-complete songs ready to go. These will be workshopped and then transformed into demos that you can use promote yourself or even simply to sing over when practising.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Create backing tracks for your songs in Logic Pro using built-in loops and virtual instruments
  • Transfer your original ideas to digital form
  • Organise parts for musicians to add live recordings to your music

Class format and activities

This will be a series of workshops in the classroom and studio. It will feature demonstrations, 1-2-1 feedback and studio sessions.

Entry requirements

This course is suitable for beginners, but you should have a strong interest in music and some ideas for songs, ready to be developed.

What you need to know before you enrol

You should have some music material either completed or nearly complete, so that they can be worked on in class and in Logic. You should bring musical material in whatever form you can, such as mp3, musical score or lyrics

What you need

Pen and paper to make notes or develop your ideas, a USB drive to save your work.

What you can do next

Songwriting, Logic Pro, Mixing and Mastering courses beginning in September