Welcome to Garrett Kato's

SONGWRITING AND PRODUCTION
MASTERCLASS

I am so excited to share with you the music philosophies and techniques I've acquired over the years as an artist and a platinum-award selling producer.

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Topic-specific masterclasses presented by Garrett Kato

19 modules delivered straight to your inbox, so you can learn at your own pace

Aspiring song-writers and independent artists, from beginner to intermediate

Interact with Garrett Kato throughout your studies via the private Facebook group

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Part One - a more philosophical look at songwriting methods and techniques that can help you write faster and more confidently. It's based on my learnings from time I've spent both writing and producing songs, seeing what often works and what doesn't.

Part Two - a more technical look at music production. There are endless ways to mix and produce a song, but it's often knowing what to use at the right time when the magic really happens. I'll take you through all the tricks and methods I've found useful over the years of producing and mixing, including delving into more complex processing and fx's.

Course Outline

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Basic Structure & Concepts

Finding methods to create more effective lyrics, melodies, and emotional communication in your song for the listener.

Originality of Failure

Coming to grips with the anxiety and expectations of releasing and recording music and how to overcome them.

Creative Spaces

Finding a private creative space to work in can be challenging but is essential to the success of every writer.

Logic (DAW)

This will give you the basic concepts to work confidently on both logic and garage band.

Rhythm & Tempo

Finding the importance of tempo and rhythm in your song and exploring new possibilities and textures to your sound.

Live Performance vs Studio Performance

Creating basic survival skills for both sides of the art. While these both share similarities they are worlds apart in perfecting the craft.

Guitar Mic Set Up

Getting your acoustic guitar sound dialled to perfection. This module takes you through the proper microphone placement and techniques and using polar patterns to your advantage to create the best acoustic guitar sounds. Level up your acoustic guitar tone with this new module.

Gain Structure

This is a simple and easy yet vital part of production how to get clean tones and performances with proper mic techniques and placement.

This tool is basically a volume control for frequencies, but also so much more. We'll dive into the best tactics for getting your songs to sound balanced and even.

Compressors

Compression is the most subtle, but most effective part of mixing and tracking. It can bring a song to life and is the key component in almost all of the best recordings in the world.

This is a basic understanding of some of the most popular fx plugins to create new and interesting sounds for your songs.

Bussing

This will be a crash course in bussing signals inside your mix. At first, this may sound confusing, but once utilized it can be one of the most powerful tools in production.

Saturation

This is a very important part of creating a vibe and polish on a mix. Saturation is a harmonic distortion that can glue and give sources a more warm and interesting tone.

Mix Buss

An often-misunderstood concept, buss compression can take a flat sounding track and bring it to life. Buss compression is the mixing and mastering engineers secret weapon to create exciting, punchy, tight mixes that will translate on many different listening platforms. Learn the ins and outs of how to maximise your potential of your songs.

Vocal Mic Placement

A crash course in recording and producing vocals. This module takes you through best techniques and strategies to get the best vocal sound and performance possible. Which mics to use, and how to keep the creative momentum of the session and performance.

Vocal Comping

Vocals are the most essential part of any songwriter. This will show you how to control and create the most compelling and accurate performances using editing techniques to take your voice to the next level.

Vocal Chain

A run through of my personal vocal chain and how I achieved my vocal sound. This module explores the in-depth process of mixing professional vocals, from compression and eq to effects and tuning. Get inspired and learn some of the most effective processes in modern day productions.

Creativity vs Curiosity

This Segment explores how to keep a positive attitude while creating and how to combat writer's block and to draw inspiration from others without risking plagiarism.

Maintain Expectations

It’s easy to become overwhelmed with the to-do list of creating a record or even a single track with these tools it will help you manage to stay on track and stay consistent through the entire process.

GARRETT KATO SONGWRITING AND PRODUCTION MASTERCLASS
Price$95.00

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