📖 Order your Mixing & Mastering Cheat Sheet Binder: https://courses.mastering.com/csb_info?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=CSB&utm_campaign=MusicProdBeginnerCourse 📁 Get the free resources for this video here: https://courses.mastering.com/resource?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=CSB&utm_campaign=MusicProdBeginnerCourse -- Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:09 - Zooming Out 00:07:00 - Essential Tools 00:22:03 - Setting Up Your Space 00:28:49 - Essential Software/Hardware Setup 00:40:50 - Intro to the DAW 01:26:14 - The Language of Music 01:40:09 - Creating Chord Progressions 01:53:58 - Rhythm 02:09:33 - Creating Your First Beat 02:39:15 - Creating Melodies and Basslines 03:05:52 - Structure 03:49:19 - Arrangement 04:02:34 - The Energy Arc 04:05:47 - Creative Layering & Editing 04:29:28 - Generating Ideas 04:34:23 - Sound Design & Synths 04:57:03 - Choosing the Right Sounds 05:01:09 - Expanding your Sounds 05:19:30 - How to Use Effects 05:36:30 - Automation 05:50:25 - Finishing Your Song 06:18:26 - The LETS START Formula 06:23:16 - How to Study Songs 06:57:32 - Developing a Signature Sound 07:28:14 - Producing a Song from Scratch 09:41:47 - Continuing Your Journey Music Licenses 🎵 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Taste by Sabrina Carpenter, https://lickd.lnk.to/hC3BGJID License ID: ZKeAP2lZoqD If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/8ab74f92df444d3a9afffd90bb27bd68 Yellow by Coldplay, https://lickd.lnk.to/0jCwe5ID License ID: O3DYZOn2epY If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/8ab74f92df444d3a9afffd90bb27bd68 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. HiiiPower by Kendrick Lamar, https://lickd.lnk.to/IciHI6ID License ID: 3ElR8ek7Jgv If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/b6d9924677554852b8888aa1107b2e6d Memories (feat. Kid Cudi) [2021 Remix] by David Guetta, https://lickd.lnk.to/x9g8QEID License ID: 5Xp1ZKrZ3xy If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/b6d9924677554852b8888aa1107b2e6d Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet, https://lickd.lnk.to/XLPNRUID License ID: QMX6m84O0pY If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/b6d9924677554852b8888aa1107b2e6d Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, https://lickd.lnk.to/1TEthSID License ID: V9eglD1ywPo If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/b6d9924677554852b8888aa1107b2e6d Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter, https://lickd.lnk.to/7dKovjID License ID: rb89Nq4DaYd If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/b6d9924677554852b8888aa1107b2e6d :musical_note: Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators Don't Start Now by Dua Lipa, https://t.lickd.co/yzaVwAwbvXZ License ID: M8qN6ajAqeQ Try Lickd FREE for 14 days for unlimited stock music and get 50% off your first mainstream track: https://app.lickd.co/r/b6d9924677554852b8888aa1107b2e6d 🎵 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Yellow by Coldplay, https://lickd.lnk.to/0jCwe5ID!Mastering%E2%80%A4com License ID: Ja03YrglAXY If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/b6d9924677554852b8888aa1107b2e6d