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Artists in the making, if you’re wondering how to channel your creativity while self-isolating, or rather, use the time to up-skill, some leading global institutions are offering their courses as free virtual lessons. Ahead, we bring the best ones available for music enthusiasts—whether your point of interest is songwriting, production, or making it big in the business. Pick one—or more—today and get started right from your living room.
If being able to record and produce professional music has been on your wish list, this online course is a good place to begin. Over the period of four weeks, develop a clear vision as an artist and producer; learn the technical aspects of production, which include recording techniques and using industry standard tools; and finally apply the knowledge you have gained by handling your own project from the pre-production stage through recording, mixing and mastering stages.
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Interested in the technical as well as aesthetic details of music? This free course from CALARTS will allow you to learn the relationship between the two, and study classical, modern, ancient, pop, jazz, and folk styles—not by looking at the theory, but by hearing, seeing, and writing yourself.
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The leading global institute’s virtual course introduces students to strategies for writing European art music. Learn the theories of voice leading and texture, in addition to relevant compositional concepts like repetition, variation and so on.
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Why are only a few dozen scales, from billions that are possible, preferred by humans across the world? Study about everything from the emotions music elicits, to our auditory perceptions, in a biological framework during this course.
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Self-isolation could be a great time channel those thoughts into something a little more poetic, like song writing. This course will help you tailor words and phrases so you can express your thoughts in a clear manner, enable you to utilise various rhyming techniques to evoke particular emotions, and allow you to effectively work with tools that are available to you. The assignments will still be relevant if, along with lyrically, you also like to work musically.
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Aiming to launch your career in the music business? Now may be just the right time to begin upskilling and planning. Learn how to make your way to the industry as an artist, producer, manager or an agent through this free-of-cost course. The modules impart both theoretical and practical knowledge as you get an overview of how the space functions, and a know-how of copyright laws, generating revenue as well as building a fanbase among other essential subjects.
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