In this session, I will be meeting with Mike P, Greek producer who has decided to help me with with the production aspect of the project. After showing him my current brainstorm for the song, I hope to get some more ideas and develop a clear plan.

Notes

• Available Friday nights (8:30 or 9:30), Saturday for next two weeks (14/21) at 5, Sunday from 5 or 6
  • Monday and Tuesday mornings at 12
• I need to use Ableton 10.1 (not higher)
  • If I can’t I can export at 44.100 Hz and 24 bit-depth and .wav format
  • Try to export with everything at the start
• Record Guitar track around 12th fret with a condenser mic
  • Don’t record in the corner, try to be the center of the room where there is no echo
• Let’s write a good song!
• I’ll try and lay a basic track down before our first meeting so that we can build off it
• We’re aiming to create a real track and not just a beat
• Around 30 Euros per lesson

Session 1

• Had to export everything into Abeloton by isolating the tracks
• 808s are usually a synth that are put into sub lab
  • Put the low 808 sample then add 1/16 notes at higher points
• Or you can use a sampler
  • Every program has one really
  • Drag the samples in to a midi channel
    • Go to the sample that you decide to use
    • Change the root to the correct note between the sample and the sampler
• Taking the EQ, looking at the frequencies you don’t want (like too much low end)
• Then add distortion
• I need to add a few things in the next session