Building Blocks 1 & 2 Bundle

Learn Beat Composition in an Online Music Studio

Immerse yourself in an engaging educational journey through a fully-interactive online music studio where you compose original beats as you go. Building Blocks combines music theory, ear training, and DAW fundamentals into one seamless experience we call Beat Composition. Say goodbye to the chaotic pinball machine of disjointed YouTube videos, courses, and trial-and-error practice. Say hello to Building Blocks.

Throughout this online music composition course, you’ll be writing your own original music in our online music production studio. Every few lessons, you’ll be prompted to take what you’ve learned and write a drum pattern, bassline, chord progression, or melody. Sometimes you’ll be asked to write them together, or create a full beat from scratch. By the end of Building Blocks, you’ll have plenty of original music to jump-start new songs. And our MIDI Export feature will make it easier for you to transfer your music from Building Blocks to your DAW-of-choice.

Key Features:

• Compose Beats: Create beats with drum, bass, chord, and melody tracks.
• Drum Patterns: Utilize various feels and tempos with different types of drums, and use velocity to make your drums bounce and come to life.
• Basslines: Establish a strong groove and harmonic foundation with your basslines.
• Chord Progressions: Create complex and varied tonalities, use voice leading for polished progressions, and arpeggiate chords.
• Melodies: Write expressive melodies that connect with listeners using the phrasing of human speech.
• Piano Roll Navigation: Master the note editing interface found in today’s most popular DAWs.
• Music Theory Understanding: Gain an intuitive understanding of core music theory elements like rhythm, pitch, scales, tonality, and more.
• Ear Training: Develop your ear to take the notes you hear in your head and translate them to real life, and figure out the notes behind your favorite music.

A Proven Method: The Building Blocks course is brought to you by Audible Genius, creators of the award-winning synthesizer training app Syntorial. Using the same interactive ear-focused approach, Building Blocks provides a seamless and engaging learning experience for composition.

Testimonials:

“It’s all very well done, with a clear, logical progression and excellent production values. I learned a huge amount through Syntorial, and this is shaping up to be the same.” – Christopher H

“It’s been excellent for music production for multiple reasons. It helps with learning music theory from a new perspective while actually letting me practice and giving me exercises in a DAW environment.” – Justin W.

“I already know music theory and music production, but I would recommend this to anyone. The program does a great job breaking down basics of music theory to beginners in a fun and interactive way.” – Steve L.

Modernized Music Theory: Building Blocks has thrown out the traditional music theory rule book and created a new approach tailored to the needs of DAW-based musicians. Learning music theory in the Piano Roll is crucial for DAW-based musicians, providing a streamlined need-to-know approach.

Interactive Ear Training: Unlike other music production courses, Building Blocks includes interactive ear training challenges in almost every lesson. You’ll recreate hidden drum patterns, basslines, chord progressions, and melodies by ear, strengthening your ear and enabling you to create the music you hear and feel.

Level 1: Covers using core drums, writing bass rhythms, creating chord progressions, using phrasing, and understanding core music theory elements.

Level 2: Focuses on writing engaging melodies, infusing expression, navigating melodies over chord changes, writing basslines under chord changes, and advanced music theory concepts.