Release Year: 2019
Producer: MasterClass
Producer’s Website: masterclass
Author: Timbaland
Duration: 180.02 min.
Type of Material Shared: Video Lesson
Example Files: WATCH
Video Format: TS
Video: 1720-4805 kbps, 1920*1080 (16:9), 24000 fps, AVC
Audio: 48 kHz, 2 channels, AAC
Language: English
- 6.03 GB
Description: Find your groove!
Grammy Award-winning music producer Timbaland takes you on board and teaches you the process of creating iconic tracks like those of Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, and Aaliyah. In his first-ever online course, you’ll learn how to collaborate with vocalists, create new tracks, and create catchy hooks. Step into Timbaland’s studio and learn from one of the industry’s most innovative hitmakers.
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01 Introduction
Meet your instructor: Timbaland, the producer of Top 40 hits for artists from Jay-Z to Missy Elliott and Justin Timberlake. In this first lesson, Tim demonstrates how to create an entire track using just his voice and a microphone.
02 Studio Session: Beatbox Beat Creation
Step into the studio to witness improvisation and the creative response of the work. Tim teaches you how to create a song from a beatbox, starting with the loop he created in the first lesson, adding harmony, melody, and texture.
03 Beat Construction: Tim’s Process
It’s important to create a workflow that serves your personal creative potential. Tim takes you through his digital gear and reveals the process for defining the sounds he uses in his music.
04 Beat Making: Warming Up
Collaborating with producers and engineers is a key part of Tim’s process. In this chapter, Tim discusses how he shares music with his team to inspire their creative journey.
05 Song Making: “Dirt Off Your Shoulder”
Tim recalls creating the backing track for Jay-Z’s hit “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” and explains how to create complex textures from simple elements.
06 Beat Making: Chord Progressions
Complex songs can develop from simple ideas. Tim and his co-producers demonstrate how a four-bar chord progression can form the structure of a multi-section song.
07 Beat Making: Tuning and Layering Drums
Tim’s drum sound is legendary. Learn how sound engineering can transform dry drums into something that threatens your headphones. 08 Song Origins: “Pony”
Using Ginuwine’s “Pony,” Tim demonstrates how choosing unique sounds can set your production apart from the competition.
09 Beat Making: Manipulating Vocal Samples
Join the team in the studio as Tim’s co-producers Fede Vindver and Angel Lopez teach you how to capture your signature sound in samples using effects and plugins.
10 Beat Making: Breakdowns
Tim believes that contrast from the first beat to the last is essential to keeping a song interesting. Here, he shows how to create that contrast without changing the song’s chord progression.
11 Song Birth: “Gossip Folks”
Timbaland’s collaboration with Missy Elliott is intense and iconic. Here, Tim shares how they worked together to create their hits and demonstrates how vintage samples can take a beat to the next level.
12 Beat Making: Adding a Topline
With the help of vocalist Adrian Mitchell of New City, Tim shows you the most important step in creating a hit – creating a vocal melody – and shares his lyrical philosophy.
13 The Birth of a Song: “Are You That Somebody?”
Tim, Static Major, and Aaliyah had less than 24 hours to write “Are You That Somebody?” In this lesson, Tim explains how they did it. He also explains masterful production techniques for turning good songs into great ones.
14 Inspiration
Tim pays tribute to several great producers who came before him and explains how their influence helped shape his own sound.
15 What’s Next?
Tim believes persistence and dedication are crucial to success. He concludes his masterclass by revealing what drives him and how you can focus on your inspiration and goals.
