New Guitarist Toolkit

Singing and Studio Essentials

Unleash your voice and capture your music with home recording

As a music creator, there’s true magic in bringing all the pieces together into fantastic songs, performances, and recordings. This toolkit is for every player who wants to add singing to their list of talents while bringing their music to life through home recording. You’ll even learn to properly care for and maintain your own guitar — a valuable skill for any player!

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$99.95 Free

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75 Lessons

75 lessons in 5 seperate packs, with full supplemental material.

42 JamTracks

42 custom play along tracks are included for effective practice.

4k & 1080p

All lessons are filmed in 4k with 7 cameras and delivered in 1080p.

Core Topics

Guided practice for the core techniques for developing guitarists.

The Essentials

Fill gaps in your knowledge and improve your handling of core topics.

This Toolkit Contains the Following:

Find Your Unique Voice

Complete Course: New for 2021

Unleash your unique vocal sound and style

The human voice is the most personal instrument in the band, unique to every singer and capable of expressing an amazing spectrum of emotion. In this course, Rajdulari will help you understand that to be a good singer, it’s crucial to use proper physical technique to support the emotional expression. This will not only allow you to develop a wider range and more vocal color as a singer, it will also help you stay on pitch and convey your unique sound to inspire listeners.

15 Lessons

4k & 1080p

4 JamTracks

Tabs

Purpose

The purpose of this course is to help you develop the physical technique and emotional expressiveness to unleash your unique vocal sound and style.

Focus

Presented by Rajdulari, we cover:
  • Learn how the voice works and the role of the breath in producing sound.
  • Discover your own range, including “head voice” and “chest voice” and practice exercises to help you seamlessly mix the two.
  • Practice a wide range of vocal exercises for warming up, extending range, moving between registers of your vocal break, making big vocal leaps.
  • Learn the nuances of lead singing in a variety of styles including blues, jazz, and rock.
  • Learn simple techniques to create harmonies for background vocals.
Included free with your all access pass. Own it for life, and download all files to your devices.

Recording Guitar at Home

Complete Course: New for 2021

Learn how to capture your music with home recording

In the modern age of digital technology, being able to create great-sounding recordings in a home studio is not only possible, it’s more affordable than ever. In this course, Alex Scott will walk you through what gear and software you’ll need to purchase to get started with home recording, as well as what concepts you’ll want to learn first. The end result — being able to capture your musical ideas and performances anytime — is well worth it!

15 Lessons

4k & 1080p

JamTracks

Tabs

Purpose

The purpose of this course is to learn the basics of the process, setup, and equipment needed to easily and successfully get started home recording. A particular focus will be on recording techniques for acoustic and electric guitars as well as bass.

Focus

Presented by Alex Scott, we cover:
  • Be introduced to the equipment options based on your budget and goals: computer, audio interfaces, and DAW recording software.
  • Learn about different types of microphones and approaches to mic placement for acoustic instruments as well as amps.
  • Walk through recording techniques for acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and bass.
  • Explore additional the additional production elements that go into great recordings such as arranging, overdubbing, and creating sonic space for different layers.
Included free with your all access pass. Own it for life, and download all files to your devices.

Mixing Mastery

Complete Course: New for 2021

Learn the fundamentals of the mixing process

All your tracks have been recorded. Now comes the mixdown. Many engineers consider mixing to be the most fun part of the recording process — the time when the sonic, musical, and effects ingredients come together in glorious balance and power. In this essential course, veteran mix engineer Alex Scott will walk you through the process of sculpting three mixes from start to finish for three genres: rock, country, and blues. He’ll show you how to use panning, EQ, compression, and effects to create clear definition and space for all elements while crafting an end result that’s tight and exciting. Upon completing this course, you will be able to apply what you’ve learned to any genre.

15 Lessons

4k & 1080p

38 JamTracks

Stems Included

Tabs

Purpose

The purpose of this course is to learn the fundamentals of the mixing process.

Focus

Presented by Alex Scott, we cover:
  • To set up your mix session with bussing, track groups, and effects
  • How to build the rhythm section foundation (drums and bass).
  • how to layer rhythm and lead guitars as well as keys (piano and organ).
Included free with your all access pass. Own it for life, and download all files to your devices.

Demystifying the DAW

Complete Course: New for 2021

Build a solid foundational knowledge of DAW software

The DAW (digital audio workstation) is the beating heart of the modern recording studio. This amazing software can manipulate audio in countless ways with just a few clicks. In this easy-to-follow 15-lesson course, veteran studio engineer Alex Scott takes you through the basics of using DAW software. You’ll learn sequencing, audio and MIDI editing, session setup and workflows, and much more. This course is perfect for novices who are looking to get an overview of DAW basics. (While the course will be demonstrated in Presonus Studio One, the techniques shown can be applied to any DAW software.)

15 Lessons

4k & 1080p

Tabs

Purpose

The purpose of this course is to provide a solid foundation of how to use DAW software.

Focus

Presented by Alex Scott, we cover:
  • Computer requirements and audio interface options for running a DAW.
  • DAW workspaces: tracking, editing, MIDI piano roll.
  • Sequencing, recording, and editing audio and MIDI.
  • Mixing: bussing, track grouping, applying effects via plugins.
Included free with your all access pass. Own it for life, and download all files to your devices.

Guitar Tech and Maintenance

Complete Course: New for 2021

Learn to care for, set up, and maintain your own guitar

We love our guitars, but sometimes we’re afraid to readjust the physical elements for fear of “messing something up.” This course is for any player who wants to learn how to care for and maintain their electric or acoustic guitar so that it’s comfortable to play and lasts a lifetime. By the end of this course you will be able to confidently evaluate the needs of your guitar and to know what actions to take to maintain and/or improve its condition. Presented by Michael Bashkin.

15 Lessons

4k & 1080p

Tabs

Purpose

The purpose of this course is to gain the skills and confidence needed to successfully set up and care for your guitar.

Focus

Presented by Michael Bashkin, we cover:
  • Walk through how to set up electric and acoustic guitars properly for optimum playability.
  • Learn to evaluate the times when you should do the work yourself v. when you should go to a professional guitar tech.
  • Explore fretwork and fretwire.
  • Learn about cleaning and maintaining electronics and tremolo systems.
Included free with your all access pass. Own it for life, and download all files to your devices.
Singing and Studio Essentials

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