Splash Biography

In this course, students will learn how to produce hip-hop songs using a variety of techniques, including sampling. We will work with Soundtrap. In order to participate, students must bring their own laptops/chromebooks, and make/have a Soundtrap account. We will cover melody creation using basic instruments and natural in-system plug-ins, basic drum pattern theory, and elementary sample synthesis, including techniques for how to splice a sample. If these words don’t mean much to you, don’t stress! We will learn together, and it should be relatively intuitive. At the end if time permits, I will show my own catalogue of beats that I have made using Logic Pro, a professional DAW (digital audio workspace). Also if time permits, we will go over mixing and mastering. But the whole class should be mostly you (the students) making beats and me teaching basic stuff to get you started.