Online Course – Certified Professional Internship at Google’s DIY Musician, Berklee

Learn how to write, record, and produce your own music. Discover the tools and techniques for success in your music career.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Practical skills for recording in ProTools software.
  • Developing an artistic identity, vision and brand for your music.
  • Setting up a successful crowdfunding campaign.
  • Writing, recording and producing an original song.
  • Create a short business plan to map your online presence.

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Music producer
  • Recording technician
  • Music content creator
  • Crowdfunding Campaign Manager
  • Independent musician
  • Music Brand Manager
  • Advisor for new musicians
  • Music project manager
  • Digital Marketing Specialist in Music

Internship – 4-part course series

In the age of social media and with advanced recording technologies at your fingertips, it’s easier than ever to create music and share it with your fans. But where do you start and how do you move forward from there? This specialization will take you through the process of writing, recording, and producing original music.

What will you learn?

  • Practical skills for recording in ProTools software.
  • Developing an artistic identity, vision and brand for your music.
  • Setting up a successful crowdfunding campaign.

Hands-on Learning Project

You will write, record and produce an original song using real instruments, MIDI and effects such as EQ, compression and reverb. You will also create a short business plan that maps out your online presence, potential brand collaborations and crowdfunding campaign.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Songwriting: Writing lyrics

Course 1
15 hours
4.8 (871 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Define and understand the point of view, form, and the “who, what, where, when, and how” in a poem
  • Understand whether words are stable or not based on line length, number of lines, stressed and stressed sounds, and melody
  • Apply various contingency techniques to evoke specific emotions in a poem and understand the difference between sonority and consonance repetitions
  • Use problems related to your idea

Skills you will acquire

  • music
  • Songwriting
  • Music recording
  • poetry

The art of music production

Course 2
13 hours
4.8 (2,020 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Discuss why one musical recording is more impressive than another and identify the unique elements of the recording that contribute to this.
  • Assess and establish your identity, vision, and direction as an artist and producer
  • Write and develop an exciting musical work using various instruments
  • Establish your production’s sonic signature by using specific production techniques

Skills you will acquire

  • music
  • Songwriting
  • Music production
  • Sound production
  • Music recording

Pro Tools Basics

Course 3
11 hours
4.7 (593 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Get to know the Pro Tools interface elements and organize session files
  • Discuss the difference between a synthesizer and a number and know how to use each one
  • Record a live performance for Pro Tools
  • Balance your production mix by adjusting levels, using panning, and applying effects such as EQ, reverb, and reduction.

Skills you will acquire

  • music
  • Pro Tools
  • Music production
  • Music recording
  • MIDI

Build Your Music Career: Develop a Brand and Finance Your Music

Course 4
8 hours
4.4 (483 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Describe and discuss your identity, vision, and purpose and identify strategies for balancing managing your music band with creating it.
  • Develop your music brand, build and leverage a network of industry professionals, and discuss revenue from launching other brands
  • Develop a vision for a recording project and have a professional conversation with producers
  • Scroll, plan and launch a crowdfunding campaign

Skills you will acquire

  • Social media
  • Music Business
  • Connections
  • marketing
  • Crowdfunding