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Song Structure and Arrangement Music Course Riley Weller (GratuiTous)

  • Level Intermediate
  • 15 Lessons (2hr : 29min)
  • 3 already enrolled!
  • Audio: English

Can I tell you a secret about producing beats?

The difference between an amateur to a professional producer is the patience they put into their arrangement.

You see, when you rush your song’s song structure, you’re literally CHEATING YOUR SONG’s EMOTION!

It’s important you take the time to continually engage your listener into your song’s arrangement; otherwise, they’ll get bored of your music!

The key is all about communicating with our listener. And the way how we do this is with the various tools I share with you in this course.

In this course you will not only learn song structure and arrangement, but how to push your song’s emotion to that next level and compete with your favorite music.

Being a music producer is actually a really special skill; once your listener puts on their headphones, you’re literally in control of their emotions.

Now, you may be able to create a great beat. But, can you keep a song exciting, play with your listener’s emotions, and understand the tools we producers have to achieve this?

Let me introduce you to a term I’ve coined.

It’s called Audio Painting ©.

Over my 10 years of producing music, and working with a GRAMMY-Nominated artist (also releasing over 150+ music production tutorials on FL Studio), I’ve described this process of engaging with our listener and playing with their emotions as Audio Painting ©.

(I’ve also written a book on Audio Painting © which is on Amazon if you’d like more info – we cover audio painting in the course, too!)

Audio Painting © is what I use to describe communicating with our listener, and preparing them for what’s next in our song.

This course will teach you how to build a song’s:

- Intro
- Chorus
- Verse
- Bride
- Pre-Chorus
- Outro

After learning about basic song structure, we then learn how to communicate with our listener and prepare them for what’s next in our song.

Again, the key to an awesome arrangement is all about communicating with your listener.

Want to learn how to communicate with your listener through Audio Painting © ?

Enroll into the course and join me as I walk you through real-world examples of my own commercially released music that is on Spotify.

You will learn how to build an intro that gives your listener goosebumps, a chorus that your audience can’t wait for during your song’s build-up, and adding excitement in your song’s verse to keep your listener engaged.

Ready to get started?

Enroll, and I’ll see you inside the course!

# GratuiTous

Who is it for? This course is tailored to intermediate producers who already have an understanding of beat creation, mixing, and mastering, and are wanting to learn song arrangement to bring out a song's emotions to the fullest.

What will I learn? You will learn how to arrange a song, song structure basics (intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge, and outro), bringing out your song's emotions, and learn how to communicate with your listener through audio painting.

Course Includes: 15 Video Lessons

Table of Contents

Section 1: ARRANGEMENT IS EMOTION [MINDSET OF ARRANGING A SONG]

Arrangement is Emotion 5:48

Section 2: DIFFERENT PARTS OF A SONG'S ARRANGEMENT [SECTIONS TO BUILD EMOTION]

Different Sections to Build Emotion [OVERVIEW] 8:21
Different Approaches to Intros 3:51
Keeping the Verse Interesting 6:26
Communicating with the Pre-Chorus 9:39
Change it Up with the Bridge 7:35
Hit Them Hard with the Chorus 8:43
Making Your Outro Count 6:09

Section 3: BUILDING THE SONG'S ARRANGEMENT BONES

Arrangement Bones Section Breakdown [OVERVIEW] 5:05
Building Our Arrangement Bones 19:33

Section 4: REVEALING AUDIO PAINTING [EFFECTING OUR LISTENER'S EMOTIONS]

Revealing Audio Painting [OVERVIEW] 2:42
Audio Painting Example #1 – Desires of My Heart 22:23
Audio Painting Example #2 – Ambition 16:44
In-Depth Audio Painting Transitions 23:38

Section 5: SSAA-OUTRO

[OUTRO] – Song Structure and Arrangement 2:44

Can I tell you a secret about producing beats?

The difference between an amateur to a professional producer is the patience they put into their arrangement.

You see, when you rush your song’s song structure, you’re literally CHEATING YOUR SONG’s EMOTION!

It’s important you take the time to continually engage your listener into your song’s arrangement; otherwise, they’ll get bored of your music!

The key is all about communicating with our listener. And the way how we do this is with the various tools I share with you in this course.

In this course you will not only learn song structure and arrangement, but how to push your song’s emotion to that next level and compete with your favorite music.

Being a music producer is actually a really special skill; once your listener puts on their headphones, you’re literally in control of their emotions.

Now, you may be able to create a great beat. But, can you keep a song exciting, play with your listener’s emotions, and understand the tools we producers have to achieve this?

Let me introduce you to a term I’ve coined.

It’s called Audio Painting ©.

Over my 10 years of producing music, and working with a GRAMMY-Nominated artist (also releasing over 150+ music production tutorials on FL Studio), I’ve described this process of engaging with our listener and playing with their emotions as Audio Painting ©.

(I’ve also written a book on Audio Painting © which is on Amazon if you’d like more info – we cover audio painting in the course, too!)

Audio Painting © is what I use to describe communicating with our listener, and preparing them for what’s next in our song.

This course will teach you how to build a song’s:

- Intro
- Chorus
- Verse
- Bride
- Pre-Chorus
- Outro

After learning about basic song structure, we then learn how to communicate with our listener and prepare them for what’s next in our song.

Again, the key to an awesome arrangement is all about communicating with your listener.

Want to learn how to communicate with your listener through Audio Painting © ?

Enroll into the course and join me as I walk you through real-world examples of my own commercially released music that is on Spotify.

You will learn how to build an intro that gives your listener goosebumps, a chorus that your audience can’t wait for during your song’s build-up, and adding excitement in your song’s verse to keep your listener engaged.

Ready to get started?

Enroll, and I’ll see you inside the course!

# GratuiTous

Riley Weller (GratuiTous) has worked with a GRAMMY-Nominated recording artist, and has been producing music for over 10 years now.

With over 18 music production courses created, 3 books written, being the host of the podcast 'Music Production Made Simple', and releasing 8 beat tapes + 4 albums to popular streaming platforms, his goal is to empower producers to branch out and be them self.

He loves to teach best practices and bring awareness to powerful techniques, while encouraging individuality. The most common feedback received from his students is that "GratuiTous is able to break down complex topics into easy terminology to understand".

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