Release year: 2019
Manufacturer: Masterclass
Manufacturer website: masterclass
Author: Timbaland
Duration: 180.02 min.
Handout type: Video tutorial
Example files: LOOK
Video Format: TS
Video: 1720-4805Kbps, 1920*1080 (16:9), 24000fps, AVC
Audio: 48 kHz, 2 channels, AAC
English language
Description: Find your rhythm!
Grammy-winning music producer Timbaland takes you on board and teaches you how to create iconic tracks like 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 catchy hooks. Step into the Timbaland studio and hear from one of the most innovative hit makers in the industry.
01 Introduction
Meet your instructor: Timbaland, top 40 producer for artists from Jay-Z to Missy Elliott and Justin Timberlake. In the first lesson, Tim shows you how to create an entire track using just your voice and microphone.
02 Studio session: Creating a beatbox beat
Step into the studio to see the improvisation and 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 building: Tim’s process
It is important to create a workflow that will serve your personal creativity. Tim walks you through his digital fleet and reveals the process of identifying the sounds he uses in his music.
04 Making a Beat: Warm Up
Collaboration with manufacturers and engineers is a key part of Tim’s process. In this chapter, Tim talks about how he shares music with his team to inspire their creative journey.
05 Birth of a song: “Dirt Off Your Shoulder”
Tim recounts how he created the backing track for Jay-Z’s hit “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” and explains how to make complex textures from simple elements.
06 Making a Beat: Chord Progression
Complex songs can develop from simple ideas. Tim and his co-producers show how a four-bar chord progression can form the structure of a multi-section song.
07 Making a Rhythm: Tuning and Laying Drums
Tim’s drum sound is legendary. Find out how sonic tech can turn dry drums into something that threatens headphones.
08 Song origin: “Pony”
Using Ginuwine “Pony” as an example, Tim demonstrates how choosing unique sounds can make your music production stand out from the competition.
09 Beat Making: Manipulating Vocal Samples
Join the team in the studio and co-producers Tim Fede Vindver and Angel Lopez will teach you how to capture your signature sound in samples with effects and plugins.
10 Making a Beat: Breakdown
Tim believes that in order to keep the interest in the song, the contrast from the first to the last beat is necessary. Here he shows how to create that contrast without changing the song’s chord progression.
11 The birth of a song: “Gossip Folks”
Timbaland’s collaboration with Missy Elliott is active and iconic. Here Tim talks about how they worked together to create their hits and shows how vintage samples can take rhythm to the next level.
12 Making a Beat: Adding a Top Line
With the help of vocalist Adrian Mitchell from New City, Tim shows you the most important step in creating a hit – creating the melody of the vocals and shares his philosophy in the lyrics.
13 Song Birth: “Are You That Somebody?”
Tim, Static Major and Aaliyah had less than 24 hours to write “Are You That Somebody?” In this tutorial, Tim explains how they did it. He also explains the skillful production methods for turning good songs into great ones.
14 Inspiration
Tim pays tribute to several of the great producers who came before him and explains how their influence helped shape his own sound.
15 What’s next?
Tim believes that perseverance and dedication are critical to success. As he concludes his master class, he reveals what drives him and how you can focus on your inspiration and goals.
Content :
CH 02 TMBD Beatbox\
FULL MIXES AND INSTRUMENTALS\
STEMS\
CH 12 TMBD Make It Out Alive\
FULL MIXES AND INSTRUMENTALS\
STEMS\
TMB_CompleteWorkbook.pdf
01 Introduction.ts
02 Studio Session – Making a Beatbox Beat.ts
03 Building Beats – Tim’s Process.ts
04 Making a Beat – Getting Warmed Up.ts
05 Song Origins – Dirt Off Your Shoulder.ts
06 Making a Beat – Starting With a Chord Progression.ts
07 Making a Beat – Tweaking and Layering Drums.ts
08 Song Origins – Pony.ts
09 Making a Beat – Manipulating Vocal Samples.ts
10 Making a Beat – Creating a Breakdown.ts
11 Song Origins – Gossip Folks.ts
12 Making a Beat – Adding a Topline.ts
13 Song Origins – Are You That Somebody.ts
14 Tim’s Influences.ts
15 How to Persevere.ts
