You don’t have to figure it all out alone

Learning as a group, with a tutor, is easier and more enjoyable than trying to work everything out by yourself. You can ask questions, get help as you go and learn from what other students are doing.

The course combines explanation with practical work, so you have opportunities to put the ideas into use rather than just watch them happen. Working alongside other people also helps build momentum and gives you a reason to keep making music between classes.

Is this course right for you?

The course is designed for beginners, but it isn’t limited to people opening Ableton for the first time. If you’ve already spent time producing and want a clearer process, there is plenty of practical learning and hands-on experience to take away.

This is an IN DEPTH beginners course – and will give you an understanding of what generally takes most people 2-3 years to come across in self-directed learning.

We cover a substantial range of material, presented in a sequence that lets you build on what you’ve learned. The aim is to give you a useful foundation across production, composition, sound design and mixing, with a workflow you can continue developing after the course.

Very often people who have been producing in Ableton Live for 4-5+ years come through this course and express they gained far more insight than they were expecting to. 

Practice between classes

Each class includes homework to help you put the new skills into practice and prepare for the following session. Aim to set aside another 2.5 hours each week for this work.

You don’t need to understand everything immediately. The follow-up materials are there to help you revisit the details and keep working with them in your own time.

Materials you can keep coming back to

After each session, you’ll receive a comprehensive follow-up email with written summaries of class content, detailed annotated images to help you study the interface, and video tutorials relevant to the topics we’ve covered.

These give you a resource for recapping the class, practising at home and returning to particular techniques after the course has finished.

We’ll also cover useful online resources, including sample libraries. Students receive a hand-picked sample pack made for this course, containing 2GB of high-quality, royalty-free samples.

What previous students say

From being overwhelmed at the thought of Ableton and music production, to feeling confident in my abilities and excited for what the future of this creative path has to offer. Thank you John for sharing you passion for music and years of experience in an easy to digest, engaging, fun and hilarious 8 week beginner course. As someone who has always struggled in the classroom and was quite overwhelmed by the thought of music production, you delivered the course in a way that kept me engaged and gave me the confidence to carve my own path navigating the beast that is Ableton.

Jacob

I have just completed the 8 week beginner course with John and highly recommend his classes. I really appreciate the follow up emails that gets sent out after each class with a recap + additional YouTube videos to watch (he picks really entertaining yet educational creators). John has a very engaging persona in class and keeps the vibe very upbeat with his jokes and mannerisms!

Shuyen

John’s classes are engaging, practical, relaxed and fun. The concepts and techniques he teaches gives you a basic understanding of the entire process involved in producing a track and he really draws out the inner creator in all of his students regardless of music making experience. The way that John structured this course made learning Ableton super simple, tangible and FUN from the get go. Getting to create songs from the very first week and to continue working on music we had created each week, made it really fun and balanced out the learning new stuff component with a lot of creativity.

Sheridan