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Vocal Production with Berklee Online®

Access exclusive vocal production lessons taught by GRAMMY®-winning producer and engineer, Prince Charles Alexander (Mary J. Blige, Sting, Aretha Franklin, Notorious B.I.G.).

Whatever your skill level, these four vocal production lessons from Berklee Online will guide you through the essential concepts and methods to master the craft of vocal production.

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4 week course

Vocal Production with Prince Charles Alexander

In this free abridged course experience, Berklee Online instructors Prince Charles Alexander and Mitch Benoff provide exclusive educational content that will keep you informed and inspired, while sharpening your skills for crafting creative and professional vocal recordings. Through video lectures and quizzes, you’ll learn:

Vocal Session Preparation
Taking Notes and Working with Lyric Sheets
How to Use the DAW to Speed up Workflow
Adjusting the Signal Chain & Monitoring to the Singer
Laying Down Scratch Tracks
Creating a “Keeper” Take
Points to Stop, Continue, Punch In, and Take a Break
Setting up Effects to Use in a Session
The Powerful Impact of Phrasing: Telling the Emotional Story

How to get started

Visit the Berklee Online sign up page
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You will then receive a confirmation email

School is in session

Enjoy five courses from Berklee Online® and stay inspired. Learn to produce your next demo, train your ears, brush up on vocal production, or mix and master electronic music—all five courses, all included in your membership. Dive in to the courses below.

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School is in session

Access 5 courses from Berklee Online® all included in your membership. Learn more about each course below, or click here to access them all.

Mixing and Mastering for the Electronic Musician
Explore the world of mixing and mastering, learning the fundamentals behind signal flow, EQ, dynamics processing, reverb, delays, and more. Plus learn mixing techniques, including external keying (side chaining), pitch correction, image adjustment, stem mixing, and mix bus processing.

Song Demo Production for Logic
If you're an aspiring producer or a songwriter who is interested in making high-quality demos at home using Logic Pro X, then this is the course for you. You'll be able to use the techniques you learn here as a springboard to jump into the world of producing, recording, and mixing songs to a professional level.

Song Demo Production for Pro Tools
Whether you're an aspiring producer or a songwriter who is interested in making high-quality demos at home using Pro Tools, this is the course for you. You'll be able to use the techniques you learn here as a springboard to jump into the world of producing, recording, and mixing songs to a professional level.

Beginner Ear Training
The techniques for learning ear training are time-tested aids for the development of these musicianship skills. The skills you will learn in this course will be useful in composition, arranging, production, learning new repertoire, and bandleading; improvisation and musical interaction in performance; and improved music perception in listening.

Vocal Production
This course was created to help producers, engineers, and mixers fully develop the skills, gain insights, and obtain an understanding of all that goes into preparing for, capturing, and creating a great vocal performance—a process that typically occupies a full one-third of the total time it takes to make an album.

How to get started

Visit the Berklee Online sign up page
Create an account
You will then receive a confirmation email
Choose your course and get started! (And remember to bookmark your course so you can always get back to it)