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Modern Nashville Music Production: Create Radio-Ready Hit Country Songs

Learn exactly how #1 songs are produced in Nashville — alongside Dave Cohen, the award-winning Nashville producer with over 100 #1 songs and 22 billion streams. In this class, Dave takes you into his studio and teaches you his entire production process from start to finish. Follow along as he transforms a simple worktape into a finished, pitchable demo, and then works with real session players to transform the demo into a radio-ready production.
$239.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (10h 9m)

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    Step-by-step curriculum

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    Online and at your own pace

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    Watch on all devices

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    Unlimited lifetime access

Taught by

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Dave Cohen
 4x ACM-winning producer, songwriter, and session player behind 100+ #1 songs with over 22 billion streams. Has worked with Morgan Wallen, HARDY, Jake Owen, Chris Lane, & more!
What you’ll learn
Learn Dave's start to finish production techniques for radio ready hit songs
Dave's complete Pro Tools writing/production template 
Developing musical hooks on all instruments
Creating musical transitions for maximum impact between sections
Watch how Dave programs a demo with all  in-the-box plugin instruments (drums, bass, acoustic/electric guitars etc)
Comp/edit/tune vocals using Melodyne
Create harmonies using Melodyne
Mix a demo for pitch purposes
Learn how to communicate with session players to replace programmed instruments with real performances
Learn to edit/comp musician performances (drums, bass, guitars etc) into polished parts that are radio ready
Dave's go-to sounds plugins, samples, synths and FX
Preparing session for mixing/mastering 

Class Overview

Learn exactly how #1 songs are produced in Nashville 
Dave Cohen is a 4x ACM winning musician songwriter and producer with over 100 #1 songs. He's worked with Morgan Wallen, Jake Owen and HARDY on songs with more than 22 Billion streams.  In this class, Dave brings you into his studio and teaches you his entire hit song production process from start to finish. You'll follow along with Dave as he turns a songwriting worktape into a pitchable demo;  then, replaces the demo instruments with real musicians; and finally, preps the session for mixing and finalizes all the production bells and whistles.  Along the way, Dave explains everything that he's doing and thinking in detail in real time. His thought process, techniques, templates, the exact tools he's using, and a lot more. This is the most comprehensive look into the process and brain of a Nashville producer. By the end of the class you’ll know everything you need to know to produce radio-ready country songs of you own. You'll develop a complete Nashville production toolkit that will serve you for the rest of your creative life.

Lessons (10)

Apply what you learn

Follow Dave Cohen's proven process, step by step

In the class, Dave Cohen breaks down his producing process into clear, actionable steps. Follow along with Dave’s process step-by-step and produce/create your own hit songs. You can also watch Dave's process in full first and then bring the ideas, tools, and techniques into your own projects. By following Dave’s proven process, you’ll learn everything you need to produce hits like these:

Who’s this class for?
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You're a producer of any level looking to better understand the Nashville approach to production.

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You're a producer, songwriter, or session player looking to drastically level up your production skills. Bring Dave's tools, techniques, and best practices into your own process.

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You're a professional producer looking to hone your craft by diving deep into Dave Cohen's end-to-end Nashville production process.

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meet your instructor
Dave Cohen

Dave Cohen is an award-winning producer, songwriter, and keyboard player who moved from Calgary, Canada to Nashville TN in 2007. He is a 4x ACM (Academy of Country Music) award winner, 4x Music Row Magazine “Keyboard Player of The Year”. Dave has produced hit songs for Morgan Wallen, HARDY, Chris Lane, Jake Owen and many others. As a revered Nashville session keyboard player and producer, Dave has credits on more than 100 #1 country radio songs. His playing/production is on records with more than 22 Billion streams.

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Frequently asked questions

$239.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (10h 9m)

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    Step-by-step curriculum

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    Online and at your own pace

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    Watch on all devices

  • include icon

    Unlimited lifetime access

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