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Electronic Indie-Pop: Writing & Producing Powerful, Emotional Songs

Learn everything you need to know about writing and producing songs that are powerful, emotional, and memorable. In this class, renowned singer-songwriter and producer Nick Broadhurst takes you into his studio and teaches you his complete process - the exact same process he has used to generate over 30 million streams, as well as TV and film placements. Follow along as he creates a brand new song (in the style of 'Mad World') from start-to-finish, right in front of you, explaining everything he's doing along the way.
$189.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (7h 33m)

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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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Renowned singer-songwriter & producer with 30M+ streams. Former member of multi-ARIA award winning band Sneaky Sound System. Blends electronic & indie into emotional songs.
What you’ll learn
You Will Get a Link to Download Nick's Ableton Live Template
Nick's Full Production Process
Nick's Exact Inexpensive Vocal Chain
Vocal Recording & Production
EQ, Reverb, Compression, and More FX
How To Write Powerful Lyrics Really Fast
How to Find Inspiration At the Piano (Even If You Don’t Play Piano)
How To 'Mix As You Go'
Writing Synth, Bass, Piano, Drum Parts
Gear, Plugins & Nick's Essentials
Polishing & Finalizing Tracks
How To Make Vocals Sound Wide & Lush

Class Overview

Learn to write and produce powerful emotional songs
Nick Broadhurst is a former member of Sneaky Sound System and has performed on stage with some of the hottest acts right now. He is known for writing and producing lush cinematic, electronic, lyric-driven songs that evoke strong emotion from the listener, and has over 30 million+ streams. In this class, Nick is going to teach you everything he knows about writing and producing electronic indie-pop songs that are powerful, emotional, and memorable. During class, Nick brings you into his studio and shares with you his entire songwriting and production process from start to finish. You’re going to follow along with him as he writes an electronic indie-pop song (in the style of 'Mad World'), starting from how he finds beautiful chords, memorable melodies, and lyrics that strike you right in the heart. All the way through recording and comping vocals, adding vocal layers, drums, synths, his process for mixing as you go that anyone can follow, plus a link to download his Ableton Live template compete with vocal chain, synths, bass and kicks.  Along the way, Nick explains everything he is doing. His entire thought process, his vocal recording techniques, the exact plugins he uses, how he uses every piece of gear in his studio and why he believes that having less gear can actually lead to creating your best music. By the end of the class, you’ll feel inspired, and motivated and you'll know everything you need to write and produce powerful emotive songs, no matter what style of music you are creating.

Lessons (12)

Apply what you learn

Follow Nick Broadhhurst’s proven process, step by step

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

Who’s this class for?
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You're an artist or singer-songwriter looking to produce your own stunning, powerful evocative songs that are memorable and cinematic.

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You're an aspiring or experienced producer looking to learn and practice new skills to take your music to the next level.

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You want to know the insider secrets — the exact tools and techniques used by an industry pro, his hard-won lessons, and well-guarded industry secrets.

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meet your instructor
Nick Broadhurst

Lush, cinematic pop orchestrations combined with simple, heartfelt lyrics delivered by a passionate and honest voice are the core of Australian singer, songwriter and producer Nick Broadhurst. With a diversity of sound ranging from stripped-back emotive piano and haunting vocals to precision electronica and soaring synths lead to stylistic comparisons to the smooth tones or Rhye and subtlety of Ry X. A tenacious and complicated character, Nick Broadhurst is many things, with a constant global vision juxtaposing against a forensic commitment to simplicity. A film producer. A founding member of Sneaky Sound System. A saxophonist for Flight Facilities. An author, a meditation advocate, a visual artist, a songwriter, an entrepreneur and a performer. But among all these things, the simple heart of Nick Broadhurst is creativity through music. His first single Little Lover has attracted devoted followers from all over the world. Coupled with its mesmerizing debut music video, Broadhurst in a short time landed squarely in the industry with highlights from MTV Likes Video of the Week, over 30m streams, a sold-out Australian tour, and placements in TV and film.

A better kind of online class
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Apprenticeship-Style Learning ™
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The Start-To-Finish Process
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Vulnerable & Open
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Learn Insider Secrets
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Watch On All Devices
Whether you’re at home or on the go, you’ll always have access to all your class lessons across all of your devices including mobile and tablets.
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Unlimited Lifetime Access
On Studio, you get unlimited lifetime access to every class you purchase. Pay once and use your class lessons as valuable references forever.

Frequently asked questions

$189.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (7h 33m)

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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

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