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Ambient Music Production: The Full Process for Making Cinematic Ambient Songs

Learn everything you need to compose, produce, and promote your ambient music. In this class, Kirk brings you into his studio and creates 2 brand new ambient tracks right in front of you, start to finish. Along the way he'll explain every process, technique, and tool he uses to finish tracks and get them heard. 
$189.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (8h 39m)

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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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Kirk Smith
Prolific producer & composer known for his cinematic ambient music (We Dream of Eden). Millions of streams, 500k+ monthly listeners, and 100s of song placements on film & TV.
What you’ll learn
Creating beautifully unique atmospheres and lush soundscapes
Create melodies with freedom
The magic of the major pentatonic scale
Create your own instruments and develop your own "sound"
Building dynamic arrangements
Mixing and mastering
Finding curators and pitching to playlists
Building momentum for your music on Spotify
Creating artwork for your releases
Workflows and templates that serve creativity
Tracking vocals
Tracking guitar
Adding complexity to simple chord progressions
Bonus lessons for Logic users (2hrs)
Cinematic storytelling in your compositions
Finish tracks faster and with better quality

Class Overview

Learn all of Kirk's production & promotion secrets 
In this class Kirk will show you how to develop beautifully unique atmospheres, and lush soundscapes. He'll show the magic of the major pentatonic scale and how to create melodies with freedom. You’ll see the power of self sampling and sound design so you too can build your own library of sonic textures and instruments to create a sound that is uniquely you. You’ll learn how to move quickly from inspiration to building out a dynamic arrangement by making templates that are customized to your taste and workflow.  You can watch Kirk track vocals and guitars and he'll show you how to turn basic chord progressions into cinematic ambient compositions, perfect for pitching to film makers and music libraries. He'll also teach you how to create your own artwork for your releases. And once your music is ready to be released to the world, he'll show you the strategies he uses to find curators, pitch to playlists, and build momentum for his music.

Lessons (19)

Apply what you learn

Follow Kirk’s proven process, step by step

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

Who’s this class for?
1

Fans of ambient music who are looking to see "behinds the scenes" of its production. 

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Aspiring ambient artists looking to learn and practice the skills needed to write and promote professional-level songs .

3

Professionals composers looking to hone their craft and be inspired by learning from a fellow working musician.

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meet your instructor
Kirk Smith

Prolific producer & composer known for his cinematic ambient music. His artist project “We Dream of Eden” has grown to over 500k monthly listeners across all streaming platforms and brings in millions of streams per month. His music has consistently landed him placements on  many Spotify editorial and algorithmic  playlists as well as thousands of user generated playlists. Because of the cinematic story telling in his compositions, Kirk's music has helped him create some great partnerships with many music libraries, and has landed him 100s of sync placements for film & TV.

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Unlimited Lifetime Access
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Frequently asked questions

$189.99

What’s included:

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    In-depth video lessons (8h 39m)

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    Step-by-step curriculum

  • include icon

    Online and at your own pace

  • include icon

    Watch on all devices

  • include icon

    Unlimited lifetime access

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