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Logic Pro 9 is a songwriter’s dream! More than any other software recording application, Logic Pro 9 comes complete with everything you need to write, arrange, and mix to achieve a great song production in any genre.  In December 2011, Apple reduced the retail price from $499 to $199 for the full version of Logic Pro 9 Studio.  There has never been a better time to add this amazing creative tool to your toolbox.

You can record real singers and players, use a wide array of software instruments, utilize a large library of Apple Loops, and mix with an excellent palette of EQs, compressors, reverbs, delays, guitar amp and stomp box simulations, etc. Not to mention LP9’s fantastic Flex audio that allows you to change the tempos of recorded audio in real time.

Learn from Jay Asher, composer, songwriter, Apple Certified Trainer Level 2, and author of Going Pro With Logic Pro 8 and Going Pro With Logic Pro 9.

Special added service of this class:  we record Jay's desktop and audio so that students can make an appointment to come to the lab during the week to
- review materials from the previous week
- make up class material in the event you must miss a class

Our ambition is to make Logic a go-to creative tool.  From the forethought Jay puts into the curriculum to your access to reviewing the material, we believe this class is unique and unparalleled in the field for its value.

In Level 1, you will start with the basics of Logic Pro 9 and over the course of the five classes delve deeper so that everyone in the class learns to create and record their own original material. Jay's patient and encouraging teaching style will make the class understandable for you if you have never used recording software before, and his creativity as a composer and teacher will keep the class engaging for you if you are new to Logic but are migrating from another platform like Pro Tools or Reason. Create beats, make use of the vast library of songs and loops, access the sounds of orchestras, scratch DJs, and rock bands with the click of a mouse--all in the service of realizing your vision and creating your music.  By classes 4 and 5 we will learn the elements and principles of mixing and mastering audio to present finished versions of your songs.  Each week the homework assignments allow you to put the concepts of class to work as you create your recordings.

In Level 2, you will build upon those foundational skills and gain a professional repertoire of techniques and concepts, from programming and arranging to recording and mixing to mastering your final works. Special attention will be paid to Flex Audio, use of plug-ins, and the ins and outs of this versatile professional music creation software.  Jay is interested in the individual ambitions of the members of the class and will use that to drive some of the particulars of the curriculum.  Some sample topics will include but not be limited to

• Advanced automation and signal flow with auxes.
• Logic Pro 9's amazing Flex Audio and Varispeed
• Logic's amazing and little understood Sculpture string modeled synthesizer.
• Using Sidechain compression and Logic's Evoc Vocorder
• Logic Pro 9's Amp Designer and Pedalboard.
• Track Importing, new in Logic Pro 9.
• Working with other  songwriters who also use Logic.
• (opt.) Preparing simple parts for musicians with Logic's Score Editor
• more advanced mixing and mastering approaches

Each week your homework assignments will help you apply the functionality and principles in Logic to YOUR songs, and you will receive personal feedback from Jay on how you might further enhance or improve your recordings and mixes.

NOTE: If you have experience in Logic Pro 9 previously you might be admitted to Level 2 without having to take Level 1. Please contact the School to discuss your candidacy: 818-848-7664.

Unlike Certified Apple Pro Training classes, Song Creation with Logic Pro 9 will be geared specifically to the enrolled songwriters and their specific abilities and needs. Jay will adapt the clear curricular goals to the interests and experience level in the class.

We admire Jay for his enthusiasm, his passion for teaching, and his hunger to learn as a fellow creative person. We are honored to offer the only class of its kind that we know of--teaching this amazing, flexible software specifically from the perspective of the creative needs and applications of songwriters, composers, and producers. You are going to love this class!

While not required, Jay suggests the David Nahmani text Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 9 and Logic Express 9, as a supplement to the curriculum of this class, for sale at booksellers like Amazon here.

Introductory Pricing! There are two pricing tiers, for those who want to use School equipment and for those who want to bring their own.

Materials:

- Macintosh Intel Computer running OS X latest revision
- Logic Pro 9 software, installed and licensed and updated (note: you must have LP9 installed if you are bringing your own computer!; you may use Logic Express 9, recognizing that your version may not have all the sounds covered in the course)
- portable MIDI control surface/keyboard; The Songwriting School uses M-Audio Axiom 25 keyboards or Oxygen 8 Keyboards
- headphones

• Price: Use School equipment, $399. Bring your own, $349.
• Enroll here now as space is limited.