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Intro
From First Draft to Release: A Buildable System for Music
This class is designed for creators who don’t just want better songs, they want a reliable way to finish them.
Every lesson comes with the actual project files the artist used (session assets like beats, stems, templates, and visual elements), so you aren't just watching a walkthrough, you’re building alongside it.
Every lesson comes with the actual project files the artist used (session assets like beats, stems, templates, and visual elements), so you aren't just watching a walkthrough, you’re building alongside it.
The goal is consistency, so you can create, refine, and release without getting stuck in the loop of half-finished projects. What sets it apart is that it treats distribution as part of the craft, not an afterthought.
You'll learn how to package music for the way audiences discover it now: turning hooks into short-form moments, making clean promotional visuals, and choosing titles/tags that help the right listeners find you.
With exercise-driven assignments, practical assets like vocal stems and example beats, and clear end deliverables (songs, hooks, instrumentals, and finished mixes), you leave with both stronger skills and real, release-ready work you can build on immediately.
You'll learn how to package music for the way audiences discover it now: turning hooks into short-form moments, making clean promotional visuals, and choosing titles/tags that help the right listeners find you.
With exercise-driven assignments, practical assets like vocal stems and example beats, and clear end deliverables (songs, hooks, instrumentals, and finished mixes), you leave with both stronger skills and real, release-ready work you can build on immediately.
Class Perks
Special Gift from McGwire
Mixing Practice Files
Layering Practice Files
Recording Practice FIles
Drum Practice Files
Class Material Details
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Vocal Stems for Mixing-3 Rapping vocals for mixing exercises
-Punch in vocals for punch in mix practice
-Vocal doubles
-Ad libs
-3 Singing vocals for mixing exercises -
Harmony Layering-1 layer harmony for mixing
-Octave layers for mixing
-Left and Right vocals for panning practice
-Vocal chain example for comparison
-Variety in genre and intensity for practice on different style of instrumental -
Example Beats for Recording Practice-3 full beats
- Fully usable across all DAWs
- Used for Verses
- Used for Hooks -
Drum Stems-Snare
-Kick
-Tom
-808
-Perc
-Instrument loops
-Midi files
-VST suggestions
-FX chain for certain instruments
-Varied genre and style for practice on musical versatility
Recommendation
Who should take this class?
Beginner Musicians
Who want to learn how to make music from the ground up starting at the very basics
Intermediate Musicians
Who already have a baseline of knowledge and want to hone their craft
Aspiring Content Creators
Who want to learn how to make and advertise their music in the current online landscape
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Why Take This Class?
Take this class if you want a finished, release-ready track pipeline. Not more inspiration, not more theory, not more “someday.” It’s built to solve the two problems that stop most creators:
(1) Finishing songs that sound legit (structure, hook stickiness, recording, production, mixing/mastering)
(2) Getting them heard without guessing (turning your best moments into short-form, pairing with simple visuals, and packaging with titles/tags that help people actually click).
If you're serious about growth, this is the move because it’s practical and repeatable.
You leave with real outputs (songs/hooks/instrumentals and polished mixes), color coded lyrical workflows where you can build your own lyrics, plus a modern playbook for making your music travel online. In other words: you're not just “learning”, you're shipping, and you'll have a process you can run again the next time you write a hook.
Get Ready for the Real-World
16 Class Exercises
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Recording a Test Audio With and Without Using Hotkeys
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Writing a Well-Structured Song -
Sending a Photo of Your Recording Setup -
- Finding a Song With and Without Ordinary Song Structures
- Breaking Down Why You Think They Work
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Recording a Catchy, Sticky Hook
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Making Loops From Your Samples
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- Finding Five Good Kicks, Snares, Percs, and Hat Samples
- Finding Five Good Melodic Samples for Your Beat -
Recording a Simple Song
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- Using One of Your Loops
- Extending the Loop to be a Full Beat -
Mixing and Mastering Your Track
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Finding Three Loops to Incorporate Them Into a Beat You Made
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Mixing a Song With the Beat Stems
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Creating Three Shorts With the Three Hooks You Made
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- Creating an Eye-Catching Title and Thumbnail
- Making Tags for the Demo Song
- Explaining the Reason of Your Choices -
Creating Three Interesting Hooks for Your Song -
Making a Visual or Lyric Video for Your Song
Final Product Examples
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Fully Written Song
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Recorded Hook
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Mixed and Mastered Song
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Instrumental
Highlights
Class Highlights
Song "Stickability"
In such a saturated music market, how can you make sure your song sticks in someone's head? How does good songwriting factor into that? I will show how you can take the basics of song structure and writing and use them as a tool to draw people to your music.
Recording, Production, Mixing, and Mastering
I want the students coming out of this course to go from having minimal to no knowledge on the process to having a method for making songs either on their own or with others. I will cover all the skill plateaus and how to overcome them when they feel ready.
How to Get People to Care
A part of the music making and creating process that not many touch is the marketing aspect. In this attention economy what is the best method in titling your songs? What are the best use of tags? How do you make short-form promotional content that feels fresh and not draining? I will cover that in depth in this course.
