Capital High School

Music Production Resources

• GarageBandandBeyond
  • The best resource for training on all that can be accomplished professionally with GarageBand
  • GarageBand: How to Record a Song Like a Pro by GarageBandandBeyond

Music/Composition Resources

• Musician on a Mission
  • Blog
  • YouTube
  • All The Cheat Sheets
• The Song Foundry
  • Great resources for composing
• Holistic Songwriting
  • Artists Series
    • He analyzes popular bands and songs to reveal the music theory behind their appeal
  • His blog: blog.holistic-songwriting.com
    • Interviews with pros and other great advice
• Rick Beato - What Makes This Song Great
  • He analyzes songs, track by track, to reveal mixing and arrangement details and so much more - he knows too much :)
• Success For Your Songs
  • YouTube
  • Blog
• Berklee Online
  • Very detailed song composition training
• Polyphonic
  • Does analysis on popular songs, musicians
• Genius
  • "Genius is a unique media company that’s powered by community, our in-house creative team, and the artists themselves. We serve music knowledge to over 100 million people each month on Genius.com and everywhere music fans connect across the internet." - from their about page
• Song Exploder
  • Bands talking about how they composed and record a song
• Signals Music Studio
  • Music theory in simple terms and lots of practical, relevant examples
• Scales-chords.com
  • Identify chords, keys and notes with sound for piano and guitar
• Soundcloud
  • Upload your own music and find great music, especially in the Creative Commons
• Bandcamp
  • Place to release your own music and find other great music
• Soundtrap
  • Compose music online and collaborate with others, too
• LMMS
  • LMMS Tutorial 1: Piano Roll, Beat/Bass Line Editor
• Crossovers
  • Queen vs Daft Punk
  • Bee gees vs Pink Floyd
  • PSY vs Ghostbusters
  • Coldplay vs Bon Jovi
  • Gotye vs Gorillaz
  • Midnight Oil vs Bon Jovi
  • Lady Gaga vs ABBA
  • Queen vs U2
  • Journey vs Proclaimers
  • Stevie Wonder vs Metallica
• Cool from Joe
  • Incredibox V3: Over Your Head
  • Toto - Africa (Sweet Potato & Squash Cover) - Pupsi
  • THE SOUNDTRACK is evolving! | Revisiting Kanto Themes in Pokemon Gold and Silver - 8-bit Music Theory

Essays

• Corporate Music - How to Compose with no Soul by Tantacrul

Music Training

• Hook Theory Tabs
  • Tabs that show the theory behind songs

Electronics

Pedals

• JHS Pedals (YouTube)
  • Everything you would want to know about pedals; history, examples, hot-to's and more
• How To Build a Guitar Pedal Board by Rick Beato
  • Practical advices to build a board