Learning Songwriting: Logic Pro

Learn how to write your songs in Logic Pro. Get your demo ideas down quickly and polish them into songs worth presenting to your band mates, producer, publisher, or label.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Using Logic Pro to Get New Song Ideas Recorded Quickly

• Being ready for musical sparks whenever they may happen
• Recording initial creative ideas before they vanish
• Strengthening musical ideas and creating a unique feel using Drummer
• Solidifying the groove with a compelling bassline as a musical hook
• Building up the arrangement and adding a chorus with acoustic guitar
• Recording a scratch vocal for one verse and one chorus
• Expanding the song form with a half chorus, verses, and the bridge
• Using instrumentation, texture, and builds to propel the song from one section to another
• Using improvisation to fill in a section, with the intention of rewriting it later

2. Mixing and Mastering a Demo Song in Logic Pro

• Preparing to do a rough mix with some final edits and vocal tuning
• Balancing the rough mix with levels, panning, EQ, compression, and effects
• Bouncing down the demo using a mastering channel-strip setting
• Listening in real time as you bounce down the rough mix

Conclusion

• Next steps