Music Production Mastery - The Complete Course

Our top-of-the-line course that covers every single aspect of our production process. See how a song starts in the studio and watch us turn it into a completed master as we track instruments, edit, mix, and master.

Overview

This course is a full-scale, complete look at the process of producing, mixing, and mastering hit commercial songs. Music Production Mastery takes you through every aspect of the production process, each section being guided by industry experts! Music Production is a lifestyle; let's master it.

Who is teaching this course?


Hi! 👋 My name is Seth Mosley.  I'm a songwriter and producer who founded Full Circle Music with the goal of teaching those who want learn about writing hit songs. So far I have written over 20 #1 radio hits and continue to write and produce over 150+ songs with A-List artist every year. 

With this course, I hope to share all I have learned through my years of experience and success in the music industry.
Hey there!! My name is X O’Connor. I’m a multiple Dove and GRAMMY winning producer and VP of Production here at Full Circle Music! In my almost 20 years of living here in Nashville, I’ve had the honor of working with and learning from some of the best producers, engineers, and artists that the ENTIRE music industry has to offer!!

In this course, I aim to share with you my thought processes, work flows, gear selections, tips, tricks, and the often overlooked fundamentals that will help you see immediate results in elevating the quality of your recordings and productions!!

What will I learn?

This course is divided into 8 Chapters to make sure you get the best learning experience possible. Through these modules, we walk you through our production process for recording vocals, drums, bass, and guitar, as well as a complete deep dive into Logic Pro X and Pro Tools.

1. Songwriting, Arrangement, Programming, and Setup
This is the first chapter in our Music Production Mastery Masterclass. In this chapter, we dive into the beginnings of a song. This includes unfiltered footage from in the studio as we begin to write a song with an artist. You will learn some basic programming, recording arranging techniques.

2. Vocal Production Mastery
This chapter will take you through all of the fundamentals of pro-vocal production. It includes recording, psychology of setting the singer up to the mic, editing, and some key techniques to attaining a pro-sounding vocal, ready for radio.

3. Drum Production Mastery
In this chapter, we take a deep dive into pro-level drum production. The focus of this course is the live drum kit. It can be one of the most frustrating parts of the recording process for newbie Producers and Engineers to master. There are so many elements like drum sizes, tuning, cymbal selection, mic placement, phase, mixing, editing, and other countless factors. We go into detail on EACH of those pieces, as well as even more that you didn’t even know about. There really is a technique to pulling this off well, and getting drums that punch hard, feel real, and have character, and this course teaches that technique.

4. Bass Production Mastery
In this Chapter, students will learn the basics of the Bass Guitar music production process. We dive into topics like:
  • Setup and Tuning
  • Recording
  • Editing
  • Gear
This is a comprehensive study in recording live bass guitar and is a must have for anyone looking to take their productions to the next level. Getting the low end right is difficult, but achievable. This is a part of the Full Circle Academy Music Production Mastery Course.

5. Guitar Production Mastery
In this Chapter, we cover the process of guitar production, from A to Z. This is a part of the Full Circle Academy Music Production Mastery Masterclass. Students will learn subjects like:
  • Guitar Setup and Tuning
  • Acoustic Guitar Production
  • Electric Guitar Production
  • Amps and Speakers
  • Using DI’s and Various Mic Techniques
  • The Recording Process
  • Editing Guitar
This is a must have for anyone looking to take their guitar tones and production chops to the next level.

6. Post Production Mastery
Chapter 6 dives into one of the most important parts of production: Post-Production. This is where it all comes together. Students will learn topics like:
  • Consolidation and Cleanup
  • Adding Extra Elements
  • Pre-Mix (The Rough Mix)
  • Creating Stems and Simplifying
Don’t overlook the significance of this part. A lot of amateur productions fall apart in this stage by taking all of the well-crafted elements, and losing them in the mess of post-production. Make sure to pay careful attention on this course and take notes. This will surely help take your production process to the next level.

7. Mixing and Mastering 101
This Chapter gives students a chance to sit behind one of the great mix engineers of Nashville, Sean Moffitt, and get an inside look at his mix process. It follows the end of the story of the song as seen in the Full Circle Academy Music Production Mastery Course. Topics covered:
Compression,
  • EQ 
  • Gain Structure
  • Mixing Various Instruments
  • Mastering techniques
  • Gear
  • Plugins for Mixing

8. DAW Deep Dive: Logic Pro X and Pro Tools
In chapter 8, we take you through every necessary detail that we use every day, in the Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) Logic Pro X, and Pro Tools. This is an exhaustive summary of the most useful features that pros use every day in music production. Even if you’re a beginner, this course is still for you. It is basic enough, but powerful enough to introduce you to key concepts in both of these DAWs. We also feature a small discussion about Sample Rate.
 

Who's it for?

This course is for anyone who loves the craft of producing. Whether you are new to your music production journey or you've been producing for years, we made this course to include professional strategies, techniques, models, exercises, and processes that will give you all of the keys to the skillset of music production.

This if for you if you are:

✔ Passionate about being a producer and impacting the music industry.
✔ Willing to put in the work to practice your craft to write the best songs of your life.
✔ Looking to become a top-quality contributor to any production session you find yourself in.
✔ Excited to create songs that easily stack up to the quality of the Billboard Charts.

This course includes

🔑  Immediate access to all the content

💡  16.3 hours of curated and practical knowledge

📼  48 proactive, easy-to-digest videos

🏗  Step-by-step instructions on music production with a 2 grammy winning producers

🎛️  A deep dive on Mixing and Mastering

📖 an entire module on two prominent Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)

  • $997 or 4 monthly payments of $287

Music Production Mastery — The Complete Course

A Premium Music Production Course

Contents

Music Production Mastery Introduction

This is an introduction to our entire Music Production Mastery Course. Please watch this before proceeding to the course. It will give you the background info you need to make the most of it.
Introduction & Course Overview
  • 14 mins
  • 89 MB

MODULE 1: Songwriting, Arrangement, Programming, and Setup

This is the first module in our Music Production Mastery Course. We dive into the beginnings of a song. This features unfiltered footage from in the studio as we begin to write a song with an artist.

You will learn some basic programming, recording, and arrangement techniques. The key to this part is speed and not second-guessing yourself. We hope you enjoy this course and learn a lot!

LESSON 1: Intro to Pre Production
  • 4 mins
  • 24.3 MB
LESSON 2: Birth Of A Song
  • 17 mins
  • 161 MB
LESSON 3: Process
  • 9 mins
  • 67.4 MB
LESSON 4: Organization
  • 2 mins
  • 9.66 MB
LESSON 5: Tempo and Key
  • 5 mins
  • 31.3 MB
LESSON 6: Recording
  • 6 mins
  • 42.4 MB
LESSON 7: Programming
  • 13 mins
  • 77.2 MB
LESSON 8: Recap of Arrangement, Preproduction, and Setup
  • 2 mins
  • 9.46 MB

MODULE 2: Vocal Production Mastery

This module will take you through all of the fundamentals of pro vocal production. It includes recording, psychology of setting the singer up to win, editing, and some key techniques to attaining a pro sounding vocal, ready for radio.

LESSON 1: Intro to Vocal Production
  • 2 mins
  • 24.5 MB
LESSON 2: Setting The Singer Up To Win
  • 14 mins
  • 236 MB
LESSON 3: Vocal Recording
  • 22 mins
  • 397 MB
LESSON 4: Vocal Editing
  • 9 mins
  • 224 MB
LESSON 5: Melodyne
  • 42 mins
  • 565 MB

MODULE 3: Drum Production Mastery

In this module, we take a deep dive into pro-level drum production. The focus of this module is the live drum kit. It can be one of the most frustrating parts of the recording process for newbie Producers and Engineers to master. There are so many elements like drum sizes, tuning, cymbal selection, mic placement, phase, mixing, editing, and many other countless factors. We go into detail on EACH of those pieces, and so much more! There really is a technique to pulling this off well, and getting drums that punch hard, feel real, and have character, and this module teaches that technique.

LESSON 1: Intro to Drum Production
  • 3 mins
  • 33.9 MB
LESSON 2: Drum Sizes and Heads
  • 6 mins
  • 183 MB
LESSON 3: Cymbal Selection
  • 6 mins
  • 177 MB
LESSON 4: Snares
  • 7 mins
  • 222 MB
LESSON 5: Drum Tuning
  • 10 mins
  • 309 MB
LESSON 6: Drum Mic Placement
  • 17 mins
  • 548 MB
LESSON 7: Drum Recording
  • 15 mins
  • 495 MB
LESSON 8: Tab To Transient: Pro Tools
  • 17 mins
  • 172 MB
LESSON 9: Flex Time: Logic Pro
  • 25 mins
  • 1.87 GB
LESSON 10: Beat Detective: Pro Tools
  • 22 mins
  • 237 MB
LESSON 11: Drum Loops and Programming
  • 8 mins
  • 119 MB
LESSON 12: Drum Mixing
  • (1h 03m 28s)
  • 722 MB

MODULE 4: Bass Production Mastery

In this module, students will learn the basics of the Bass Guitar music production process.

We dive into topics like:

  • Setup & Tuning

  • Recording

  • Editing

  • Gear

This is a comprehensive study in recording live bass guitar and is a must have for anyone looking to take their productions to the next level. Getting the low end right is difficult, but achievable!

LESSON 1: Intro, Gear, and Tuning
  • 14 mins
  • 370 MB
LESSON 2: DI and Amp Usage
  • 7 mins
  • 204 MB
LESSON 3: Bass Recording
  • 11 mins
  • 325 MB
LESSON 4: Bass Editing
  • 52 mins
  • 378 MB

MODULE 5: Guitar Production Mastery

In this module, we cover the process of guitar production, from A to Z.

We dive into subjects like:

  • Guitar Setup & Tuning

  • Acoustic Guitar Production

  • Electric Guitar Production

  • Amps & Speakers

  • Using DI’s & Various Mic Techniques

  • The Recording Process

  • Editing Guitar

This is a must have for anyone looking to take their guitar tones and production chops to the next level.

LESSON 1: Intro to Guitars
  • 2 mins
  • 13.9 MB
LESSON 2: Setup and Tuning
  • 11 mins
  • 121 MB
LESSON 3: Acoustic Guitar Production
  • 13 mins
  • 154 MB
LESSON 4: Electric Guitar Production
  • 7 mins
  • 510 MB
LESSON 5: Amps, Heads, and Cabs
  • 13 mins
  • 162 MB
LESSON 6: DI and Mic Technique
  • 10 mins
  • 120 MB
LESSON 7: The Recording Process
  • 10 mins
  • 133 MB
LESSON 8: Editing Guitars
  • 37 mins
  • 217 MB

MODULE 6: Post Production Mastery

In this module, we dive into one of the most important parts of production: Post-Production. This is where it all comes together. You will learn topics like:

  • Consolidation and Cleanup

  • Adding Extra Elements

  • Pre-Mix (The Rough Mix)

  • Creating Stems & Simplifying

Don’t overlook the significance of this part. A lot of amateur productions fall apart in this stage by taking all of the well-crafted elements, and losing them in the mess of post-production. Make sure to pay careful attention during this module and take notes. This will surely help take your production process to the next level!

LESSON 1: Intro to Post Production
  • 3 mins
  • 31.7 MB
LESSON 2: Consolidation and Cleanup
  • 20 mins
  • 174 MB
LESSON 3: Extra Elements
  • 48 mins
  • 422 MB
LESSON 4: Pre/Rough Mix
  • 30 mins
  • 340 MB
LESSON 5: Stems and Simplifying
  • 29 mins
  • 420 MB

MODULE 7: Mixing and Mastering 101

This module gives you a chance to sit behind one of the great mix engineers of Nashville, Sean Moffitt, and get an inside look at his mix process.

Here are topics covered in the module:

  • Compression

  • EQ

  • Gain Structure

  • Mixing Various Instruments

  • Mastering Techniques

  • Gear & Plugins for Mixing

Learn from the Pros: Sean Moffitt
  • (1h 10m 24s)
  • 703 MB

MODULE 8: DAW Deep Dive: Logic Pro X and Pro Tools

In this module, we take you through every necessary detail that we use in the Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) Logic Pro X and Pro Tools. This is an exhaustive summary of the most useful features that music production professionals use every single day. Even if you’re a beginner, this module is still for you! It is basic enough, but powerful enough to introduce you to key concepts in both of these DAWs.

Sample Rate & Bit Depth
  • 16 mins
  • 953 MB
Logic Pro X Masterclass
  • (1h 06m 41s)
  • 477 MB
Pro Tools Masterclass
  • (2h 28m 21s)
  • 702 MB

Music Production Mastery Outro

This is a final summary of the Music Production Mastery Course, presented by the Grammy-Winning Full Circle Music Production Team and the Full Circle Music Academy. We hope you have enjoyed this course!

Thank you!
Seth Mosley & X O'Connor

P.S. Please don't hesitate to email any questions you have to support@fullcirclemusic.com. We're here for you!

Final Thoughts
  • 2 mins
  • 125 MB

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