Basic Production Skills

KS3 Electronic Dance Music Course

Author: Ken Cameron • 8 Lessons

Challenge: To make music technology more accessible to our younger students. I don’t think there is a better way to engage KS3 than with some hard hitting dance music.

Introduction

This course has been designed for Key Stage 3 (KS3) Music classes, as an introduction to music production.

The aim of this course is for the students to create a dance music track using Logic Pro. This is a basic level course that demonstrates just a few of the principles needed to take your music performances to the next level.

Requirements: Logic Pro 9 or higher.
Difficulty: Beginner
Prior Knowledge: None Needed
Time: Approximately 30 – 40 minutes per lesson

Course Content

Lessons Status

EDM for KS3

Basic Production Skills

KS3 Electronic Dance Music Course

Course Content

Setting up your Logic Pro Project

Creating Your Drum Track

Creating Rhythmic Textures

Adding Chord Structure

Adding The Bass Part

Building Melodic Phrases

Automation

Exporting The Final Project