the detroit institute of music education
also known as dime students are getting
life lessons in following their passion
to make music that's right this comes
from instructors who all who are already
experienced in the music industry and
make to help the next generation of
performers and even producers so joining
us our percussionist educator drummer
songwriter and producer drew schultz
this gentleman right - it I know and
Chris kasuba 30 year student at time
welcome thank you this is so cool so
they were like practicing earlier and I
was like I want to be them it was really
cool drew we'll start with you tell us
what you what's unique about dime yep so
dime offers bachelor's degree programs
in performance for drums bass guitar and
vocals songwriting and music industry
studies so the business side of things
okay but dime focuses on the
contemporary music industry so when you
aim to prepare students for long and
sustainable careers in the industry
through lessons with teachers who are
out there doing it so you're learning
some stuff where you can go get a job
after get your degree if I'm looking
right I mean back in the day when I was
a DJ was two turntables on a microphone
and a mixer and a speaker son stands all
that right we've got like music software
on a laptop with like a modem it looks
like a mixer and then we see the
software behind you there yep
what are we looking at yeah so we're
gonna be offering some short courses and
I'm going to be teaching a course on
beat making so these are six-week
classes ages 16 and up this is a program
called Logic Pro where you can layer
create parts I'm about to learn how to
make beats I'm just kidding Chris yes
enjoy about what you've learned so far
I love dying because the instructors are
current in the industry so we learned
the fundamentals and skills we need to
be professional and successful in the
music industry and also how to network
and make those professional connections
all right drop a beat as far as a shot
all right here we go
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cool so that is our drum pattern right
we're gonna be able to rate this a
little bit you can see the notes on the
screen right beside me okay
I'm gonna have Chris add some freshness
yeah so when you're making a beat these
people pieces can be simple they don't
have to be particularly complicated so
we're gonna lay that down right here you
see on the screen how it's coming in
sure mm-hmm different trucks different
channels exactly yep exactly
so not too different than your two
channel mixer it's more parts
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suddenly were Miami we're on a rooftop I
love it I love it
all right he's layering natural or of
courses that you have coming out cool so
these short courses their six-week
courses every Tuesday for six weeks
they're gonna meet 7-9 starting February
19th we got beat making we got singing
styles we've got to build your business
classes these are just for anybody go go
go Jason
so we also have some Melanie do this we
can add some protein and some ideas
right so I might do something thank you
so much we want to learn more about the
Detroit Institute of music the courses
how to apply for a fall semester just go
to their website dime - detroit.com
fellows thank you thank you for dropping
the sick beat show
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