Music Technology
Private, Partner & Intensive Lessons
Waltons New School of Music
Would you like to make the most of your own home recording hardware or software? (Or have you thought of purchasing equipment but don’t know what would suit your needs and budget?) Would you like to produce a demo or other recording project? (Or have you produced one already but weren’t happy with it?)
With the rapid development of affordable, high-quality recording and production equipment, more and more people are producing their own music. Amateur and professional musicians who lacked any previous knowledge of the intricacies of the recording process are now becoming studio specialists in their own homes.
We offer online private (one-to-one) lessons, partner (two-person) lessons and one-off Intensive Lessons in a wide range of music technology subjects – all available from the comfort of your own home.
Tuition Offered
Online music technology lessons can take you through a recording project from start to finish or cover particular areas, including:
- Getting the most from your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)
- Tuition in specific DAWs, including:
- Ableton Live
- Cubase
- GarageBand
- Logic Pro
- Pro Tools
- Reaper
- Reason
- Waveform
- MIDI programming and sequencing
- Sampling
- Microphone techniques and placement
- Mixing principles and practices
- Diagnosing and solving problems with existing mixes
- General production and arrangement advice and assistance
- Choosing gear and software packages for the home studio
- Music notation software (Sibelius, MuseScore)
Students can take a term or more of private or partner lessons or single Intensive Lessons.
Requirements
Students taking online private or intensive lessons in music technology will need to have the following equipment:
- An internet-connected computer or laptop with either an integrated or separate webcam and microphone, as well as the DAW or music technology software you want to learn about.
- Hardware (microphones, interfaces, etc.) you want to learn about.
- Headphones.
- Ideally, internet speed at least 1.5Mb per second. (You can test your speed using Measurement Lab’s Speed Test.)
- Free Zoom software.*
* If you haven’t learned music with Zoom before, please see our printable Zoom for Students information sheet for information on how to download and use Zoom for music tuition.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are listed in the Enrolment • Fees section of our website and depend on the length of lessons as well as the duration (number of terms) of enrolment:
- First Term (September-December) • First-Second Term • First-Third Term Fees
- First Term Late Enrolment Fees
- Second Term (January-March/April) • Second-Third Term Fees
- Second Term Late Enrolment Fees
- Third Term (March/April-June) Fees
- Third Term Late Enrolment Fees
- Summer Term (July-August) Fees
- Intensive Lesson Fees
Tuition Assistance
The New School’s Tuition Assistance programme is designed to help defray the cost of tuition with us. Although there are a limited number of tuition assistance awards each year, every effort will be made to assist students (or their parents) who, because of financial circumstances, would otherwise be unable to study with us. The range of support available is between 10% and 40% off the total anticipated tuition fees for those who qualify. See our Tuition Assistance Application Form for more information.
Enrolment • Booking
Enrolment for music technology lessons at Waltons New School of Music requires a completed enrolment form and, except for those students using payment plans, full payment of tuition fees.
Intensive Lesson booking requires a completed booking form and deposit.
Private & Partner Lessons
Intensive Lessons
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