Create Like a Legend—No Music Theory Required

• 13 digestible, thought-provoking video lessons totaling 3 hours
• Includes student exercises to deepen your understanding
• No music theory required – perfect for all creative disciplines
• Accessible and inspiring for beginners and professionals alike

Whether you’re a musician, visual artist, writer, filmmaker, or simply someone craving more creativity in your life, this course offers tools that transcend genres and mediums.

Ideas Are Everywhere. Learn to Catch Them.

Creativity thrives when you:

• Develop Good Taste – Study great works and evolve your artistic standards.
• Challenge Your Beliefs – Learn to distinguish fact from assumption and free your imagination.
• Explore Play and Practice – Learn how “serious play” can lead to profound breakthroughs.
• Spot Hidden Connections – Train your brain to see the unexpected links between ideas.
• Stay Resilient – Use failure and frustration as stepping stones, not stop signs.

This course doesn’t just inform—it transforms.

A Comprehensive Guide To Drum Programming

If you’re just starting out—especially as a non-drummer—learning how to program drums can feel like a daunting task.

You probably ask questions like:

• Where do I start? 
• Which software do I need?
• How can I get creative and come up with interesting grooves?
• How do I make programmed drums sound like a real performance?

Whether you’re a total beginner or have some experience programming drums:

We’ve designed this course to be the only drum programming guide you’ll ever need.

With over 10 hours of detailed instruction, Misha guides you every step of the way to programming realistic, dynamic, and impactful drum parts.

From session setup and technical aspects of using the software to understanding drum patterns, all the way to an efficient workflow, boosting your creativity, and the final mixing process.

Programming Drums For 5 Songs In 5 Different Rock Genres 

As with everything in music, there is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to drum programming.

What’s the perfect drum part?

– It depends on the vibe of the song and the production!

With this course, Misha guides you through programming drums for a wide variety of Rock genres and shares a multitude of different approaches to inspire you to find the perfect drum parts for YOUR songs.

Get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at Misha’s thought process behind programming:

• Bulb – Parabolica (Progressive Metal)
• Bulb – Breeze (Rock)
• Bulb – Echo Teuffel (Relaxed, Utilizing Odd Time Signatures)
• Bulb – Unleash the ponies (Death Metal, Tec Metal)
• Periphery – Blood Eagle (Metalcore)

and get your creative juices flowing!

Use Drum Programming As An Inspirational Tool

With Matt Halpern as Periphery’s drummer, Misha literally has one of the world’s best drummers at his fingertips.

Why would be bother programming drums at all?

The answer is simple:

Misha uses it as an inspirational tool, allowing him to experiment and develop fresh ideas during the songwriting process.

In this course, you’ll learn how to:

• Switch up grooves to create intriguing variations for different sections of the song
• Create with fascinating fills to build tension and excitement
• Use different time signatures to completely change the feeling of your guitar riffs
• Program drum parts in a supportive role (e.g. during a guitar solo), vs. taking center stage in highly rhythmical sections

By applying the techniques Misha teaches you in this course, you’ll never run out of ideas again and possibly come up with a whole new sound for your band that you’ve never thought of before!

Creative & Musical
Drum Programming

Sometimes, Drum Programming can feel like a laborious and boring process.

Aimlessly drawing in midi notes and altering velocities is simply not fun nor inspiring.

What we really want is to get creative! 

We want to get away from the basic beats and create custom grooves, interesting fills, and arrangements that add a new level of tension and excitement to the song.

In other words: we want to be able to PROGRAM FEEL and bring our musical vision to life.

In this course, you’ll learn how to do exactly that! Discover:

• How a drummer thinks and approaches writing parts that enhance the production
• Beats and fills for the different Rock/Metal genres
• The thought process behind picking the perfect drum kit components for your song
• How to come up with interesting grooves
• How to humanize your parts, create intriguing dynamics and accents like a real drummer would

Even as a non-drummer, you’ll be able to come up with your own unique grooves and create the energy, excitement, and tension you’ve always wanted for your songs.

Learn the most important words in your creative arsenal – “What if?”

Richard Niles is a legend in the industry and you are absolutely going to love both his delivery and the amount of raw information he has crammed into this course which teaches so much more than just the “craft” of arrangement. You will literally learn to listen, study, and produce music in an all new way. This course is designed for beginners and professionals alike with a wealth of practical experience distilled into an easily manageable course set over 10 lessons.

Music is an art form and a business

Making great music is not a mystery and nor is it magic. It is a combination of dedication, study, and good old fashioned hard work, and this course will show you how to apply yourself with precision and skill. A good arranger is a master of many musical styles and this course gives you everything you need to start your journey as an arranger or to round off your existing music production skills as a seasoned remixer or producer.

Arrange Like a Pro with this exclusive 10 part course from Pro Mix Academy and Richard Niles

A Reliable System To Create Massive Rock/Metal Tones

If you’ve been playing and recording for a while, you’ll know that creating massive guitar tones is not easy. 

From guitar and pickup selection, to pedals, amps and cabs, all the way to microphone choice and placement. There are so many variables which all interact with each other!

So what is the best order to go about shaping your tone?

Kristian covers this question in detail, and shows you a reliable workflow to create new sounds that fit your production, as well as the style of the song.

No matter if you’re looking for chunky rhythm guitars, skull-crushing leads or clean sounds: You’ll discover how to establish a vision for your sound, and put together all the pieces of the puzzle to achieve it.

The best part?

This process will work for you, even if you are mainly using amp sims and impulse responses!

Craft A Wide Variety Of Tones (Modern Metal, Vintage Rock, Death Metal)

What is the perfect Rock/Metal guitar tone? 

That depends on your production, the song, and the style of your band!

To give you a head start, this course teaches you how to create a wide variety of tones, ranging from highly produced modern Metal, to vintage Hard Rock, all the way to brutal Death Metal!

By having these tones in your arsenal as starting points, you’ll be able to take your productions in any direction you want.

Learn tricks from one of the industry’s best – Sara Carter has got your back

Part of Sara’s brief for this track was to create something with that “Classic” 70’s and 80’s punk vibe but without losing sight of modern production techniques. This course is all about giving a digital production a certain level of analog granulation without ruining any modern dynamics required by the mix. This course is designed for producers and mixers of all skill levels with an abundance of practical experience broken down into an easily manageable course set over 14 lessons.

This is not a love song...

This course is not just about the technical side of mixing and production - this course is also about how to give your tracks that feeling of energy that those great early punk records captured so well. Sara will take you through all the plugins that she loves and show you how to set them up. Learn about how to add frequency width beyond just panning, how to create a virtual soundstage in your recording environment, how to control transients, how to apply compression (both serial and parallel), how to use additional tracks to create realistic room sounding reverbs, how to control low end and check for phasing issues, and how to do all of this without losing any of the natural articulation of the track. You'll also gain some insider knowledge on how to deal with one of the most common 'human' elements we all face when mixing a track - hearing fatigue. Sara has a number of strategies to mitigate this and she demonstrates how to work with your natural constraints. A strong cup of tea and may be involved.

With the awesome talents of 'Vice Squad' recorded and armed, this forward looking course of 14 lessons pays homage to all the masters of this genre while bringing Sara's own unique voice to the mic...but this is not just about mixing punk music, the lessons here apply to pretty much all live recorded music and Sara's no-nonsense delivery will give you complete control over your mixes.

Achieve A Massive & Punchy Low-end

I don’t need to tell you why low-end is important.

You want these rearview mirrors shaking, and people wilding out at the club when your track comes on.

Unfortunately, getting that massive Low-end isn’t as easy as it looks. In most cases, EQ and compression alone won’t do the trick.

You have to be very particular about how you shape every element to get that punch and energy you’re looking for.

Willie goes into detail on how to think about, and sculpt your low-end so it pushes HARD on any sound-system.

The Perfect Balance Between Grit & High Fidelity

In Hiphop, you want two things: 

• A raw, unapologetic sound. 
• Massive impact & high sound quality.

The first usually comes with saturation and distortion to give your tracks that crazy vibe and energy.

The second comes from mixing very methodically.

Now… most mixers take their mixes too far into either direction.

Either the mixes sound completely distorted and lack sound quality and energy.

Or they sound clean and punchy, but lifeless. With no unique character at all!

In this tutorial, Willie shows you how to get the best of both worlds.

So your tracks sound grimey AND professional, just they’re supposed to!

Download & Mix ‘Mescalito’ Yourself!

If you are looking to establish yourself as a sought-after engineer, the first step is to create a jaw-dropping resumé to showcase your skills.

We’d like to help with that!

That’s why we’re including all multitracks of the song ‘Mescalito’ By Shapknel with this course.

Work on a professionally produced song featuring 3 top-tier MCs. Showcase your skills and have artists line up to work with you!

Craft Captivating Vocal Arrangements

Once you’ve mastered the art of screaming, it’s time to apply the concepts you’ve learnt creatively.

When and how should you use screams and growls in a real production?

Britta takes you through the song ‘The New Devil’, written, performed & produced by Kristian Kohle (Powerwolf, Aborted, Benighted) and teaches you how to use different techniques for different sections to create the vibe you’re looking for.

Download these amazingly produced tracks, come up with your own vocal arrangement for the song, or simply practice by singing along with Britta to hone your craft.

In this course, we LISTEN… EVALUATE… INTERNALIZE… APPLY. 

And we do so by being inspired by some of the best Rock Singers in history:  Freddie Mercury, Chris Cornell, Adele, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Rob Halford, Elvis, Robert Plant, John Fogerty and more!

When we drill down into the styles of great vocalists and listen critically to what they are doing in their studio performances, we begin to realize that WE can do what they are doing! We can take cues and inspiration from their diverse approaches, experiment with our own voices and discover great sounding possibilities for our own music that we never knew were there!

Learn from my epic failures! 

You’ll get to witness and participate in epic failures, victories, extended commentaries as I, your coach, work through these different musical situations made available through the included backing tracks.  You’ll see that you too have the freedom and permission to explore extremes, fail miserably, and in fact, push limits and boundaries for the sake of self-discovery.

Understand the Mindset & Psychology of Drum Recording

One aspect which is often overlooked is the thought process behind drum recording. However, this is absolutely crucial to making a record successful!

For example, a technically ‘perfect’ drum recording might not be the right approach for a Punk record at all. – And frankly, might bore the crap out of your listeners! ?

Get inside the mind of a world-class engineer and understand how to cherrypick the right techniques for every song, so you can take the production to the next level.

Use Phase To Your Advantage

I’m sure you’ve all read more than one article about phase and are confident that you’ve grasped the concept.
Well… so was I!

But let me tell you: I’ve never found a more comprehensive and eye-opening explanation on Phase than in this course!

I’m serious: this chapter alone could take your recordings to a whole new level and is worth the price of admission.

Signal Chain & Processing

Sit in on a recording session with J.J. and Drummer Jimmy Paxson Jr. (Stevie Nicks, Stanley Clark, Dixie Chicks, Ben Harper).

Watch as J.J. dials in his Preamp-, Compression- and EQ- settings for each mic and balances out the kit step by step.

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to capture drums that sound so good, all you’ll have to do in the mix is pull up the faders – and you’re done!

Capture Pro Recordings Using The Gear You Already Own

Are you a looking to capture big, 3-dimensional drum sounds, but don’t have a ton of fancy microphones or preamps at your disposal?

Then this course is custom tailored to you!

Learn the recording techniques the pros use to capture a full drum kit using a 2, 3, or 8 microphone configuration.

No matter how many mics you own – by following these concepts you can be sure to achieve fantastic drum sounds every time!

All you need are the stock pre-amps in your interface and a set of affordable mics.

Achieve Huge Sounds With Impeccable Microphone Placement:

Microphone placement might be the most complicated part of Drum Recording. Sometimes even moving a mic by just 1 inch can make the difference between a crisp and clear sound or a washed out mess.

On top of that, you may have to change your approach, depending on the amount of mics you have at your disposal and which genre sound you’re looking for.

This course will clear up the confusion and teach you the techniques you need to achieve great recordings in any situation: From overhead and room micing, to finding the sweet spot for individual drum mics, recording with perfect phase and more.