Truefire FaderPro Jono Buchanan's Science of Sound: Rhythm and Groove TUTORiAL

Everything Music Producers Need To Know About Rhythm & Groove
There's a reason why you find yourself tapping your toe or shaking your hips to your favorite song, and in this Science of Sound course you'll find out why, Apple-certified instructor and music production guru Jono Buchanan reveals the secrets of rhythm and groove that lie behind great drum programming across all music genres.

Having studied music at the University of York until 1997, Jono has spent the past 25 years honing his craft while remaining firmly within the world of education. As well as his role teaching electronic music production at Guildhall School, Jono is a master composer and song-writer, with professional credits that include music royalty like Whitney Houston, Pet Shop Boys and many more. In short, he knows what makes a track tick!

Over the course of two hours, you'll sit with Jono and watch him deconstruct the fundamentals and complexities of rhythm and groove, starting with an introduction into time signatures and how they impact the feel of a track.

From there, you'll learn about pattern sequencing and drum loops, using genres like hip hop, electronic dance music and reggaeton as examples. It's not just drums that you'll be working with either, Jono will show you how to use pitched elements in your beats, as well as getting basslines to interact with drum hits.

There are plenty of drum programming techniques that you can put to good use in your DAW in search of the ultimate groove, and in this course you'll encounter the full range of rhythmic tricks. Drum sequencing is beneficial for its machine-like accuracy, but there are also ways of injecting life and imperfection into your beats to capture the soulful or funky essence that a human drummer might add.

In total, there are twenty chapters of content in Science of Sound - Rhythm & Groove, and you can watch the video lessons at a pace that suits, and return as many times as needed. All of the production techniques that are covered in this course are explored through audio examples in a Logic Pro session, so you will get a contextual grounding in rhythm and groove in music production.

This course is part of the Science of Sound series, which goes deeper into important music production topics that you'll use again and again in your own projects. Understanding the fundamentals behind concepts like delay, reverb, equalization, compression, and the way in which we as engineers and listeners perceive sound will allow you to approach your productions with a greater confidence, purpose and know-how.

No PhD needed, the science-y parts are explained by our awesome educators in a way that anyone can understand!

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