Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live

Adding Layers 1

A course by Jonah Schwartz , Musician and Composer

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3,553 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Adding Layers 1

Overview

“You will add different layers to your song. These will include, but not be limited to: rhythms, melody doubling, harmonies, accompanying chords, and ambient sounds. ”

In this video lesson Jonah Schwartz addresses the topic: Adding Layers 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live. Learn how to create an original score by exploring the process of recording, editing, and syncing your music to a film.

Partial transcription of the video

“Adding Layers When I talk about adding layers, I mean adding different tracks, different instruments creating different textures, maybe adding some drums or some chords, even doubling the melody or giving the melody different harmonies. We'll look at these things in this lesson. It's time to add some more tracks. I am a maximalist. I love adding things continuously. It's hard for me to get rid of the stuff that I add but we'll see that in a later lesson. Right now, all I'm concerned with is adding. Let's add a track, we have a new MIDI track and here I want to create some kind of harmonic b...”

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Course summary for: Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (87)
3553 students
4 units
20 lessons (4h 8m)
2 downloads

Category
Music & Audio
Software
Ableton Live
Areas
Music, Music Production

Jonah Schwartz

A course by Jonah Schwartz

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Musician and Composer

Jonah Schwartz is an American musician and composer living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He taught himself how to play the guitar, mandolin, and banjo when he was a teenager, and after studying film studies in university, he discovered his passion for film scoring. In 2004, he moved to Argentina and soon became part of the music community in Buenos Aires. The following year, his band was named “Best New Band” by Rolling Stone Argentina.

With his band Los Alamos, Jonah toured through Latin America and Europe, sharing a stage with names like Lee Perry, Calexico, Devendra Banhart and The Evens. After the split of his band in 2009, he started working in film scoring, and has worked on numerous productions, from films to commercials. Jonah wrote the musical score for the Hollywood film Hide (2008), Noche sin fortuna (2011), and others. He has also worked with well-known Argentinian production companies such as Tronco, Bamba, Can Can, and Plently.