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<\/em><\/p>\nKnown for his groundbreaking albums including \u201cDeadringer\u201d and \u201cSince We Last Spoke,\u201d as well as for composing the theme song to AMC\u2019s \u201cMad Men,\u201d Ramble Jon Krohn has long been heralded as one of the pioneers of instrumental beat making, helping to bring the art of sampling to new genres and audiences.<\/p>\n
In his course, \u201cRJD2: From Samples to Songs<\/a>,\u201d RJD2 opens up his creative process \u2014 sharing his perspectives on crate digging, listening, and finding samples, and walking students through the process of turning chops and loops into sequences, and arranging those parts into thoughtful, dynamic tracks. He demonstrates how he works with the AKAI MPC2000XL and how to achieve similar effects in the DAW. And he opens up the Pro Tools sessions of some of his most iconic tracks, including \u2018Smoke and Mirrors\u2019 and \u2018Let There Be Horns,\u2019 going into elaborate detail about how the songs came together.<\/p>\n \u201cRJD2: From Samples to Songs\u201d features over 35 videos, filmed in RJD2\u2019s home studio, as well as readings, downloadable tracks, creative prompts, and access to Soundfly\u2019s online Slack community where students get feedback on their work. It joins Soundfly\u2019s extensive subscription library of creative music courses for both amateur and professional-level musicians.<\/p>\n \u201cI think one of the most common obstacles that artists fall prey to is being too delicate with their own music. I hope that one of the things I can do with this course is to provide the encouragement for students to think big, be bold, and be drastic when it comes to their recordings. I\u2019d encourage students to find that boundary at which they might think something is \u2018acceptable\u2019 and blow right through it,\u201d said RJD2 about the inspiration behind the material. \u201cBy the end of the course, I hope you\u2019re excited to sit down and make music.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCreating this course has changed the way I think about the building blocks of music,\u201d said Soundfly CEO Ian Temple. \u201cI\u2019ve shifted from focusing on notes and pitches to considering music to be chunks of manipulable sound. It\u2019s been a fascinating change of perspective and I\u2019m excited for the music it inspires in our students.\u201d<\/p>\n Sign up at: https:\/\/Soundfly.com\/RJD2<\/a><\/p>\n Watch the promo video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/qf103sh2ukY<\/a><\/p>\n ABOUT SOUNDFLY<\/strong><\/p>\n Soundfly offers creative courses for curious musicians looking to spark their creativity, expand their skill set, and discover new sounds. Students can subscribe to Soundfly’s library of in-depth courses on topics ranging from songwriting to hip-hop production, or take their music learning to the next level with Soundfly’s custom mentorship program, pairing students one-on-one with an expert to achieve a personal goal.<\/p>\n Learn more at: https:\/\/soundfly.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/21-0727s2p-soundfly-rjd2-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n*Caption: RJD2. Photo credit: Nick Fancher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROOKLYN, N.Y., July 27, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Instrumental hip-hop producer RJD2 has launched his first online course, made in partnership with music education platform Soundfly. This in-depth course guides students through RJD2’s unique approach to chopping and flipping records, and how he arranges samples into fully realized songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8753,"featured_media":73742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,755,12804,10656,1,45,37,14910,8,40],"tags":[7493,16547,450,15132,16548],"class_list":["post-73770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-recording-news","category-alliances-news","category-ap","category-brooklyn-business","category-business-news","category-education-news","category-entertainment-news","category-music-instruments-and-gear","category-new-york-news","category-video-news-release","tag-hip-hop-music","tag-hip-hop-producer-rjd2","tag-music-education","tag-online-music-school","tag-ramble-jon-krohn","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":7224,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/21-0727s2p-soundfly-rjd2-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}