KK
Keerthi Kiran
Is it possible to create gamakas using piano roll? If I don't know how to play an instrument, is it possible to create carnatic bgm?
Music Production for Indian Music
In this masterclass, I would be talking about my approach to producing Indian Music, specifically my work in the genre of Indian Classical Fusion. Join me as I go over producing a song from scratch during the session and going over one of my pre-produced songs. The topics covered during the session would be as follows.
Fundamental Concepts
- Working with Melody
- Creating Chord Structure and Harmony
- Time Signatures / Taalas
Song Structure
- Creating structure out of musical ideas
- Commonly used song structures
- Repetition
Arrangement
- Different elements of a song - Lead, Bass, Harmony and Rhythm
- Working with sections
- What you can do, and what you must avoid!
Whom is this masterclass for?
This masterclass is for music producers, arrangers and musicians who want an insight on music production for Indian Music. If you have a specific track of mine that you would like me to go over, do comment in the questions tab with your request. I would be using Logic Pro for this masterclass but the concepts can be executed across any DAW (Garageband, Ableton, Protools, Cubase, FL Studio, etc). Prior knowledge of Western/Indian Classical music theory and/or basic music production skills would be very helpful for your understanding.
Submitted Messages
Messages can be submitted by the attendees of the session till 1 hour before the session starts.
KK
Keerthi Kiran
How to decide which chords to use for which ragas?
KK
Keerthi Kiran
How to produce Mridangam and Tabla beats for your song
Mahesh Raghvan:
Shall go over this today :)
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sswami
We have ROLI Songmaker KIT (Seaboard, Lightpad, Control
Mahesh Raghvan:
You can look up Swar Plug and the Native Instruments Indian
lk
lalith kashyap
How to choose chords for a raga where ascending and descending are diffrent ? also how to choose chords for any raga in general ?
lk
lalith kashyap
how to apply harmony for melakartha ragas ?
lk
lalith kashyap
how to layer vst tones for live instruments ex:- veena and bells , santoor and flute
DU
DrKedar Upadhyay
It would be great if you would put some lights on plucks (those we tend to listen to on your tracks)and beat making. Specially, creating good snare
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sswami
We would like Devotional Songs to be produced like your "Manasa Sanchara Re" as we are from Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Organization
RP
Ravi Prithvi
Could you please share light on your Margazhi collaboration compositions from 2019 if possible
RP
Ravi Prithvi
Could you please explain what happens if we change amplitude or gain? How does it affect the sound
Mahesh Sivarama Pillai
How effectively can an individual musician (who doesn't have access to enough people to collaborate) produce music using software like
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kavitakameshmusic
Can you demonstrate how you produce classical based songs like 'Laal Ishq' or creating a classical fusion based production like 'Shape of you
About the Artist
Mahesh Raghvan
Mahesh Raghvan is an Indian musician who is known for his Carnatic fusion music. His experiments with Carnatic music on the iPad have multi-million views on social media. Besides being a full time musician and music producer for two bands 'Carnatic 2.0' and 'Thayir Sadam Project', Mahesh does music technology workshops across major
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10 July 2020
2:30PM GMT
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