Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to The Automatic Music Machine!

    • Welcome to the Program!

    • Here's What To Do Right Now...

    • [MUST DO] STEP 1: Core Beliefs Check

    • [MUST DO] STEP 2: Join Your Team

    • [OPTIONAL] Step 3: Request mobile (Learnistic) access for session recordings

    • [OPTIONAL] Step 4: Check Out the "Sonic Growth Lab"

    • The Automatic Music Machine 004 Schedule (Add the AMM Calendar!)

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    Session 1: Set Up to SPLURGE! [Full recording]

    • Session 1: Set Up to SPLURGE! (Full recording)

    • Session 1 Week 1 ACTION List

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    Session 1: Post session ACTIONS!

    • Implement T.I.C.K.

    • Create Your File System

    • Get Your AMM Tracking Tool

    • How to Add Splurges to Trello

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    Session 1: Set Up to SPLURGE! [Edited & chopped]

    • 01 Welcome (Team Coach 60 second hello...)

    • 02 Existing Machinists (What difference has the AMM made to your music?)

    • 03 How to win

    • 04 Your Project Goal (How much music will you STRETCH yourself to finish in this program?)

    • 05 Hire your "BAND"

    • 06 The Simple Arrangement Splurge

    • 07 Review PROCESS (not result!)

    • 08 Band Upgrade

    • 09 The Present Splurge

    • 10 Actions for this week...

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    Session 2: Discover Freedom! (Full recording)

    • Session 2: Discover Freedom

    • AMM04 Session 2 ACTION List

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    Session 2: Post Session ACTIONS!

    • Step 1: How to Process Splurges

    • Step 2: Process Splurges in Trello

    • Step 3: Take Aim With Machine Targeting

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    Session 2: Discover Freedom! (Edited & chopped)

    • 01 Your top AMM win this week?

    • 02 Direct Listening: Global Focus

    • 03 What was the difference in your perception of the music?

    • 04 Essential actions after session

    • 05 Basic Discovery

    • 06 Think "Contrast"

    • 07 The "Discover Freedom" Game

    • 08 Wins / Problem / Opportunities

    • 09 This Week...

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    Session 3: Draft With Purpose (Full recording)

    • Session 3: Draft With Purpose

    • AMM04 Session 3 ACTION List

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    Session 3: Draft With Purpose (Edited & chopped)

    • 01 Your top AMM win this week?

    • 02 Direct Listening: Element Focus

    • 03 Drafting Focus

    • 04 How to Draft...

    • 05 Drafting Actions

    • 06 The Drafting Session

    • 07 After the Drafting Session

    • 08 This Week ...

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    Session 4: Into The Done Space (Full recording)

    • Session 4: Into The Done Space

    • AMM04 Session 4 ACTION List

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    Session 4: Post Session Action!

    • Required Program Action: Try the "DONE CHECK" Tool

    • Done Prep Game: "Spatial Recognition"

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    Session 4: Into The Done Space (Edited & chopped)

    • 01 Your top AMM win/ problem this week?

    • 02 Extras!

    • 03 How to decide when it's Done..

    • 04 Direct Listening: Space Between Focus

    • 05 Describe the main musical sections

    • 06 Post Session Action: "DONE CHECK"

    • 07 Spatial Recognition: A DONE PREP Game

    • 08 Spatial Recognition 1: Select Spaces

    • 09 Spatial Recognition 2: Plot Spaces

    • 10 Spatial Recognition 3: Mix Splurge!

    • 11 Done Prep Processing

    • 12 How to use the Sketchbook / How to use "Ideas"

    • 13 Your goal this week: MAXIMUM INTO DONE...

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    Session 5: Sweet Release! (How to Improve Everything) Full recording

    • Session 5: How to Improve EVERYTHING (Part 1)

    • Session 5: How to Improve EVERYTHING (Part 2)

    • AMM04 Session 5 ACTION

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    Session 5: Post Session ACTION!

    • How to Make The Release Decision

    • The Release Decision [printable]

    • ABCD Release Prep Game (Printable)

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    Session 5: Sweet Release! (How to Improve Everything) Edited & chopped

    • 01 Your top AMM win this week?

    • 02 Extras!

    • 03 The Release Decision

    • 04 Direct Listening: Reaction Focus

    • 05 Post Session Action: The "Release Decision" Process

    • 06 ABCD: A Release Prep Game

    • 07 A: Articulate the Problems

    • 08 Description: What is happening where the problems are?

    • 09 Explanation: Why is this a problem?

    • 10 Music, Ears, Mind: Brainstorm possible solutions

    • 11 C: Create a Session Plan

    • 12 D: Do a Short Session!

    • 13 Wins / Problems / Opportunities

    • 14 Actions for this week

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    Session 6: The Automatic Music Machine Clinic (Full recording)

    • Session 6: The Automatic Music Machine Clinic

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    Session 6: The Automatic Music Machine Clinic (Edited & chopped)

    • 01 How much more music have you made in the last 5 weeks?

    • 02 Next Steps

    • 03 The AMM Clinic

    • 04 Who is stuck in Release Prep (Done) Yan's question: Too many details, too many mix automations when creating spaces without really thinking it through

    • 05 Maitreya's question: What could help me to find more distinctions between these two polarities (splurge and discovery sessions) and then explore the spaces

    • 06 Gordon's question: What point do you actually go back and start maybe kind of tracking or actually recording?

    • 07 Brendan's question: Tips on creating draft actions, that would be more towards creating song structure and some progression within the music

    • 08 5 Levels of Cognitive Prowess

    • 09 Szabolcs's question: I have plenty of Splurges but I always feel like I need to quantize it or go back, or it's not perfect

    • 10 Outro: How to find the authentic you

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    What's Next?

    • Hear someone struggling to finish quality music?

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