Berklee

BEST ONLINE
COURSE
UCEA
2005 - 2010
Welcome to Berkleemusic, Berklee College of Music’s online
continuing education division. Berkleemusic offers a growing
catalog of accredited online courses and certificate programs in all
areas of contemporary music, including songwriting, arranging,
production, education, music business, and performance. If you
are looking to enhance your career opportunities, develop your
skills, or connect with like-minded musicians, Berkleemusic has
something for you. I invite you to explore our web site to discover
the many ways Berkleemusic.com can help you achieve your goals.
Debbie Cavalier
Dean of Continuing Education
The Best of Berklee Online
With Berkleemusic, you can study what you want, when you want, and
where you want. The best online educational tools and the newest technology
available—weekly real-time chats, discussion boards, interactive activities
and quizzes, and personalized feedback on your assignments from your
instructor—enable you to pursue your craft with new depth and insight.
What are the lessons like?

You’ll work with innovative, interactive tools to help guide you
through your course’s twelve weekly lessons. You’ll complete
the lessons on your own schedule within the week, begin
and end as you need to, at a pace that’s right for you.
What is the homework like?

Assignments are due at the end of each week, and could
include recording audio files, developing business and
marketing plans, or writing, arranging, or orchestrating
music. Your instructor will provide detailed feedback,
then assign a grade on your weekly assignments.
How do you interact with others?

Instructors lead weekly chats with the entire class to discuss course
content and address any questions on the week’s lesson. Students
can post questions and communicate with other classmates
in the course’s dedicated discussion board. Private messages
can also be used to communicate directly with instructors.
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areas • Guitar • Music Theory, Harmony,

of Study • Music Production & Ear Training
• Music Business • Bass
• Songwriting • Voice
• Arranging • Keyboard/Piano
Length Online courses 12–Weeks

of study
Multi-course certificates 1–3 Years
Credit Vs Credit Non-Credit

non-credit Receive a Letter Grade
Courses Transferable to Other Schools
Upgrade to a Certificate
Financial aid Berkleemusic’s financial aid options make it easy to finance your
education for as little as $50 a month.
Options include:
• Loan Programs
• Employer Tuition Assistance
• Military Benefits
• Scholarship Program
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Learn from the Best Ben Newhouse

Production
faculty overview
Author, music supervisor,
Berkleemusic’s faculty consists of distinguished industry professionals and many of the same and composer on dozens of
instructors that teach at Berklee’s main campus in Boston. They are recognized experts in television shows, films, and
stage productions for media
their fields—having produced and engineered hundreds of artists and numerous award- corporations including ABC,
winning projects—and their students’ work has earned scores of GRAMMY® nominations. FOX, MTV, and Disney, he has arranged
movie themes, and scored for full-length
feature films using Digital Performer.
Meet Some Of Our Online Faculty Read Ben’s Blog
Larry Baione Brad Hatfield Rick Peckham

Guitar Songwriting Guitar
Chair of the Berklee College of Music Brad is an Emmy-winning composer and Assistant Chair of Berklee’s Guitar
Guitar Department. He has studied one of Boston’s most prolific musicians. His Department, he is an internationally known
with Lenzy Wallace, Mick Goodrick, Bill compositions have been heard in movies jazz guitarist, clinician, composer, and writer.
Harris, William Leavitt, Bucky Pizzarelli, such as Borat, Analyze This, and Cop Land, He has performed with George Garzone, Jerry
and Jim Hall, and received a Downbeat as well as dozens of TV series including The Bergonzi, Mike Gibbs, and recorded with the
Hall of Fame Scholarship award. Sopranos, Six Feet Under, ER, and CSI. jazz collective Um, featuring John Medeski.
Jeff Baust Jimmy Kachulis Roberta Radley

Production Songwriting Performance, Music Theory
A composer, audio engineer, A composer, arranger, and conductor, he Roberta Radley is Assistant
educator, and multi- has worked with great artists like George Chair of the Ear Training
instrumentalist, he has Coleman, Jon Hendricks, Eric Gale, John Lewis, Department at Berklee
created scores for ESPN, and Martha Reeves, and his compositions College of Music, as well as
NESN, Avid, Sony, Polaroid, have been featured on scores from The co-author of the Department
Sharp, Reebok, Lotus and others. Sopranos to Touched By An Angel. Core Curriculum Ear Training 1-4 books.
She is also the author of the Harmonic
Ear Training DVD on Berklee Press.
Eric Beall Dave Kusek
Music Business Music Business
Vice President, Creative at Sony/ATV Vice President at Berklee Michael Rendish
Music, former Creative Director for College of Music. He was Harmony
Zomba Music Publishing, as well as a a co-developer of the Founding chair of Berklee’s Harmony
songwriter and record producer. revolutionary Musical Department, he has composed,
Instrument Digital Interface orchestrated, and conducted some 30 film
Read Eric’s Blog (MIDI). In 2005, he co-authored the scores, and was an arranger and guest
book “The Future of Music: Manifesto conductor of the Bangkok Symphony
for the Digital Music Revolution.” Orchestra of the 50th Jubilee Concert
Lauren Davis in honor of the King of Thailand.
Music Business
Read Dave’s Blog
An accomplished music business attorney
with a past client list that includes the Paul Schmeling
Allman Brothers, the Psychedelic Furs, and Matt Marvuglio Performance, Music Theory
Tim Collins (Manager of Aerosmith). Performance Recently retired as chair of the piano
The Dean of the Performance Division department, he is co-author of the Berklee
at Berklee College, he is a virtuosic Practice Method: Keyboard (2001) and
Suzanne Dean flutist and composer who has traveled Instant Keyboard (2002) and the author
Arranging of Berklee Music Theory: Book 1.
extensively, premiering his compositions.
An arranger, educator, composer, keyboardist,
He has presented clinics for the National
and vocalist, she has released two albums on
Nova Records, and worked as an orchestrator
Flute Association, and the International Jan Shapiro
Flute Convention in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
on the television series Jake and the Fatman. Voice
Jan is the chair of the Voice
Michael Hamilton Danny Morris department at Berklee

Bass College of Music. She has
Songwriting, Production presented vocal clinics around
Danny has been a Berklee
Wrote and produced hip-
faculty member since 1988. the country and toured
hop pieces for guest artists
He has performed with Bo extensively, performing in jazz clubs,
such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog,
Diddley, Robin Ford, James hotels, and supper clubs across the U.S.
Warren G, Method Man,
Cotton, and Paula Abdul.
Diddy, and Mystical. He
has produced recordings for Interscope,
Island Def Jam, and BGP Records.

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Online Music Courses

Our award-winning courses are authored and taught by industry experts and
the same renowned instructors that teach at Berklee College of Music’s main
campus in Boston. Our courses are twelve weeks in length, and are accredited
by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Credits earned in
a Berkleemusic course can be transferred to another college or university, at
the discretion of the receiving institution. Many Berkleemusic courses are also
transferable into Berklee College of Music for credit.
Over 80 Online Courses Now Enrolling In:

• Guitar • Music Theory, Harmony, & Ear Training
• Music Production • Bass
• Music Business • Voice
• Songwriting • Keyboard/Piano
WorkLoad
online courses
• Arranging
5–10 hours of coursework
per course, per week
Guitar
BEST ONLINE Jazz Guitar 201: Advanced Rhythm and Groove Guitar
COURSE Bruce Bartlett
Jazz Guitar Improvisation
UCEA
Learn the rhythmic techniques and
Bruce Saunders chord tools that are the foundation of
Further develop your jazz guitar
Guitar Chords 101 performance skills by learning advanced
groove-based music. Expand your chord
Rick Peckham knowledge and learn to construct original
techniques to improvise over chord
Add more dynamics and expression to your rhythm guitar grooves that you can
changes, both in traditional “standards”
playing and gain a greater feel for your apply to a wide variety of music styles.
and complex modern harmony.
instrument by learning Berklee’s approach to
the construction of chords and chord voicings. Blues Guitar Workshop
NEW Michael Williams
Guitar Chords 201: Chord Study the techniques and licks of classic
Melody and Inversions Rock Guitar Soloing blues stylists, such as T-Bone Walker,
Lightning Hopkins, B.B. King, and Magic
Rick Peckham Robin Stone
Sam. Gain a foundation in form, control,
Master Berklee’s approach to playing guitar Learn to play a great rock guitar solo! Rock
feel, and harmony that will help to bring
chords. Improve your style, intonation, Guitar Soloing is designed to help guitarists
a blues sound to your playing or add more
technique, time feel, and tone in this who may have learned the technical aspects
depth to any other style of music.
in-depth course. Explore open triads, seventh of playing, but lack the theoretical application
chord structures, open triadic shapes, and of the musical elements that make up a
inversions in a variety of musical styles. strong solo that moves the listener.
Getting Your Guitar Sound
Dan Bowden
Guitar Scales 101 Classic Rock Guitar Learn to use your ears, hands, and the
Larry Baione Workshop tools of the trade to play jazz, rock, blues,
Organize the guitar fretboard, develop country, and other genres, with a hi-quality,
Joe Musella
your technique, and learn to confidently authentic, and persuasive guitar tone.
Elevate your playing by learning the
navigate the instrument by gaining a styles and techniques of the architects
firm understanding of the pentatonic, of classic rock guitar: Hendrix, Basic Improvisation
blues, major, melodic minor, and harmonic Clapton, Beck, Gilmour, and Page. Matt Marvuglio, Jim Odgren,
minor scales and their modes.
and Edward Tomassi
Funk/Rock and R&B Learn a step-by-step approach to
Jazz Guitar 101 improvisation that applies to all styles and
Bruce Saunders
Guitar Soloing any instrument. Develop your solos by
Study the styles of some of the most influential Thaddeus Hogarth studying the riffs and licks of legendary
jazz guitarists, and learn the basics behind Learn the appropriate scales, the best players, and learn to incorporate the
the jazz language: chord/scale usage, building use of effects, and the rhythmic and inflexions, feel, and nuances of the
melodic tension, and improvisation techniques. melodic timing to create an authentic masters into your own playing!
funk-based solo and sound.

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Music Production
Critical Listening 1 Orchestration 2:
Dan Thompson NEW
Writing Techniques
Create compelling, professional-sounding
songs by learning to identify the production
Audio Mastering Techniques for Full Orchestra
elements that contribute to a well balanced, Marc-Dieter Einstmann Benjamin Newhouse
artful and professional-sounding mix. and Jonathan Wyner Learn advanced orchestration strategies
Mastering is the final, critical, step in the and approaches to writing for full
post-production process. Gain a thorough orchestra, including both a live orchestra
Advanced Audio Ear understanding of what is involved in creating and sampled MIDI mockups.
Training for Mix Engineers a final master recording ready for duplication,
Dan Thompson replication, or online distribution.
Film Scoring 101
Expand your production skills and take your
Donald Wilkins
critical listening to the next level by learning Hip-Hop Writing Create original music to accompany a
to identify and implement mix strategies,
compression and panning techniques, and Production visual medium by learning fundamental to
Michael Hamilton more advanced film scoring techniques.
and a wide array of professional mix
approaches across multiple genres of music. Learn the techniques that hip-hop producers
use to create hit songs. Learn writing and
production considerations unique to hip-hop,
NEW
NEW how to analyze and recreate different styles
Audio Post Production
online courses
of hip-hop, and how to use this foundation
Music Production Analysis to produce your own songs using Reason. for Film and TV
Mark Cross
Stephen Webber
Develop the skills to listen to music Sound Design for Become a more marketable and
in-demand producer by mastering
like a seasoned music producer. Learn the Electronic Musician the tools and techniques necessary to
to identify the elements of effective Michael Bierylo and David Mash complete a full audio post production
records, and gain the skills to bring these Learn to create your own electronic sounds project, including sound design, foley,
elements to your own productions. and musical productions using Propellerhead’s dialogue, and music for a short film.
Reason and Native Instruments’ Absynth.
Desktop Music Live Sound: Mixing
Production for Mac Sampling and and Recording
Michael Bierylo and David Mash Audio Production Bill Gibson
Master the tools and techniques David Doms Learn to construct a dynamic, high-quality mix
for producing great-sounding Explore the art of sampling and audio for live sound. Identify proper microphone
music at home on your Mac. production, and learn Berklee’s approach to technique, equalization, effects, and
recording, editing, and programming using dynamics processing to build professional
Desktop Music the software samplers provided in Reason. sounding instrument sounds and vocals.
Production for PC
Michael Bierylo, Steve Introduction to Game Audio Producing Music with
MacLean, & David Mash Jeanine Cowen Digital Performer
Master the tools and techniques for producing Gain a solid foundation of sound production
Benjamin Newhouse
great-sounding music at home on your PC. and engineering skills that will prepare you
Gain a complete understanding of this
to work at a game development company
powerful audio/MIDI music production
or as a freelance game audio professional.
Recording and Producing tool and take a detailed look at each
in the Home Studio Orchestration 1
aspect of the production process, from
conceiving and recording your original
David Franz
Benjamin Newhouse idea, to mastering your final product.
Take your demos through the entire music
Learn to write and apply traditional
production process, and learn to apply a
orchestration techniques to both
number of concepts and techniques that
sampled performances and live
will dramatically improve the sound of your
orchestral performances.
recordings, mixes, and masters no matter
what recording device you are using.
MIDI Sequencing Berkleemusic really changed the way I write and how I mix. And for
Intermediate me the investment has paid off. I would recommend Berkleemusic
Michael Moss to anyone interested in furthering their careers. There is a wealth of
Learn to create musical-sounding MIDI information and resources available. All you have to do is tap in.
arrangements with assignments that
challenge your creativity while you produce
music in three divergent styles: electronic David Waugh
dance music, blues, and advertising scoring. Producer/composer for Wounded Buffalo Studios in Johannesberg

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Music Production
Pro Tools Remixing with Pro Tools Hip-Hop Writing
and Reason and Production
Pro Tools 101 Erik Hawkins Michael Hamilton
Digidesign and Andy Edelstein Leverage the power of Pro Tools and Learn the techniques that hip-hop producers
In the first stage of Digidesign’s Pro Tools Reason using ReWire technology, and use to create hit songs. Learn writing and
certification program, you’ll learn the gain a comprehensive understanding production considerations unique to hip-hop,
foundational skills needed to understand the of how these powerful programs work how to analyze and recreate different styles
technology and software. This course instructs together in the remixing process. Master of hip-hop, and how to use this foundation
you on recording, editing, and mixing on the principles and techniques to create to produce your own songs using Reason.
a basic level, and will get on the road to mash-ups, stereo master remixes, a cappella
becoming a Pro Tools operator from home. remixes, and multi-track remixes.
Sound Design for
Pro Tools 110 the Electronic Musician
Ableton Live Michael Bierylo and David Mash
Andy Edelstein Learn to create your own electronic sounds
This second stage of Digidesign’s Pro Tools
certification program teaches a broad range
Producing Music and musical productions using Propellerhead’s
Reason and Native Instruments’ Absynth.
of tools and Berklee production techniques with Ableton Live
that will help you tackle more complex Pro Kai Turnbull
Sampling and
online courses
Tools projects and enhance your capabilities Remix and produce in any number of
in all aspects of Pro Tools production. contemporary styles, including drum and Audio Production
bass, R&B, breakbeat/trance, and house David Doms
Producing with Pro Tools music using Ableton’s Live audio and Explore the art of sampling and audio
MIDI sequencing software, a sequencer production, and learn Berklee’s approach to
David Franz
you can play like an instrument. recording, editing, and programming using
Whether you are a seasoned Pro Tools user or
new to the home studio, this course will guide the software samplers provided in Reason.
you through everything you need to know Advanced Music Production
to create great-sounding home recordings
using Digidesign’s Pro Tools software. Learn
with Ableton Live Logic
Loudon Stearns
Berklee’s renowned production techniques
from set-up to mix down, and get a chance to
Based on feedback from Ableton Live users,
this advanced course offers a forward-
Producing Music
talk gear, studio configurations, philosophies
thinking approach to recording, editing, with Logic
of production, and even speaker placement. Jeff Baust and David Doms
mixing, and mastering using Ableton Live.
Strengthen your technical understanding
Mixing and Mastering of Logic Pro and heighten your overall
Reason creative abilities in music production.
with Pro Tools Harness the power of Logic’s extensive
Jeff Baust
Gain a greater understanding of two key
Producing Music software instruments, and learn to record,
edit, and mix your project like a pro.
elements of music production by learning with Reason
the Berklee approach to mixing and Erik Hawkins
mastering using the Pro Tools software. Gain a firm understanding of the SONAR
functionalities and capabilities of Reason
Advanced Mixing and software. Explore Reason’s rack of virtual
Producing Music
instruments, effects, mixers, built-in
Mastering with Pro Tools sequencer and patching system, and with SONAR
Jeff Baust and Mark Wessel learn real-world production setups and Steve MacLean
This advanced course provides students techniques used by today’s top producers. Complete all aspects of a multi-track
with a deep understanding of mixing and recording using MIDI, audio, loops,
mastering tools and techniques that can and plugin effects using Cakewalk’s
be applied to a wide variety of styles.
Remixing with Pro Tools SONAR Producer Edition.
and Reason
Erik Hawkins
NEW Leverage the power of Pro Tools and
Cubase
Reason using ReWire technology, and
Pro Tools: Virtual gain a comprehensive understanding Producing Music
Instruments and Effects of how these powerful programs work
together in the remixing process. Master
with Cubase
Dave Franz James Ramsay
the principles and techniques to create
Learn to play the new virtual instruments and Gain a broad skill set and a fully realized
mash-ups, stereo master remixes, a cappella
effects found in Pro Tools 8 and beyond, and background in music production using
remixes, and multi-track remixes.
improve your overall musical productions, the state-of-the-art Cubase 5 software.
whether for TV, film, commercials, Web
sites, video games, or the productions
of artists you may be working with.

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Music Business
The Future of Music Inside the Record Industry Music Marketing 101
and the Music Business George Howard Bob Baker
Gain critical marketing and positioning Gain a firm foundation in music marketing.
Dave Kusek
advice on how to prepare yourself, Learn techniques to successfully attract new
Examine alternatives to the traditional
your music, and your band, and learn fans, garner media exposure, make smart use
means of distributing and marketing
realistic strategies for success for artists of the Internet, and sell more of your music!
music, and explore scenarios and uncover
looking to get their music heard!
opportunities that the new digital reality
offers. Explore challenging aspects of the Music Marketing:
music business and discover the changes, Music Industry Press, Promotion,
technologies, innovation and powerful
Entrepreneurship Distribution, and Retail
trends that are affecting its future.
George Howard Michael King
Focus your efforts and dramatically
Learn the key marketing and promotion
Music Business 101 increase your chances of success by
techniques that all independent labels,
Lauren Davis learning the entrepreneurial tools
artists, and managers have to understand
Gain a broad overview of the music business particular to the music industry, including
to create an effective worldwide marketing
and learn how the various segments of business structures, finance, marketing,
strategy: Publicity, Radio Promotion,
the industry operate on a day-to-day basis. management, and leadership.
Retail & Distribution, Merchandising,
Discover the career opportunities that
Internet, Advertising, and Touring.
online courses
are available to you, and the knowledge
you’ll need to achieve your goals.
BEST ONLINE
COURSE NEW
Music Publishing 101
Eric Beall UCEA Online Music Marketing
Create and operate your own publishing
company, and learn how to effectively
with Topspin
Mike King and Shamal Ranasinghe
promote and place your songs into Concert Touring Topspin is a unique marketing, management,
income-generating opportunities.
John Czajkowski and Jeff Dorenfeld and content distribution platform that helps
Learn the preparations and logistics artists market and retail direct to their fans.
Artist Management involved in developing, budgeting, and Develop the in-depth marketing expertise
George Howard executing a successful tour, from small club necessary to properly execute a successful
Explore the role and importance of an artist dates to international stadium shows. sales and marketing campaign using Topspin.
manager, what they do, and how it impacts
the career of the artist and their brand.
NEW
Legal Aspects of the
Music Industry Online Music Marketing:
Don Gorder and Steve Masur Campaign Strategies,
Build your music career with an Social Media, and
understanding of the legal issues that are of
special concern to musicians and songwriters,
Digital Distribution
and take a focused look at the important Michael King
legal changes that have evolved as a result This course takes an in-depth look at the
of the shift in the music business landscape. tools and emerging technologies artists
can use to generate interest in their music,
acquire new fans, and sell their music online.
I learned how I can better market myself as a musician. Berkleemusic

helped me launch myself to the next level.
Annie Clements
Sugarland Touring Band, Bass

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Music Theory, Harmony & Ear Training

Music Theory 101 Basic Ear Training 1 Getting Inside Harmony 2
Paul Schmeling Matt Marvuglio and Roberta Radley Michael Rendish
Get the musical foundation you need This practical approach to ear training Take your harmonic development to the
to take your skills to a higher level. will help you build your confidence next level by gaining a solid footing in
Learn to read, write, really listen—and as a performer by teaching you how more advanced principles including melodic
put theory into practice every day! to notate basic rhythms and better and harmonic tension, chord substitution,
identify the different parts of a song. and chromatically altered chords.
Music Theory 201:
Harmony and Function Harmonic Ear Training
Paul Schmeling BEST ONLINE Roberta Radley
Become a more effective player and COURSE Put your harmonic theory into practice.
writer by furthering your music theory UCEA Learn techniques that will improve your
performance, arranging, and compositional
background. Learn more complex chords,
progressions, and rhythms to open up your skills by refining your ability to really
understanding of the elements that help put hear and recognize what is going on
the groove in jazz, pop, blues, and rock.
Getting Inside Harmony 1 within the chord progressions.
Michael Rendish
Use harmony creatively in your playing
Music Theory 301: and writing. Learn to hear and modify
online courses
Advanced Melody, chord progressions, improvise effectively
from chord to chord and deepen your
Harmony, and Rhythm understanding of music’s inner workings.
Paul Schmeling
Prepare yourself for any future musical
endeavor and gain a professional command
of the mechanics of contemporary music.
Arranging
Arranging 1: Film Scoring 101 Orchestration 1
Rhythm Section Donald Wilkins Benjamin Newhouse
Create original music to accompany a Learn to write and apply traditional
Suzanne Dean
visual medium by learning fundamental to orchestration techniques to both
Essential learning for anyone interested
more advanced film scoring techniques. sampled performances and live
in arranging music for a band, This
orchestral performances.
course explores all aspects of writing
and arranging for the rhythm section. Music Notation Using Finale
Jonathan Feist Orchestration 2:
Arranging: Create great-looking music quickly and Writing Techniques
easily with the powerful Finale music
Small Ensemble and Horns notation software, and learn techniques to for Full Orchestra
Jerry Gates maximize speed, control, and accuracy. Benjamin Newhouse
Develop your writing and arranging skills for Learn advanced orchestration strategies
smaller bands and larger ensembles and learn and approaches to writing for full
techniques that can be applied to both live
Music Notation orchestra, including both a live orchestra
instrumentation or sequenced/sampled sounds. Using Sibelius and sampled MIDI mockups.
Tom Rudolph
Arranging: Learn to create lead sheets, choral and Arranging:
instrumental scores, drum maps,and
Advanced Horn Writing guitar notation. Explore many other Contemporary Styles
Jerry Gates ways to use Sibelius for your own Daniel Moretti
Take your arranging abilities to the next level personal and professional needs. Learn to create your own original grooves
of development by studying more advanced by analyzing, writing, sequencing, and
techniques for voicing chords, orchestration, recording the rhythms and styles that have
articulations, and background lines. influenced western contemporary music.
Arranging:
Woodwinds and Strings I’m forever in debt for the information I learned with Berkleemusic. It
Jerry Gates definitely helped me to get my Australian Idol arranging gig.
Gain a practical, real-world understanding
of the sound and personality of woodwind
and string instruments, and learn
Mark Costa
Arranger/Bassist for Australian Idol in Sydney
how to properly apply them to songs,
arrangements, and compositions.

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Songwriting
Lyric Writing: Songwriting Workshop: Hip-Hop Writing
Tools and Strategies Writing Hit Songs and Production
Pat Pattison Jimmy Kachulis Michael Hamilton
Generate more and better ideas. Express Move your listeners and express Learn the techniques that hip-hop producers
them in compelling and original ways. yourself more effectively by crafting use to create hit songs. Learn writing and
your songs the way hit writers do. production considerations unique to hip-hop,
Lyric Writing: how to analyze and recreate different styles
of hip-hop, and how to use this foundation
Writing From the Title Commercial Songwriting to produce your own songs using Reason.
Pat Pattison Techniques
Make your writing process more efficient Andrea Stolpe Music Notation Using Finale
and your lyrics more effective. Learn how Learn to write for commercial success
to find a powerful and effective song
Jonathan Feist
by reproducing the time-tested
Create great-looking music quickly and
title, and discover how to build lyrics, characteristics of hit songs while
easily with the powerful Finale music
develop the rhythms of your song sections, maintaining your own unique voice.
notation software, and learn techniques to
create contrasting sections and ideas to
maximize speed, control, and accuracy.
re-color your chorus based on that title.
NEW
Lyric Writing: Music Notation
Songwriting for Film and TV
online courses
Writing Lyrics to Music Brad Hatfield
Using Sibelius
Pat Pattison Tom Rudolph
Explore the techniques of writing music
Learn to create lead sheets, choral and
Get the most out of your lyrics by that will appeal specifically to music
instrumental scores, drum maps,and
learning how to combine them accurately supervisors, editors, directors, and producers
guitar notation. Explore many other
and effectively with melody. across any number of different genres.
ways to use Sibelius for your own
personal and professional needs.
Songwriting Film Scoring 101
Workshop: Melody Donald Wilkins
Jimmy Kachulis Create original music to accompany a
Learn to construct strong, expressive melodies visual medium by learning fundamental to
that your audiences will remember. more advanced film scoring techniques.
Songwriting Workshop:
Harmony
Jimmy Kachulis
Learn how harmony can help you to articulate
the essential meaning of a song, and the best
ways to adapt chords and progressions to suit
your unique songwriting style and ideas.
Faculty Spotlight
Pat Pattison
Songwriting Faculty
Pat Pattison, Online Songwriting Instructor, is an author, clinician
and Berklee Professor of Lyric Writing and Poetry whose students
have composed for major artists and written Number 1 songs. At
Berklee, he developed the curriculum for the only songwriting
major in the country. His books, including Songwriting: Essential
Guide to Rhyming and Songwriting: Essential Guide to Lyric
Form and Structure, are recognized as definitive in their genre,
and have earned many ecstatic reviews. His clinics are attended by songwriters all over
the country, and his articles appear regularly in a variety of industry publications.

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Bass Voice Keyboard/Piano

Bass Performance 101 Voice Technique 101
Rich Appleman and Danny Morris Anne Peckham
Study the music of famous electric and Make your voice sound more powerful,
BEST ONLINE
acoustic bass players, and learn to create use vocal technique to expand your range COURSE
and perform your own unique bass and expression, and learn to become UCEA
lines in a variety of different styles. more confident in vocal performances.
Berklee Keyboard Method

NEW NEW Paul Schmeling
Master the basics of technique and chord
R&B Bass Pop and Rock Vocals voicings, and gain an understanding of more
Danny Morris Didi Stewart advanced concepts including interpretation
Learn to sing everything from of lead sheets and improvisation.
Learn to play R&B bass in the style of the
“classic hits” pop and rock to singer-
master players. Expand your bass playing
songwriter styles to contemporary
in the context of a professional, live music
performance or recording session.
indie rock in an authentic manner. Blues and Rock
Keyboard Techniques
Jazz Bass NEW Dave Limina
Study the theory and harmonic concepts
Jim Stinnett
online courses
Gain the tools and knowledge you need Jazz Voice common to blues and rock styles, and
learn the licks, techniques, patterns, and
to improvise jazz bass lines like a seasoned Jan Shapiro
improvisation styles associated with shuffles,
professional. Learn to play great jazz bass Apply the unique vocal characteristics of
New Orleans piano, rock and roll and
lines, recognize common chord progressions great jazz singers such as Billie Holiday, Louis
modern rock piano, and solo blues piano.
in jazz standards, and study the work of Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughn
jazz bass greats like Paul Chambers, Ray into your own sound. Understand proper
Brown, Ron Carter, and Christian McBride. jazz vocal delivery in a number of tempos
and gain confidence singing an array of jazz For all instruments
Rock Bass standards in a live or recorded context.
Anthony Vitti Basic Improvisation

Gain the foundation, technique, and vocabulary Matt Marvuglio, Jim Odgren,
necessary to construct and improvise bass lines and Edward Tomassi
in a variety of rock and blues-based music styles. Learn a step-by-step approach to
improvisation that applies to all styles and
any instrument. Develop your solos by
NEW studying the riffs and licks of legendary
players, and learn to incorporate the
Slap Bass inflexions, feel, and nuances of the
Lenny Stallworth and Anthony Vitti masters into your own playing!
Popularized in the 70s with groups such
as Sly and the Family Stone, slap bass has
become an essential technique in any
electric bassist’s toolkit. In Slap Bass, you
will learn the fundamentals of playing
slap, from traditional to advanced modern
techniques, and learn to construct your
own slap lines over original songs.
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MULTI-COURSE
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Berkleemusic’s certificate programs are designed to provide students with solid
qualifications and marketable skills for success. These multi-course programs offer
anywhere from one to three years of extensive training with the faculty of Berklee
College of Music in a wide variety of disciplines. We offer three types of certifi-
cates—Specialist, Professional, and Master—based on the depth of study. Develop
your skills, expand your expertise, and add great credentials to your resume with a
Berkleemusic certificate.
12–Weeks 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years
Online courses
Specialist certificate 3 Courses
Professional certificate 5–6 Courses
Master certificatE 8–12 Courses
Guitar
certificate programs
Master Certificate Master Certificate Master Certificate
Guitar Production and Guitar Songwriting and Guitar
8 Courses (24 credits) 9 Courses (24 credits) 9 Courses (27 credits)
With 8 courses presented over two years, Gain a vast knowledge of music production This program is the perfect match of time-
this is Berkleemusic’s most extensive guitar- and guitar in this wide-ranging certificate tested tools, theories, techniques, and
focused program. You’ll fully immerse yourself program. This program provides students applications that you can use immediately to
in the structural fundamentals of chords with an extensive background in music hone your craft and become a more successful
and scales, and learn the major elements production, and a guided study path in and well-versed songwriter, guitarist, and
of three popular guitar styles: Blues, Rock, guitar, which focuses on scales, chords, performing musician. Developed by the
and Jazz. Once you have this wide breadth techniques, and teaching you to use your award-winning faculty of Berklee College of
of guitar knowledge under your fingers, ears, hands, and the tools of the trade Music and based on the school’s curriculum,
you’ll choose three electives to take your (including AmpliTube 2) to play with a this extensive certificate program will provide
playing in any number of directions. hi-quality, authentic and persuasive tone. you with an arsenal of ideas and concepts
that are designed to develop a more complete
Required Courses Required Courses songwriter—not only the most effective ways
• Guitar Scales 101 • Desktop Music Production to write engaging and memorable lyrics,
• Guitar Chords 101 • Critical Listening 1 melodies, and harmonies, but the best ways
• Blues Guitar Workshop • Guitar Scales 101 to translate these compositions to the guitar.
• Classic Rock Guitar Workshop • Guitar Chords 101
• Jazz Guitar 101 • Getting Your Guitar Sound Required Courses
+ 3 Courses from Program’s Electives • Producing Music with Reason • Getting Your Guitar Sound
+ 3 Courses from Program’s Electives • Guitar Chords 101
• Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies
• Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music
• Songwriting Workshop: Melody
• Songwriting Workshop: Harmony
+ 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

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Guitar
NEW Professional Certificate Specialist Certificate
Guitar Guitar Skills
Professional Certificate 5 Courses (15 credits) 3 Courses (9 credits)
Rock Guitar
5 Courses (15 credits) To become a truly accomplished guitarist, you Chord knowledge, a command of scales,
first have to master the basics. Players that and an understanding of basic improvisation
Nobody becomes a guitar virtuoso overnight. have an intimate understanding of chords, are a necessity for any serious guitarist
It takes hours and hours in the woodshed, scales, blues and rock, and improvisation interested in adding expression, depth, and
unlocking tricky patterns and exotic chord techniques are more comfortable in different feeling to their playing. The Guitar Skills
voicings, working on your picking, chords, musical situations, and are more dynamic, certificate program builds the foundation
scales and ear…not to mention a real desire expressive and well-rounded guitarists. This you’ll need to advance these essential
to become great. And although there is no extensive program provides students with concepts, and provides the knowledge
substitute for hard work, the Rock Guitar a wide array of tools and the knowledge necessary to develop your technique and
Professional certificate program is designed necessary to develop their technique and hone your skills in any given style.
to help you make the most of your time and gain a greater feel for their instrument.
talent. Use the skills you learn to become a Required Courses
melodic craftsman like Eric Johnson or David Required Courses • Guitar Chords 101
Gilmour, a monster shredder like Berklee • Guitar Chords 101 • Guitar Scales 101
alumn Steve Vai, or an in-demand hired gun • Guitar Scales 101 • Getting Your Guitar Sound
ready to take on any style from Texas blues • Blues Guitar Workshop
to progressive rock at a moment’s notice. •
•
Classic Rock Guitar Workshop
Basic Improvisation
NEW
Required Courses
Specialist Certificate
• Guitar Scales 101
• Guitar Chords 101
Specialist Certificate Singer-Songwriter
• Guitar Chords 201: Chord Blues, Rock, and Jazz Guitar 3 Courses (9 credits)
Melody and Inversions 3 Courses (9 credits)
• Classic Rock Guitar Workshop Great singer-songwriters don’t just appear
• Rock Guitar Soloing The road to becoming a well-rounded on the scene, and great songs don’t write
and expressive guitarist begins with themselves. Serious songwriters work at
mastering the basics. This three-course improving their abilities, designing time
Professional Certificate guitar certificate program provides students into their lives for inspiration to strike and
Rock, Rhythm, and with an excellent background in three equipping themselves to make the most of
keystone styles: Blues, Rock and Jazz. their ideas. With Berkleemusic’s 3-course
Blues Guitar
Singer-Songwriter certificate, you will be
5 Courses (15 credits)
Required Courses learning the same skills used by the best
• Blues Guitar Workshop songwriters and performers. Though a
The most accomplished rock guitarists, from
• Classic Rock Guitar Workshop dedicated curriculum of three challenging and
Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, to David
• Jazz Guitar 101 informative courses, you will learn how to
Gilmour and Jonny Greenwood, learned to
frame your melodies in captivating harmonies
create an immediately recognizable sound
and voicings, learn to play those voicings
by drawing from a broad musical palate
on the guitar, and polish your vocal delivery
rich in the fundamentals. The Professional
to maximize your tone and endurance.
Certificate in Rock, Rhythm, and Blues
Guitar will train you to become a versatile
rock guitarist by exploring a variety of Required Courses
genres—Classic Rock, Rhythm & Groove, • Guitar Chords 101
and Funk and R&B. You’ll study the legends • Voice Technique 101
and master the tools and techniques • Songwriting Workshop: Harmony
specific to each type of music, while finding
and perfecting your own unique style.
Faculty Spotlight
Required Courses
• Getting Your Guitar Sound Thaddeus Hogarth
• Guitar Chords 101 Guitar Faculty
• Classic Rock Guitar Workshop A two-time winner of the Independent Music Award for R&B/
• Rhythm and Groove Guitar Blues, Thaddeus Hogarth, Associate Professor of Guitar at Berklee,
• Funk and R&B Guitar has been a prominent guitar player and singer-songwriter
since 1990. He leads the Thaddeus Hogarth Band, a group
recently hand-picked to represent Bose nationwide for the
launch of its revolutionary live music amplification technology.
His music and voice can be heard worldwide in films and on
television, including work for PBS and MTV. Billboard magazine describes Thaddeus’
music as “Soul Terra Firma,” and the Boston Globe calls him a “guitar virtuoso.”
View Thaddeus Hogarth’s Blog

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Music Production
Master Certificate Master Certificate Master Certificate
Music Production Music Business and Production and Guitar
and Technology Technology 9 Courses (24 credits)
12 Courses (36 credits) 9 Courses (27 credits)
Gain a vast knowledge of music production
Become a truly great producer/engineer. New independent music enterprises are and guitar in this wide-ranging certificate
This is Berkleemusic’s most comprehensive springing up and becoming successful program. This program provides students
course of study, focusing on every aspect everyday. Independent artists and labels with an extensive background in music
of music production, from the technology, are carving our profitable niches in the new production, and a guided study path in
software and hardware available today music market place with vertically integrated guitar, which focuses on scales, chords,
to the core music theory necessary to businesses—finding talent, producing artists, techniques, and teaching you to use your
arrange and compose great music. Over recording, mixing, and mastering as well ears, hands, and the tools of the trade
the 3 years with Berkleemusic you will as marketing, promotion, publishing, and (including AmpliTube 2) to play with a
immerse yourself in the art of music distribution. This entrepreneurial spirit in the hi-quality, authentic and persuasive tone.
production, learning about the physics industry is providing great opportunities for
of sound, getting the best performances individuals with a wide range of skills. This Required Courses
out of musicians, studio set-ups, MIDI, nine-course program is designed to cover the • Desktop Music Production
microphone techniques, mixing, mastering, music business and music production in great • Critical Listening 1
music and recording equipment, sampling, detail with a focus on developing students for • Guitar Scales 101
sequencing, plug-ins and much, much more. a future in the new evolving music industry. • Guitar Chords 101
• Getting Your Guitar Sound
Required Courses Required Courses • Producing Music with Reason
• Desktop Music Production • Music Business 101 + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives
• Critical Listening 1 • The Future of Music and the Music Business
• Pro Tools 101 • Legal Aspects of the Music Industry
• Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools • Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies,
Professional Certificate
• Producing Music with Ableton Live Social Media, and Digital Distribution Electronic Music Production
•
•
Producing Music with Reason
MIDI Sequencing Intermediate
• Music Publishing 101
• Desktop Music Production
and Sound Design
• Sampling and Audio Production + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives
Gain a complete foundation in recording
Master Certificate music on your computer, and explore the
Master Certificate Writing and Producing
art of sampling, sequencing, remixing,
audio production, Reason, and sound
Music Production
creation in this five-course program.
using Pro Tools
The Master Certificate in Writing and
9 Courses (27 credits) Required Courses
Producing trains students to become hit-
making songwriters and arrangers, as well as
Our most thorough Pro Tools certificate • Sampling and Audio Production
well-versed producers. By teaching Berklee’s
program, Music Production using Pro Tools • MIDI Sequencing Intermediate
time-tested techniques along with cutting-edge
provides a complete guided education • Sound Design for the Electronic Musician
software, this program will prepare you to
of Digidesign’s Pro Tools software, from • Producing Music with Ableton Live
become a contemporary writer/producer with a
setting up your studio to advanced mixing,
wide range of useful knowledge and applicable
mastering and remixing techniques, all from
the perspective and experience of Berklee’s
tools to succeed in the evolving music industry. Professional Certificate
renowned music production faculty.
Required Courses
Pro Tools
Required Courses
• Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs
• Pro Tools 101 If you’re serious about a career as a studio
• Commercial Songwriting Techniques
• Critical Listening 1 producer, one of the best ways to get started
• Arranging 1: Rhythm Section
• Pro Tools 110 is to learn the techniques that the pros
• Arranging: Contemporary Styles
• Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools use on the software that music producing
• Critical Listening 1
• Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools industry uses everyday. In the Professional
• Remixing with Pro Tools and Reason Certificate in Pro Tools, you’ll engage in a
+ 3 Courses from Program’s Electives guided program of study that will take you
from the basics of setting up your home
studio, to advanced mixing and mastering
techniques using one of the most popular
music production software around.
Required Courses
• Pro Tools 101
• Pro Tools 110
• Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools
• Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools

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Music Production
Professional Certificate Specialist Certificate Specialist Certificate
Studio Production Live Sound Production Music Creation using SONAR
Learn to create, produce and record Although there are a number of foundational Cakewalk’s SONAR software is one of the
music using Pro Tools and Reason, and changes occurring within the music industry, most professional and reliable tools for music
develop your ability to hear and identify live events continue to be a growing revenue creation. This three-course SONAR-based
the key features of a well balanced, stream for musicians and sound engineers. certificate program provides musicians,
artful and professional-sounding mix. In the Specialist Certificate in Live Sound engineers, and producers worldwide with an
Production, you’ll learn to identify all accomplished SONAR knowledge base using
Required Courses the elements of an effective mix for live Berklee’s renowned production techniques.
• Critical Listening 1 sound—from the proper width and depth,
• Pro Tools 101 frequency range, dynamics, and different mix Required Courses
• Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools approaches used in various musical genres, • Desktop Music Production
• Producing Music with Reason to the impact that microphone and even mic- • Critical Listening 1
• MIDI Sequencing Intermediate preamp choices have on the mix—and gain • Producing Music with SONAR
all the tools, techniques, and insights needed
to become a well-versed live sound producer.
Specialist Certificate Specialist Certificate
Producing Music with Logic Required Courses Music Creation using Reason
3 Courses (9 credits) • Critical Listening 1 3 Courses (9 credits)
• Audio Ear Training for Mix Engineers
Some of today’s hottest artists—including • Live Sound: Mixing and Recording The curriculum in this program is developed
The Killers, Akon, Brandi Carlile, and The and certified by Berkleemusic and
Propellerhead Software. This certification
Roots—are creating their music with Logic
Pro. This powerful software gives you the
Specialist Certificate provides a powerful credential for any
ability to write, record, edit, and mix any Music Production resume, as well as the practical skills necessary
project like a pro in your home studio. using Ableton Live to pursue your creative ideas and reach
your creative potential using Reason. A
Berkleemusic’s Specialist Certificate in 3 Courses (9 credits)
Producing Music with Logic will teach you joint certification from Berkleemusic and
how to make the most of Logic Pro to create Propellerhead Software assures educational
More and more DJs and producers these
quality recordings. You’ll learn Berklee’s integrity and industry credibility. To be a
days are turning to a program that allows
renowned approach to production and producer in today’s competitive environment
them to express their musical ideas in
explore the fundamentals of a great mix. means staying on top of the latest trends
unique ways: Ableton Live. Ableton
in technology, equipment, and studio
Live’s features are countless – multi-track
Required Courses technique. But it also means training
recording, nondestructive editing, creative
• Critical Listening 1 yourself to hear, understand, and replicate
MIDI sequencing - the list goes on and on.
• Desktop Music Production for Mac a nearly infinite variety of sounds, styles
With Berkleemusic’s three-course Specialist
• Producing Music with Logic and techniques. In the Specialist Certificate
Certificate in Music Production using Ableton
in Music Creation using Reason, you’ll
Live, you’ll develop the technical skills to
work with world-class Berklee faculty and
Specialist Certificate compose, record, remix, improvise, edit,
classmates from around the globe to gain a
and more, using Ableton Live – and in the
Studio Production process, make yourself significantly more
solid background in production basics and
3 Courses (9 credits) the art of creating music using Reason.
marketable in the increasingly competitive
world of music production and performance.
Develop a firm Pro Tools foundation, and Required Courses
learn how to record, mix, and produce great • Critical Listening 1
Required Courses
music with the help of Berklee’s renowned • Desktop Music Production
• Critical Listening 1
faculty and their masterful production • Producing Music with Reason
• Producing Music with Ableton Live
techniques. The Specialist Studio Production • Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live
certificate will introduce you to concepts
including studio set up and equipment
optimization. You’ll become proficient at
recording in Pro Tools and receive technical
training in sound recording, from setup to
mix-down. You’ll also gain a foundation The courses at Berkleemusic have been great. Where I live in
in popular topics that include microphone Pakistan, courses like songwriting, arranging, and Desktop Music
placement and editing techniques.
Production are not available at all. Taking these courses online has
Required Courses helped me grow as a musician, and have helped me prepare for
• Critical Listening 1 Berklee’s undergraduate school.
• Pro Tools 101
• Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools
Arooj Aftab
Berklee College of Music, Class of 2009

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Music Production
Specialist Certificate Specialist Certificate Specialist Certificate
Music Production Orchestrating and Producing Sound Design using Reason
using Cubase Music for Film and Games 3 Courses (9 credits)
3 Courses (9 credits) 3 Courses (9 credits)
The curriculum in this program is developed
Whether you’re recording and producing and certified by Berkleemusic and
Today, more than ever, music fulfills a vital
your band’s album, scoring music for film or Propellerhead Software. This certification
role in feature films, television shows, and
TV, or producing a record to be distributed provides a powerful credential for any
video games. While album sales continue to
on CD or online, there’s one piece of software resume, as well as the practical skills necessary
fall, music placements provide writers with an
that represents the cutting edge of digital to pursue your creative ideas and reach
effective new way to reach potential fans and
audio: Cubase 4. Designed by professionals your creative potential using Reason. A
make money. These modern revenue outlets
from the ground up, Cubase provides a vast joint certification from Berkleemusic and
require a detailed understanding of orchestral
range of tools that allow you to compose, Propellerhead Software assures educational
writing skills, specific production techniques,
record, edit and mix any type of music integrity and industry credibility. In classes
and a deep knowledge of the unique facets
imaginable. In Berkleemusic’s Specialist taught by award-winning Berklee instructors,
of these particular music segments. This
Certificate in Music Production using Cubase, the Specialist Certificate in Sound Design
program provides students who already
you’ll develop foundational skills to listen using Reason will give you a complete
have a strong background in music with
critically, gain cross-platform home studio overview of how music is written, recorded,
specific skills dedicated to advancing their
production chops, and learn to use Cubase’s mixed, and mastered using Reason, with
writing for films, T.V., and video games.
state-of-the-art tools to create the most a focus on sampling, sequencing, sound
professional sounding mixes around. design, and building your own synth
Required Courses
patches from the ground up. Along the
• Orchestration
way you’ll have the opportunity to share
Required Courses • Film Scoring 101
ideas with classmates working in a wide
• Critical Listening 1 • Introduction to Game Audio
range of genres from around the world.
• Producing Music with Cubase
• Recording and Producing in the Home Studio
Specialist Certificate Required Courses
Pro Tools • Producing Music with Reason
• Sampling and Audio Production
NEW 3 Courses (9 credits)
• Sound Design for the Electronic Musician
Specialist Certificate Work with world-class Berklee faculty and

classmates from around the world to become
Music Production and a skilled producer using Digidesign’s Pro
Audio Mastering Tools, one of the world’s most popular
3 Courses (9 credits) music production software programs. This
3-course certificate program unlocks the
Audio mastering is the final step in the secrets behind production and mixing (from
music production process, and an essential basic to advanced) techniques for a number
component in creating a professional- of contemporary music styles including
sounding recording. The best mastering jazz, pop/rock, electronica and more.
engineers (such as Bob Clearmountain and
Bob Ludwig) are able to hear a raw tape, Required Courses
understand what it could sound like, and • Producing with Pro Tools
then know exactly what techniques they • Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools
need to use to make it sound that way. Far • Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools
from a being a mysterious art, mastering is
actually series of techniques that students
can practice, learn, and employ themselves
Faculty Spotlight
to great effect on their own productions.
Berkleemusic’s Specialist Certificate in
Dan Thompson
Music Production and Audio Mastering Critical Listening 1 & 2 Faculty
provides the skills and knowledge you Dan Thompson, Online Instructor of Critical Listening 1 & 2, is
need to become a better producer as well Assistant Chair of Music Production and Engineering at Berklee
as a well-versed mastering professional. College of Music, where he has taught advanced production, as
well as mix techniques and audio technology for over a decade. An
Required Courses independent writer/producer and recording engineer, his credits
• Desktop Music Production include work for major films and television, including ER, The
• Recording and Producing in the Home Studio Sopranos, Swim Fan, The Sweetest Thing, Melrose Place, Touched
• Audio Mastering Techniques By An Angel, Soul Food, and CSI Miami, to name just a few. Daniel Thompson’s new book,
Understanding Audio (Berklee Press, 2005), is the required textbook for Berklee College
of Music’s MP&E Audio Technology classes, and will soon be required at numerous music
production and engineering programs throughout the country and abroad. He is a member
of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the Audio Engineering
Society (AES), and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

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Music Business
Master Certificate Master Certificate Professional Certificate
Music Business Music Business and Artist Management
9 Courses (27 credits) Technology 5 Courses (15 credits)
New technologies and innovations are Every successful band knows that talent and
emerging almost daily within the music motivation can get you so far, but without
New independent music enterprises are
industry. Forward thinking companies and someone behind the scenes putting all of the
springing up and becoming successful
entrepreneurs are presenting new ideas that necessary pieces in place, it’s difficult to reach
everyday. Independent artists and labels
artists, managers, independent labels, and that elusive next level. With the proliferation
are carving our profitable niches in the new
business savvy folks are using to not only of great bands out there these days, it’s more
music market place with vertically integrated
redefine their relationship with the existing important than ever to have someone who
businesses—finding talent, producing artists,
music business model, but also to succeed in knows and understands the business to guide
recording, mixing, and mastering as well
this evolving environment. Berkleemusic’s your band through the twists and turns of
as marketing, promotion, publishing, and
Music Business Master Program is our most today’s industry. Whether it’s a member of
distribution. This entrepreneurial spirit in the
extensive business certificate program. the band or a business professional, the right
industry is providing great opportunities for
Throughout this nine-course program, you’ll artist manager can make all the difference.
individuals with a wide range of skills. This
gain the business, marketing, management, With Berkleemusic’s Professional Certificate in
nine-course program is designed to cover the
and touring background (a HUGE part of the Artist Management, you’ll develop the skills
music business and music production in great
music business) you’ll need to understand the you need to make that difference, through a
detail with a focus on developing students for
industry as it currently exists and to realize the wide range of courses that address the major
a future in the new evolving music industry.
possibilities available to you in the near future. issues you’ll confront as an artist manager.
Required Courses
Required Courses • Music Business 101
Required Courses
• Music Business 101 • The Future of Music and the Music Business
• The Future of Music and the Music Business
• The Future of Music and the Music Business • Music Marketing 101
• Legal Aspects of the Music Industry
• Music Marketing 101 • Music Marketing:
• Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies,
• Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail
Social Media, and Digital Distribution
Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail • Concert Touring
• Artist Management • Artist Management
• Concert Touring + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives
Professional Certificate
Master Certificate Music Business
Artist Management 6 Courses (18 credits)
Given the shifting landscape of the music
industry, the more business-minded musicians
With the power in the music industry shifting
are, the better prepared they’ll be to take
from the major labels and other gatekeepers
on an active role in guiding their careers and
to the artists, the role of a manager is
allowing their music to reach the widest-
more important than ever. A manager
possible audience. Similarly, for those who
that has a detailed understanding of the
aspire to work or start their own music-
new and evolving marketing, technology,
related firms—be they labels, management
legal, touring, and business strategies is an
companies, or publishing companies—the
invaluable member of any artists’ team. The
chances of success in these firms increases
Master Certificate in Artist Management
exponentially with a solid music business
provides a complete tool kit to anyone
foundation. The Music Business Professional
interested in success as an artist manager.
Program provides students with a detailed
background in key areas of the music industry,
Required Courses
and a plan for success developed with Berklee’s
seasoned experts in their respective fields.
• Music Marketing 101
• Music Marketing:
Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail
Required Courses
• Music Business 101
• Concert Touring
• Artist Management
• Music Industry Entrepreneurship

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Music Business
Specialist Certificate NEW NEW
Music Marketing
3 Courses (9 credits) Specialist Certificate Specialist Certificate
The power dynamics of the music business Direct-to-Fan Online Topspin-Certified Marketer
have been shifting rapidly over the past Music Marketing 3 Courses (9 credits)
several years. The tasks that record labels 3 Courses (9 credits)
have traditionally undertaken for artists Topspin is the most complete technology
can now be accomplished by the artists platform for artists to create their own retail
The Internet has completely changed the
themselves, and more artists than ever are channels, effectively promote their music,
ways in which many consumers discover,
finding innovative and creative ways to and connect directly with fans. Topspin
purchase, and experience music. The
market themselves successfully on their is uniquely positioned to take advantage
consumer’s experience has become much
own. You’ve seen it, you’ve read about it, of the sea change in music marketing by
more decentralized—and as such, the means
you’ve heard about it – now learn how to providing musicians and managers with
to effectively market music has shifted as
do it yourself. With the Specialist Certificate a complete suite of tools to easily create
well. Traditional marketing vehicles, while
in Music Marketing, you’ll get a foundation flexible offers, integrate with fan-trusted
still important, have been augmented with
for how the whole process works. You’ll music discovery channels, and manage
a variety of online-based marketing, sales,
learn different marketing outlets that workflow with data-driven feedback to
and distribution outlets and techniques that
are available to you, how to access them, make smarter marketing decisions. The
allow musicians to directly connect with
where the money comes from currently and, Topspin Certified Marketer certificate from
their target market in a way that was not
perhaps more importantly, where it will Berkleemusic is the exclusive online option
possible in the past. This program explores
be coming from in the future. And further, for obtaining Topspin Certified Marketing
these new sales and marketing options, and
you’ll find out how to take advantage of credentials. Over the three required courses
provides a road map for developing more
that changing power dynamic, and how in this program, you’ll develop a wide range
fans and effectively monetizing your music.
to use it to make yourself known in the of critical real-world marketing and business
increasingly competitive world of music. skills. You’ll learn to develop your online and
Required Courses
offline community, how to communicate
Required Courses effectively with your fans, and best practices
• Music Business 101 with selling your music - both online on
• Music Marketing 101 your own site and third party sites, as well
• Music Marketing: as in more traditional retail settings. And of
Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail course you’ll gain a professional command
of Topspin’s revolutionary software.
Required Courses
• Online Music Marketing with Topspin
Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail really was

a broad-spectrum class that focused on all the necessary marketing
elements. It’s a kind of “everything you need to know” class. You
construct the pieces of your plan week by week, and at the end,
your final assignment really is just tying the bow around a complete
marketing plan.
Ihor Gowda
Manger of Touring Musician Suzanna Choffel

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Music Theory, Harmony & Ear Training

Master Certificate Specialist Certificate Specialist Certificate
Theory, Harmony, Music Theory Theory and Harmony
and Ear Training 3 Courses (9 credits) 3 Courses (9 credits)
Maximize your performance, writing, Before you can become an amazing This program will help you create a solid
arranging, improvisation, and music songwriter, player or producer, you base of musical knowledge and deepen
comprehension skills by developing your need to first master the mechanics of your understanding of rhythm, scales, chord
foundational knowledge in the areas of contemporary music. The Music Theory progressions, and harmony. You’ll learn
music theory, arranging, harmony, and ear Specialist Program, developed by Berklee how to use scales, intervals, and chords;
training. You’ll acquire a firm understanding Professor Emeritus Paul Schmeling, provides write a melody; and hear and modify
of the inner workings of these principal the knowledge and concepts, from chord progressions. You’ll also gain a firm
concepts and become well versed in applying fundamental to advanced, to prepare you understanding of the inner workings of
this knowledge to your own music. for any musical endeavor or opportunity. harmony in a broad range of contemporary
styles, as well as study more advanced
Required Courses Required Courses harmonic principles including melodic
• Music Theory 101 and harmonic tension, chord substitution,
• Music Theory 101
• Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function and chromatically altered chords.
• Basic Ear Training 1
• Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function • Music Theory 301: Advanced
• Getting Inside Harmony 1 Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm Required Courses
• Music Theory 301: Advanced • Music Theory 101
Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm • Getting Inside Harmony 1
+ 3 Courses from Program’s Electives • Getting Inside Harmony 2
Arranging
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Arranging and Orchestration Arranging
Master Certificate 8 Courses (24 credits) 5 Courses (15 credits)
Orchestration for
In this program, you’ll gain a broad but Equip yourself with the most effective chord
Film and TV in-depth background in arranging—for scale choices for arranging and improvising,
the rhythm section, horns, and strings— and learn arranging and orchestration
to writing for the full orchestra and techniques for a variety of contemporary
The field of songwriting and orchestrating for
gain marketable skills that you’ll be styles. With the Professional Certificate
film and television has grown exponentially
able to put to work immediately. in Arranging, you’ll learn great new skills
over the past few years, providing a
to apply to both live instrumentation and
promotional launching pad for new careers,
Required Courses sequenced/sampled sounds and gain the skills
as well as creating a lucrative new income
• Arranging 1: Rhythm Section to become an accomplished arranger, across
stream for artists and songwriters. This
• Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns a variety of genres, instruments, and styles.
program will arm you with the necessary
• Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings
skills to write and orchestrate songs to
• Orchestration 1 Required Courses
perfectly complement visuals, provide you
• Orchestration 2: Writing for the Full Orchestra • Arranging 1: Rhythm Section
with valuable placement techniques for your
+ 3 Courses from Program’s Electives • Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns
compositions, and offer you the most up-to-
date tools and information to make you a
• Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing
more marketable songwriter and composer. Master Certificate • Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings
Required Courses
Arranging
• Songwriting for Film and TV
Study Berkleemusic’s most advanced and
• Orchestration 1
in-depth Arranging curriculum. You’ll
• Orchestration 2: Writing
build the strong foundation and gain
Techniques for Full Orchestra
the vital tools you’ll need to become an
• Film Scoring 101
accomplished arranger, across a variety
of genres, instruments, and styles.
Required Courses
• Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns
• Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing
• Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings

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Songwriting
Master Certificate Master Certificate Specialist Certificate
Songwriting Writing and Producing Songwriting
The Master Certificate in Songwriting can The Master Certificate in Writing and The Specialist Songwriting certificate
help you become an expert songwriter, Producing trains students to become hit- is designed to benefit musicians of
teaching you to create more powerful lyrics, making songwriters and arrangers, as well as all levels, from relative beginners to
choruses, and melodies to build memorable well-versed producers. By teaching Berklee’s professional songwriters who are looking
songs and commercial hits. This extensive time-tested techniques along with cutting-edge for new ideas to enhance their work.
program arms you with the writing tools software, this program will prepare you to
you’ll need to develop your ideas into become a contemporary writer/producer with a Required Courses
complete, engaging, and effective songs wide range of useful knowledge and applicable • Songwriting Workshop: Harmony
and master the craft of songwriting. tools to succeed in the evolving music industry. • Songwriting Workshop: Melody
• Commercial Songwriting Techniques
Required Courses Required Courses
• Songwriting Workshop: Harmony •
•
Desktop Music Production
Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs
NEW
• Songwriting Workshop: Melody
•
•
Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs
Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies
•
•
Commercial Songwriting Techniques
Arranging 1: Rhythm Section
• Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music • Arranging: Contemporary Styles Singer-Songwriter
• Lyric Writing: Writing From the Title • Critical Listening 1 3 Courses (9 credits)
+ 3 Courses from Program’s Electives + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives
Great singer-songwriters don’t just appear
Master Certificate NEW on the scene, and great songs don’t write
themselves. Serious songwriters work at
Songwriting and Guitar Professional Certificate
improving their abilities, designing time
9 Courses (27 credits) into their lives for inspiration to strike and
Singer-Songwriter equipping themselves to make the most of
The Songwriting and Guitar Master certificate 5 Courses (9 credits) their ideas. With Berkleemusic’s 3-course
program is the perfect match of time-tested Singer-Songwriter certificate, you will be
tools, theories, techniques, and applications Songwriting is easy…right? Write some learning the same skills used by the best
that you can use immediately to hone your words, add some music, and you’re done! But songwriters and performers. Though a
craft and become a more successful and well- where do those ideas come from, and how dedicated curriculum of three challenging and
versed songwriter, guitarist, and performing do you coax inspiration to strike? How do informative courses, you will learn how to
musician. Developed by the award-winning you know what lyrical style, song structure, frame your melodies in captivating harmonies
faculty of Berklee College of Music and based mood, and tempo will work best for a lyric? and voicings, learn to play those voicings
on the school’s curriculum, this extensive How do you build drama and momentum on the guitar, and polish your vocal delivery
certificate program will provide you with into your narrative, and write music that to maximize your tone and endurance.
an arsenal of ideas and concepts that are helps tell the story? All the great singer-
designed to develop a more complete songwriters know how to make a song work Required Courses
songwriter – not only the most effective ways on paper and on stage. You in turn can spend • Guitar Chords 101
to write engaging and memorable lyrics, decades learning these skills on your own, • Voice Technique 101
melodies, and harmonies, but the best ways or you can let the seasoned professionals at • Songwriting Workshop: Harmony
to translate these compositions to the guitar. Berkleemusic teach them to you in a matter
of months, and get busy discovering your
Required Courses own voice and style. The Professional Singer-
• Getting Your Guitar Sound Songwriter certificate is designed to give you
• Guitar Chords 101 the vocal and guitar skills you need to make
• Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies the most of your technique and talent.
• Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music
• Songwriting Workshop: Melody Required Courses
• Songwriting Workshop: Harmony • Voice Technique 101
+ 3 Courses from Program’s Electives • Guitar Chords 101
• Pop and Rock Vocals
• Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies

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Bass Rock Bass Styles Bass
There are a number of attributes which all The bass is the heart and soul of an ensemble: The bass not only holds a band together
accomplished based players share: an exacting the rhythmic driver that links the percussion, rhythmically, but it’s also a crucial component
time awareness, a harmonic awareness, keyboards and melody instruments; to the overall sound and direction of the
and an awareness of the particular needs the decider of key, harmony and chord music. Berkleemusic’s 3-course Specialist
of the individual song. In the Professional movement; and the creator of the “pocket” Certificate Program in Bass educates students
Certificate for Bass, students will learn that is the source of groove. Whether the in the essential facets of bass playing:
the foundational knowledge necessary bass line is straight eighths (Van Halen’s performance, technique, improvisation, and
to become an accomplished bass player Michael Anthony, Dee Dee Ramone), gritty style. After in-depth study and practice in
in the focus areas of Rock, R&B, and Jazz; rhythmic counterpoint (Larry Graham, Flea, this program, you will be able to perform
create bass lines and solos in any genre Bootsy Collins), or a melody instrument in its with confidence, in your own style, and play
of their choice, and gain the skills to own right (Bruce Thomas of The Attractions, great rock, blues, and jazz-based bass lines.
handle any gig that comes their way. Geddy Lee, Paul McCartney), what the bassist
plays and how he or she plays it can make Required Courses
Required Courses or break a band. In Berkleemusic’s Rock • Bass Performance 101
• Bass Performance 101 Bass Styles Specialist certificate program, • Rock Bass
• Rock Bass you will learn the bass styles of the major • Jazz Bass
• R&B Bass blues-based genres of the past half-century,
• Jazz Bass and become a much more effective and
• Basic Improvisation player and performer in the process.
Required Courses
• Rock Bass
• Slap Bass
• R&B Bass
Keyboard/Piano
Keyboard Skills
3 Courses (9 Credits)
To become a truly accomplished keyboard

player, you first have to master the basics.
Players that have an intimate understanding
of voice leading chords, creating
accompaniments, playing the signature
licks for blues and rock, and the techniques
of improvisation are more comfortable in
different musical situations, and are more
dynamic, expressive and well-rounded players.
This 3-course program provides students with
a wide array of tools and the knowledge
necessary to develop their technique and
gain a greater command on the keyboard.
Required Courses
• Berklee Keyboard Method
• Blues and Rock Keyboard Techniques
• Basic Improvisation

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Voice
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Singer-Songwriter Introduction to Singing Singer-Songwriter
All the great singer-songwriters know how Whether you want to be the next Bon Scott or Great singer-songwriters don’t just appear
to make a song work on paper and on stage. Freddie Mercury, Gwen Stefani or Tori Amos, on the scene, and great songs don’t write
You in turn can spend decades learning if you intend to make a living (or a serious themselves. Serious songwriters work at
these skills on your own, or you can let the hobby) out of singing and making music, improving their abilities, designing time
seasoned professionals at Berkleemusic teach you need to learn how to properly use your into their lives for inspiration to strike and
them to you in a matter of months, and voice. Berkleemusic’s Introduction to Singing equipping themselves to make the most of
get busy discovering your own voice and Specialist Certificate is designed to do just their ideas. With Berkleemusic’s 3-course
style. The Professional Singer-Songwriter that – give you the tools you need to start Singer-Songwriter certificate, you will be
certificate is designed to give you the using your voice in the best way possible, no learning the same skills used by the best
vocal and guitar skills you need to make matter what kind of music you want to make. songwriters and performers. Though a
the most of your technique and talent. dedicated curriculum of three challenging and
Required Courses informative courses, you will learn how to
Required Courses • Basic Ear Training frame your melodies in captivating harmonies
• Voice Technique 101 • Voice Technique 101 and voicings, learn to play those voicings
• Guitar Chords 101 • Rock and Pop Vocals on the guitar, and polish your vocal delivery
• Pop and Rock Vocals to maximize your tone and endurance.
• Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies NEW Required Courses
• Guitar Chords 101
Specialist Certificate • Voice Technique 101
Specialist Certificate Vocal Styles • Songwriting Workshop: Harmony
Voice Technique and 3 Courses (9 credits)
Musicianship Very few people are born with the vocal ability
to shine in various settings. The best way to
become a versatile and in-demand singer is
A well-rounded vocalist possesses more
through education, exposure, and experience.
than just a great voice. In order to really
A great way to gain the technique and
thrive and succeed as a top-notch singer, you
versatility you need to successfully perform
have to also understand the mechanics of
all styles of singing is with Berkleemusic’s
contemporary music. The Specialist Certificate
Vocal Styles Specialist certificate program.
in Voice Technique and Musicianship
provides the fundamental knowledge
and concepts of theory, voice study, and Required Courses
ear training to prepare you to be a better • Voice Technique 101
musician and an in-demand vocalist. • Rock and Pop Vocals
• Jazz Voice
Required Courses
• Music Theory 101
• Voice Technique 101
• Basic Ear Training
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