Berkleemusic News

Berkleemusic’s fall term begins Monday, September 29th.

There are limited spots still available in over 130 online music courses and programs. Don’t miss your chance to start studying online with Berklee.

It’s not too late. Enroll today.

It’s not too late to go back to school this fall. Our fall term begins next Monday, September 29th!

We’ve got some great new courses starting this fall, including our first-ever online voice course, all authored and taught by Berklee College of Music’s renowed faculty.

Check them out:

Jazz Bass by Jim Stinnett - Gain the tools and knowledge you need to improvise jazz bass lines like a seasoned professional. Learn to play great jazz bass lines, recognize common chord progressions in jazz standards, and study the work of jazz bass greats like Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, and Christian McBride.

Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings by Jerry Gates - Gain a practical, real-world understanding of the sound and personality of woodwind and string instruments, and learn how to properly apply them to songs, arrangements, and compositions.

Jazz Guitar 201 by Bruce Saunders - Develop your jazz guitar performance skills by learning advanced techniques to improvise over chord changes, both in traditional “standards” and complex modern harmony.

Voice Technique 101 by Anne Peckham - Make your voice sound more powerful, use vocal technique to expand your range and expression, and learn to become more confident in vocal performances.

Guitar Chords 201 by Rick Peckham - Master Berklee’s approach to playing guitar chords. Improve your style, intonation, technique, time feel, and tone in this in-depth course. Explore open triads, seventh chord structures, open triadic shapes, and inversions in a variety of musical styles.

We’re only a week away from the start of our new semester. Get started today!

Bass master Oteil Burbridge—best known as the bassist for the Allman Brothers Band—recently visited Danny Morris‘ Bass Player Workshop at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Burbridge shared his thoughts on music and performance. “Funny how the conversation with students dealt with the expression of emotion and life experience,” Morris said. “This is so evident in Oteil’s playing.”

“It was a joy to play with Oteil and communicate through sound. He is a wonderful person and, yes, musician.”

Morris’ Berkleemusic online course, Bass Performance 101, is enrolling now. Fall term begins September 29th.

Enjoy a free music production lesson on us! This lesson is an excerpt from our 12-week online course, Producing Music with Reason, authored by Erik Hawkins.

Our summer term begins this Monday! There’s still space in all of our courses and programs, enroll now!

We’ve got some great new music production-focused courses and programs enrolling now for our summer term.

Based on feedback from Ableton users, our new Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live course offers a forward-thinking approach to recording, editing mixing and mastering using Ableton Live. The course features hands-on, guided demonstrations of Ableton Live, and goes into great detail on using the application for complex compositions, mixing, and live performances in any musical style.

Our other new course, Producing Music with Cubase, provides you with a broad skill set and a fully realized background in music production using the state-of-the-art Cubase 4. Cubase is the perfect tool for producing music for song demos, recording your band’s album, or scoring music for film or TV.

We’ve also launched three new multi-course certificate programs: Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games, the three-course Producing Music with Cubase program, and the three-course Producing Music with Ableton Live program. We’re only three weeks out from our summer term, get started today!

A great piece on Bo Diddley’s legacy ran yesterday in the Boston Phoenix. The feature included two quotes from Berkleemusic’s guitar faculty: Dan Bowden, who authored our Getting Your Guitar Sound course, and Mike Williams, who authored our Blues Guitar Workshop course. Check out the complete piece here.