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College o Music’s online continuing education division. Berkleemusic oers a growing catalog o accredited online courses and certifcate programs in all areas o contemporary music, including songwriting, arranging, production, education, music business, and perormance. I you are looking to enhance your career opportunities, develop your skills, or connect with like-minded musicians, Berkleemusic has something or 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 o Continuing Education

The Best of Berklee Online With Berkleemusic, you can study what you want, when you want, and where you want. Te best online educational tools and the newest technology available—weekly real-time chats, discussion boards, interactive activities and quizzes, and personalized eedback on your assignments rom your instructor—enable you to pursue your crat with new depth and insight.

what a th  ? 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 or you.

what  th h ? Assignments are due at the end o each week, and could include recording audio les, developing business and marketing plans, or writing, arranging, or orchestrating music. Your instructor will provide detailed eedback, then assign a grade on your weekly assignments.

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Learn from the Best Berkleemusic’s aculty consists o distinguished industry proessionals and many o the same instructors that teach at Berklee’s main campus in Boston. Tey are recognized experts in their felds—having produced and engineered hundreds o artists and numerous award winning projects—and their students’ work has earned scores o GRAMMY® nominations.

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b nh Pt Author, music supervisor, and composer on dozens o television shows, lms, and stage productions or media corporations including ABC, FOX, MTV, and Disney, he has arranged movie themes, and scored or ull-length eature lms using Digital Perormer.

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Chair o the Berklee College o Music Guitar Department. He has studied with Lenzy Wallace, Mick Goodrick, Bill Harris, William Leavitt, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Jim Hall, and received a Downbeat Hall o Fame Scholarship award.

Brad is an Emmy-winning composer and one o Boston’s most prolic musicians. His compositions have been heard in movies such as Borat, Analyze This, and Cop Land, as well as dozens o TV series including The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, ER, and CSI.

Assistant Chair o Berklee’s Guitar Department, he is an internationally known jazz guitarist, clinician, composer, and writer. He has perormed with George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, Mike Gibbs, and recorded with the jazz collective Um, eaturing John Medeski.

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A composer, audio engineer, educator, and multiinstrumentalist, he has created scores or ESPN, NESN, Avid, Sony, Polaroid, Sharp, Reebok, Lotus and others.

A composer, arranger, and conductor, he has worked with great artists like George Coleman, Jon Hendricks, Eric Gale, John Lewis, and Martha Reeves, and his compositions have been eatured on scores rom The Sopranos to Touched By An Angel.

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Roberta Radley is Assistant Chair o the Ear Training Department at Berklee College o Music, as well as co-author o the Department Core Curriculum Ear Training 1-4 books. She is also the author o the Harmonic Ear Training DVD on Berklee Press.

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Vice President, Creative at Sony/ATV Music, ormer Creative Director or Zomba Music Publishing, as well as a songwriter and record producer.

Vice President at Berklee College o Music. He was a co-developer o the revolutionary Musical Instrument Digital Interace (MIDI). In 2005, he co-authored the book “The Future o Music: Maniesto or the Digital Music Revolution.”

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la dav m b An accomplished music business attorney with a past client list that includes the Allman Brothers, the Psychedelic Furs, and Tim Collins (Manager o Aerosmith).

sza da Aagg An arranger, educator, composer, keyboardist, and vocalist, she has released two albums on Nova Records, and worked as an orchestrator on the television series Jake and the Fatman .

mha Hat sgtg, Pt Wrote and produced hiphop pieces or guest artists such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Warren G, Method Man, Diddy, and Mystical. He has produced recordings or Interscope, Island De Jam, and BGP Records.

mha rh Ha Founding chair o Berklee’s Harmony Department, he has composed, orchestrated, and conducted some 30 lm scores, and was an arranger and guest conductor o the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra o the 50th Jubilee Concert in honor o the King o Thailand.

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matt mavg Pa The Dean o the Perormance Division at Berklee College, he is a virtuosic futist and composer who has traveled extensively, premiering his compositions. He has presented clinics or the National Flute Association, and the International Flute Convention in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

da m ba Danny has been a Berklee aculty member since 1988. He has perormed with Bo Diddley, Robin Ford, James Cotton, and Paula Abdul.

Pa shg Pa, m Th Recently retired as chair o the piano department, he is co-author o the Berklee Practice Method: Keyboard (2001) and Instant Keyboard (2002) and the author o Berklee Music Theory: Book 1.

Ja shap V Jan is the chair o the Voice department at Berklee College o Music. She has presented vocal clinics around the country and toured extensively, perorming in jazz clubs, hotels, and supper clubs across the U.S.


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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 o Music’s main campus in Boston. Our courses are twelve weeks in length, and are accredited by the New England Association o Schools and Colleges. Credits earned in a Berkleemusic course can be transerred to another college or university, at the discretion o the receiving institution. Many Berkleemusic courses are also transerable into Berklee College o Music or credit.

ov 80 o c n eg i: • Guitar

• Music Theory, Harmony, & Ear Training

• Music Production

• Bass

• Music Business

• Voice

• Songwriting

• Keyboard/Piano

• Arranging

wla 5–10 hours of coursework per course, per week

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Gta ch 101 r Pha Add more dynamics and expression to your playing and gain a greater eel or your instrument by learning Berklee’s approach to the construction o chords and chord voicings.

Gta ch 201: ch m a iv

Jazz Gta 201: Ava Jazz Gta ipvat b sa Further develop your jazz guitar perormance skills by learning advanced techniques to improvise over chord changes, both in traditional “standards” and complex modern harmony.

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r Gta sg r st

Master Berklee’s approach to playing guitar chords. Improve your style, intonation, technique, time eel, and tone in this in-depth course. Explore open triads, seventh chord structures, open triadic shapes, and inversions in a variety o musical styles.

Learn to play a great rock guitar solo! Rock Guitar Soloing is designed to help guitarists who may have learned the technical aspects o playing, but lack the theoretical application o the musical elements that make up a strong solo that moves the listener.

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Organize the guitar retboard, develop your technique, and learn to condently navigate the instrument by gaining a rm understanding o the pentatonic, blues, major, melodic minor, and harmonic minor scales and their modes.

Jazz Gta 101 b sa Study the styles o some o the most infuential jazz guitarists, and learn the basics behind the jazz language: chord/scale usage, building melodic tension, and improvisation techniques.

b battt Learn the rhythmic techniques and chord tools that are the oundation o groove-based music. Expand your chord knowledge and learn to construct original rhythm guitar grooves that you can apply to a wide variety o music styles.

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J ma Elevate your playing by learning the styles and techniques o the architects o classic rock guitar: Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Gilmour, and Page.

/r a r&b Gta sg Tha Hgath Learn the appropriate scales, the best use o eects, and the rhythmic and melodic timing to create an authentic unk-based solo and sound.

mha wa Study the techniques and licks o classic blues stylists, such as T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, B.B. King, and Magic Sam. Gain a oundation in orm, control, eel, and harmony that will help to bring a blues sound to your playing or add more depth to any other style o music.

Gttg y Gta s da b Learn to use your ears, hands, and the tools o the trade to play jazz, rock, blues, country, and other genres, with a hi-quality, authentic, and persuasive guitar tone.

ba ipvat matt mavg, J og, a ea Ta Learn a step-by-step approach to improvisation that applies to all styles and any instrument. Develop your solos by studying the ris and licks o legendary players, and learn to incorporate the infexions, eel, and nuances o the masters into your own playing!


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m Pt cta ltg 1 da Thp Create compelling, proessional-sounding songs by learning to identiy the production elements that contribute to a well balanced, artul and proessional-sounding mix.

Ava A ea Tag  mx eg da Thp Expand your production skills and take your critical listening to the next level by learning to identiy and implement mix strategies, compression and panning techniques, and a wide array o proessional mix approaches across multiple genres o music.

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m Pt Aa stph w Develop the skills to listen to music like a seasoned music producer. Learn to identiy the elements o eective records, and gain the skills to bring these elements to your own productions.

dtp m Pt  ma mha b a dav mah Master the tools and techniques or producing great-sounding music at home on your Mac.

dtp m Pt  Pc mha b, stv mala, & dav mah Master the tools and techniques or producing great-sounding music at home on your PC.

rg a Pg  th H st dav az Take your demos through the entire music production process, and learn to apply a number o concepts and techniques that will dramatically improve the sound o your recordings, mixes, and masters no matter what recording device you are using.

midi sqg itat mha m Learn to create musical-sounding MIDI arrangements with assignments that challenge your creativity while you produce music in three divergent styles: electronic dance music, blues, and advertising scoring.

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A matg Thq ma-dt eta a Jatha w

ohtat 2: wtg Thq   ohta bja nh

Mastering is the nal, critical, step in the post-production process. Gain a thorough understanding o what is involved in creating a nal master recording ready or duplication, replication, or online distribution.

Learn advanced orchestration strategies and approaches to writing or ull orchestra, including both a live orchestra and sampled MIDI mockups.

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Hp-Hp wtg a Pt

Create original music to accompany a visual medium by learning undamental to more advanced lm scoring techniques.

mha Hat Learn the techniques that hip-hop producers use to create hit songs. Learn writing and production considerations unique to hip-hop, how to analyze and recreate dierent styles o hip-hop, and how to use this oundation to produce your own songs using Reason.

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A Pt Pt   a TV ma c

s dg  th et ma mha b a dav mah Learn to create your own electronic sounds and musical productions using Propellerhead’s Reason and Native Instruments’ Absynth.

Become a more marketable and in-demand producer by mastering the tools and techniques necessary to complete a ull audio post production project, including sound design, oley, dialogue, and music or a short lm.

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dav d Explore the art o sampling and audio production, and learn Berklee’s approach to recording, editing, and programming using the sotware samplers provided in Reason.

itt t Ga A Ja c Gain a solid oundation o sound production and engineering skills that will prepare you to work at a game development company or as a reelance game audio proessional.

ohtat 1 bja nh

Learn to construct a dynamic, high-quality mix or live sound. Identiy proper microphone technique, equalization, eects, and dynamics processing to build proessional sounding instrument sounds and vocals.

Pg m th dgta P bja nh Gain a complete understanding o this powerul audio/MIDI music production tool and take a detailed look at each aspect o the production process, rom conceiving and recording your original idea, to mastering your nal product.

Learn to write and apply traditional orchestration techniques to both sampled perormances and live orchestral perormances.

Berkleemusic really changed the way I write and how I mix. And or me the investment has paid o. I would recommend Berkleemusic to anyone interested in urthering their careers. There is a wealth o inormation and resources available. All you have to do is tap in. David Waugh Producer/composer for Wounded Buffalo Studios in Johannesberg



8

m Pt Pro Tools

rxg th P T a ra

Hp-Hp wtg a Pt

e Ha

mha Hat

In the rst stage o Digidesign’s Pro Tools certication program, you’ll learn the oundational skills needed to understand the technology and sotware. This course instructs you on recording, editing, and mixing on a basic level, and will get on the road to becoming a Pro Tools operator rom home.

Leverage the power o Pro Tools and Reason using ReWire technology, and gain a comprehensive understanding o how these powerul programs work together in the remixing process. Master the principles and techniques to create mash-ups, stereo master remixes, a cappella remixes, and multi-track remixes.

Learn the techniques that hip-hop producers use to create hit songs. Learn writing and production considerations unique to hip-hop, how to analyze and recreate dierent styles o hip-hop, and how to use this oundation to produce your own songs using Reason.

P T 110

Ableton Live

P T 101 dgg a A et

A et This second stage o Digidesign’s Pro Tools certication program teaches a broad range o tools and Berklee production techniques that will help you tackle more complex Pro Tools projects and enhance your capabilities in all aspects o Pro Tools production.

Pg th P T dav az Whether you are a seasoned Pro Tools user or new to the home studio, this course will guide you through everything you need to know to create great-sounding home recordings using Digidesign’s Pro Tools sotware. Learn Berklee’s renowned production techniques rom set-up to mix down, and get a chance to talk gear, studio congurations, philosophies o production, and even speaker placement.

mxg a matg th P T J bat Gain a greater understanding o two key elements o music production by learning the Berklee approach to mixing and mastering using the Pro Tools sotware.

Ava mxg a matg th P T J bat a ma w This advanced course provides students with a deep understanding o mixing and mastering tools and techniques that can be applied to a wide variety o styles.

Pg m th At lv ka T Remix and produce in any number o contemporary styles, including drum and bass, R&B, breakbeat/trance, and house music using Ableton’s Live audio and MIDI sequencing sotware, a sequencer you can play like an instrument.

Ava m Pt th At lv l sta Based on eedback rom Ableton Live users, this advanced course oers a orwardthinking approach to recording, editing, mixing, and mastering using Ableton Live.

Reason Pg m th ra e Ha Gain a rm understanding o the unctionalities and capabilities o Reason sotware. Explore Reason’s rack o virtual instruments, eects, mixers, built-in sequencer and patching system, and learn real-world production setups and techniques used by today’s top producers.

rxg th P T a ra e Ha

NEW

P T: Vta itt a et dav az Learn to play the new virtual instruments and eects ound in Pro Tools 8 and beyond, and improve your overall musical productions, whether or TV, lm, commercials, Web sites, video games, or the productions o artists you may be working with.

Leverage the power o Pro Tools and Reason using ReWire technology, and gain a comprehensive understanding o how these powerul programs work together in the remixing process. Master the principles and techniques to create mash-ups, stereo master remixes, a cappella remixes, and multi-track remixes.

s dg  th et ma mha b a dav mah Learn to create your own electronic sounds and musical productions using Propellerhead’s Reason and Native Instruments’ Absynth.

sapg a A Pt dav d Explore the art o sampling and audio production, and learn Berklee’s approach to recording, editing, and programming using the sotware samplers provided in Reason.

Logic Pg m th lg J bat a dav d Strengthen your technical understanding o Logic Pro and heighten your overall creative abilities in music production. Harness the power o Logic’s extensive sotware instruments, and learn to record, edit, and mix your project like a pro.

SONAR Pg m th sonAr stv mala Complete all aspects o a multi-track recording using MIDI, audio, loops, and plugin eects using Cakewalk’s SONAR Producer Edition.

Cubase Pg m th ca Ja raa Gain a broad skill set and a ully realized background in music production using the state-o-the-art Cubase 5 sotware.



9

m b Th t  m a th m b dav k Examine alternatives to the traditional means o distributing and marketing music, and explore scenarios and uncover opportunities that the new digital reality oers. Explore challenging aspects o the music business and discover the changes, technologies, innovation and powerul trends that are aecting its uture.

m b 101 la dav Gain a broad overview o the music business and learn how the various segments o the industry operate on a day-to-day basis. Discover the career opportunities that are available to you, and the knowledge you’ll need to achieve your goals.

m Phg 101 e ba Create and operate your own publishing company, and learn how to eectively promote and place your songs into income-generating opportunities.

Att maagt Gg Ha Explore the role and importance o an artist manager, what they do, and how it impacts the career o the artist and their brand.

lga Apt  th m it d G a stv ma Build your music career with an understanding o the legal issues that are o special concern to musicians and songwriters, and take a ocused look at the important legal changes that have evolved as a result o the shit in the music business landscape.

i th r it

m matg 101

Gg Ha

b ba

Gain critical marketing and positioning advice on how to prepare yoursel, your music, and your band, and learn realistic strategies or success or artists looking to get their music heard!

Gain a rm oundation in music marketing. Learn techniques to successully attract new ans, garner media exposure, make smart use o the Internet, and sell more o your music!

m matg: P, Pt, dtt, a rta

m it etphp Gg Ha Focus your eorts and dramatically increase your chances o success by learning the entrepreneurial tools particular to the music industry, including business structures, nance, marketing, management, and leadership.

BEST ONLINE COURSE

UCEA

mha kg Learn the key marketing and promotion techniques that all independent labels, artists, and managers have to understand to create an eective worldwide marketing strategy: Publicity, Radio Promotion, Retail & Distribution, Merchandising, Internet, Advertising, and Touring.

NEW

o m matg th Tpp m kg a shaa raagh

ct Tg Jh czaj a J d Learn the preparations and logistics involved in developing, budgeting, and executing a successul tour, rom small club dates to international stadium shows.

Topspin is a unique marketing, management, and content distribution platorm that helps artists market and retail direct to their ans. Develop the in-depth marketing expertise necessary to properly execute a successul sales and marketing campaign using Topspin.

NEW

o m matg: capag statg, sa ma, a dgta dtt mha kg This course takes an in-depth look at the tools and emerging technologies artists can use to generate interest in their music, acquire new ans, and sell their music online.

I learned how I can better market mysel as a musician. Berkleemusic helped me launch mysel to the next level.

Annie Clements Sugarland Touring Band, Bass



10

m Th, Ha & ea Tag m Th 101

ba ea Tag 1

Gttg i Ha 2

Pa shg

matt mavg a rta ra

mha rh

Get the musical oundation you need to take your skills to a higher level. Learn to read, write, really listen—and put theory into practice every day!

This practical approach to ear training will help you build your condence as a perormer by teaching you how to notate basic rhythms and better identiy the dierent parts o a song.

Take your harmonic development to the next level by gaining a solid ooting in more advanced principles including melodic and harmonic tension, chord substitution, and chromatically altered chords.

m Th 201: Ha a t Pa shg

Ha ea Tag BEST ONLINE COURSE

Become a more eective player and writer by urthering your music theory background. Learn more complex chords, progressions, and rhythms to open up your understanding o the elements that help put the groove in jazz, pop, blues, and rock.

Gttg i Ha 1

m Th 301: Ava m, Ha, a rhth

Use harmony creatively in your playing and writing. Learn to hear and modiy chord progressions, improvise eectively rom chord to chord and deepen your understanding o music’s inner workings.

Pa shg

UCEA

rta ra Put your harmonic theory into practice. Learn techniques that will improve your perormance, arranging, and compositional skills by rening your ability to really hear and recognize what is going on within the chord progressions.

mha rh


Prepare yoursel or any uture musical endeavor and gain a proessional command o the mechanics o contemporary music.

Aagg Aagg 1: rhth st sza da Essential learning or anyone interested in arranging music or a band, This course explores all aspects o writing and arranging or the rhythm section.

 sg 101

ohtat 1

da w

bja nh

Create original music to accompany a visual medium by learning undamental to more advanced lm scoring techniques.

Learn to write and apply traditional orchestration techniques to both sampled perormances and live orchestral perormances.

m ntat ug a Jatha t

Aagg: sa e a H J Gat Develop your writing and arranging skills or smaller bands and larger ensembles and learn techniques that can be applied to both live instrumentation or sequenced/sampled sounds.

Create great-looking music quickly and easily with the powerul Finale music notation sotware, and learn techniques to maximize speed, control, and accuracy.

ohtat 2: wtg Thq   ohta bja nh Learn advanced orchestration strategies and approaches to writing or ull orchestra, including both a live orchestra and sampled MIDI mockups.

m ntat ug s T rph

Aagg: Ava H wtg J Gat Take your arranging abilities to the next level o development by studying more advanced techniques or voicing chords, orchestration, articulations, and background lines.

Aagg: w a stg J Gat Gain a practical, real-world understanding o the sound and personality o woodwind and string instruments, and learn how to properly apply them to songs, arrangements, and compositions.

Learn to create lead sheets, choral and instrumental scores, drum maps,and guitar notation. Explore many other ways to use Sibelius or your own personal and proessional needs.

Aagg: ctpa st da mtt Learn to create your own original grooves by analyzing, writing, sequencing, and recording the rhythms and styles that have infuenced western contemporary music.

I’m orever in debt or the inormation I learned with Berkleemusic. It defnitely helped me to get my Australian Idol arranging gig. Mark Costa Arranger/Bassist for Australian Idol in Sydney


11

sgtg l wtg: T a statg

sgtg whp: wtg Ht sg

Hp-Hp wtg a Pt

Pat Patt

J kah

mha Hat

Generate more and better ideas. Express them in compelling and original ways.

Move your listeners and express yoursel more eectively by crating your songs the way hit writers do.

Learn the techniques that hip-hop producers use to create hit songs. Learn writing and production considerations unique to hip-hop, how to analyze and recreate dierent styles o hip-hop, and how to use this oundation to produce your own songs using Reason.

l wtg: wtg  th Tt Pat Patt Make your writing process more ecient and your lyrics more eective. Learn how to nd a powerul and eective song title, and discover how to build lyrics, develop the rhythms o your song sections, create contrasting sections and ideas to re-color your chorus based on that title.

l wtg: wtg l t m Pat Patt Get the most out o your lyrics by learning how to combine them accurately and eectively with melody.

sgtg whp: m J kah Learn to construct strong, expressive melodies that your audiences will remember.

ca sgtg Thq Aa stp Learn to write or commercial success by reproducing the time-tested characteristics o hit songs while maintaining your own unique voice.

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sgtg   a TV ba Hatf Explore the techniques o writing music that will appeal specically to music supervisors, editors, directors, and producers across any number o dierent genres.

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m ntat ug a Jatha t Create great-looking music quickly and easily with the powerul Finale music notation sotware, and learn techniques to maximize speed, control, and accuracy.

m ntat ug s T rph Learn to create lead sheets, choral and instrumental scores, drum maps,and guitar notation. Explore many other ways to use Sibelius or your own personal and proessional needs.

da w Create original music to accompany a visual medium by learning undamental to more advanced lm scoring techniques.

sgtg whp: Ha J kah Learn how harmony can help you to articulate the essential meaning o a song, and the best ways to adapt chords and progressions to suit your unique songwriting style and ideas.

at sptght Pat Patt

Songwriting Faculty Pat Pattison, Online Songwriting Instructor, is an author, clinician and Berklee Proessor o Lyric Writing and Poetry whose students have composed or major artists and written Number 1 songs. At Berklee, he developed the curriculum or 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 denitive 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 o industry publications.



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Study the music o amous electric and acoustic bass players, and learn to create and perorm your own unique bass lines in a variety o dierent styles.

Make your voice sound more powerul, use vocal technique to expand your range and expression, and learn to become more condent in vocal perormances.

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Jazz ba J sttt Gain the tools and knowledge you need to improvise jazz bass lines like a seasoned proessional. Learn to play great jazz bass lines, recognize common chord progressions in jazz standards, and study the work o jazz bass greats like Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, and Christian McBride.

r ba Ath Vtt Gain the oundation, technique, and vocabulary necessary to construct and improvise bass lines in a variety o rock and blues-based music styles.

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Pp a r Va d stat Learn to sing everything rom “classic hits” pop and rock to singersongwriter styles to contemporary indie rock in an authentic manner.

Master the basics o technique and chord voicings, and gain an understanding o more advanced concepts including interpretation o lead sheets and improvisation.

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Jazz V Ja shap Apply the unique vocal characteristics o great jazz singers such as Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughn into your own sound. Understand proper jazz vocal delivery in a number o tempos and gain condence singing an array o jazz standards in a live or recorded context.

Study the theory and harmonic concepts common to blues and rock styles, and learn the licks, techniques, patterns, and improvisation styles associated with shufes, New Orleans piano, rock and roll and modern rock piano, and solo blues piano.

 a tt ba ipvat matt mavg, J og, a ea Ta Learn a step-by-step approach to improvisation that applies to all styles and any instrument. Develop your solos by studying the ris and licks o legendary players, and learn to incorporate the infexions, eel, and nuances o the 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 undamentals o playing slap, rom traditional to advanced modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs.

Contact Our Student Advisors Today All Berkleemusic students are assi gned a personal Student Advisor, accessible by phone and email, who is are available to help you with any questions you have throughout your online experience. Our advisors have a rich knowledge o our course catalog, and are trained to provide expert advice on our curriculum and how to best achieve your academic goals.



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MULTI-COURSE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS Berkleemusic’s certiicate programs are designed to provide students with solid qualiications and marketable skills or success. hese multi-course programs oer anywhere rom one to three years o extensive training with the aculty o Berklee College o Music in a wide variety o disciplines. We oer three types o certiicates—Specialist, Proessional, and Master—based on the depth o study. Develop your skills, expand your expertise, and add great credentials to your resume with a Berkleemusic certiicate.

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With 8 courses presented over two years, this is Berkleemusic’s most extensive guitarocused program. You’ll ully immerse yoursel in the structural undamentals o chords and scales, and learn the major elements o three popular guitar styles: Blues, Rock, and Jazz. Once you have this wide breadth o guitar knowledge under your ngers, you’ll choose three electives to take your playing in any number o directions.

Gain a vast knowledge o music production and guitar in this wide-ranging certicate program. This program provides students with an extensive background in music production, and a guided study path in guitar, which ocuses on scales, chords, techniques, and teaching you to use your ears, hands, and the tools o the trade (including AmpliTube 2) to play with a hi-quality, authentic and persuasive tone.

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This program is the perect match o timetested tools, theories, techniques, and applications that you can use immediately to hone your crat and become a more successul and well-versed songwriter, guitarist, and perorming musician. Developed by the award-winning aculty o Berklee College o Music and based on the school’s curriculum, this extensive certicate program will provide you with an arsenal o ideas and concepts that are designed to develop a more complete songwriter—not only the most eective ways to write engaging and memorable lyrics, melodies, and harmonies, but the best ways to translate these compositions to the guitar.

Guitar Scales 101 Guitar Chords 101 Blues Guitar Workshop Classic Rock Guitar Workshop Jazz Guitar 101 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Desktop Music Production Critical Listening 1 Guitar Scales 101 Guitar Chords 101 Getting Your Guitar Sound Producing Music with Reason 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

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Getting Your Guitar Sound 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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Professional Certificate r Gta 5 Courses (15 credits) Nobody becomes a guitar virtuoso overnight. It takes hours and hours in the woodshed, unlocking tricky patterns and exotic chord voicings, working on your picking, chords, scales and ear…not to mention a real desire to become great. And although there is no substitute or hard work, the Rock Guitar Proessional certicate program is designed to help you make the most o your time and talent. Use the skills you learn to become a melodic cratsman like Eric Johnson or David Gilmour, a monster shredder like Berklee alumn Steve Vai, or an in-demand hired gun ready to take on any style rom Texas blues to progressive rock at a moment’s notice.

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To become a truly accomplished guitarist, you rst have to master the basics. Players that have an intimate understanding o chords, scales, blues and rock, and improvisation techniques are more comortable in dierent musical situations, and are more dynamic, expressive and well-rounded guitarists. This extensive program provides students with a wide array o tools and the knowledge necessary to develop their technique and gain a greater eel or their instrument.

Chord knowledge, a command o scales, and an understanding o basic improvisation are a necessity or any serious guitarist interested in adding expression, depth, and eeling to their playing. The Guitar Skills certicate program builds the oundation you’ll need to advance these essential concepts, and provides the knowledge necessary to develop your technique and hone your skills in any given style.

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Guitar Chords 101 Guitar Scales 101 Blues Guitar Workshop Classic Rock Guitar Workshop Basic Improvisation

rq c • Guitar Scales 101 • Guitar Chords 101 • Guitar Chords 201: Chord Melody and Inversions • Classic Rock Guitar Workshop • Rock Guitar Soloing

Professional Certificate r, rhth, a b Gta 5 Courses (15 credits) The most accomplished rock guitarists, rom Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, to David Gilmour and Jonny Greenwood, learned to create an immediately recognizable sound by drawing rom a broad musical palate rich in the undamentals. The Proessional Certicate in Rock, Rhythm, and Blues Guitar will train you to become a versatile rock guitarist by exploring a variety o genres—Classic Rock, Rhythm & Groove, and Funk and R&B. You’ll study the legends and master the tools and techniques specic to each type o music, while nding and perecting your own unique style.

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Getting Your Guitar Sound Guitar Chords 101 Classic Rock Guitar Workshop Rhythm and Groove Guitar Funk and R&B Guitar

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• Guitar Chords 101 • Guitar Scales 101 • Getting Your Guitar Sound

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Specialist Certificate sg-sgt 3 Courses (9 credits)

3 Courses (9 credits) The road to becoming a well-rounded and expressive guitarist begins with mastering the basics. This three-course guitar certicate program provides students with an excellent background in three keystone styles: Blues, Rock and Jazz.

rq c • Blues Guitar Workshop • Classic Rock Guitar Workshop • Jazz Guitar 101

Great singer-songwriters don’t just appear on the scene, and great songs don’t write themselves. Serious songwriters work at improving their abilities, designing time into their lives or inspiration to strike and equipping themselves to make the most o their ideas. With Berkleemusic’s 3-course Singer-Songwriter certicate, you will be learning the same skills used by the best songwriters and perormers. Though a dedicated curriculum o three challenging and inormative courses, you will learn how to rame your melodies in captivating harmonies and voicings, learn to play those voicings on the guitar, and polish your vocal delivery to maximize your tone and endurance.

rq c • Guitar Chords 101 • Voice Technique 101 • Songwriting Workshop: Harmony

Faculty Spotlight Thaddeus Hogarth Guitar Faculty

A two-time winner o the Independent Music Award or R&B/ Blues, Thaddeus Hogarth, Associate Proessor o Guitar at Berklee, 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 or the launch o its revolutionary live music amplifcation technology. His music and voice can be heard worldwide in flms and on television, including work or 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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Become a truly great producer/engineer. This is Berkleemusic’s most comprehensive course o study, ocusing on every aspect o music production, rom the technology, sotware and hardware available today to the core music theory necessary to arrange and compose great music. Over the 3 years with Berkleemusic you will immerse yoursel in the art o music production, learning about the physics o sound, getting the best perormances out o musicians, studio set-ups, MIDI, microphone techniques, mixing, mastering, music and recording equipment, sampling, sequencing, plug-ins and much, much more.

New independent music enterprises are springing up and becoming successul everyday. Independent artists and labels are carving our protable niches in the new music market place with vertically integrated businesses—nding talent, producing artists, recording, mixing, and mastering as well as marketing, promotion, publishing, and distribution. This entrepreneurial spirit in the industry is providing great opportunities or individuals with a wide range o skills. This nine-course program is designed to cover the music business and music production in great detail with a ocus on developing students or a uture in the new evolving music industry.

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• Music Business 101 • The Future of Music and the Music Business • Legal Aspects of the Music Industry • Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Di stribution • Music Publishing 101 • Desktop Music Production + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Desktop Music Production Critical Listening 1 Pro Tools 101 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Producing Music with Ableton Live Producing Music with Reason MIDI Sequencing Intermediate Sampling and Audio Production 4 Courses from Program’s Electives

Master Certificate m Pt g P T 9 Courses (27 credits) Our most thorough Pro Tools certicate program, Music Production using Pro Tools provides a complete guided education o Digidesign’s Pro Tools sotware, rom setting up your studio to advanced mixing, mastering and remixing techniques, all rom the perspective and experience o Berklee’s renowned music production aculty.

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Pro Tools 101 Critical Listening 1 Pro Tools 110 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Remixing with Pro Tools and Reason 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Master Certificate wtg a Pg 9 Courses (27 credits) The Master Certicate in Writing and Producing trains students to become hitmaking songwriters and arrangers, as well as well-versed producers. By teaching Berklee’s time-tested techniques along with cutting-edge sotware, this program will prepare you to become a contemporary writer/producer with a wide range o useul knowledge and applicable tools to succeed in the evolving music industry.

rq c • • • • • • +

Desktop Music Production Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs Commercial Songwriting Techniques Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Contemporary Styles Critical Listening 1 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Master Certificate Pt a Gta 9 Courses (24 credits) Gain a vast knowledge o music production and guitar in this wide-ranging certicate program. This program provides students with an extensive background in music production, and a guided study path in guitar, which ocuses on scales, chords, techniques, and teaching you to use your ears, hands, and the tools o the trade (including AmpliTube 2) to play with a hi-quality, authentic and persuasive tone.

rq c • • • • • • +

Desktop Music Production Critical Listening 1 Guitar Scales 101 Guitar Chords 101 Getting Your Guitar Sound Producing Music with Reason 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Professional Certificate et m Pt a s dg 5 Courses (15 credits) Gain a complete oundation in recording music on your computer, and explore the art o sampling, sequencing, remixing, audio production, Reason, and sound creation in this ve-course program.

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Desktop Music Production Sampling and Audio Production MIDI Sequencing Intermediate Sound Design for the Electronic Musician Producing Music with Ableton Live

Professional Certificate P T 4 Courses (12 credits) I you’re serious about a career as a studio producer, one o the best ways to get started is to learn the techniques that the pros use on the sotware that music producing industry uses everyday. In the Proessional Certicate in Pro Tools, you’ll engage in a guided program o study that will take you rom the basics o setting up your home studio, to advanced mixing and mastering techniques using one o the most popular music production sotware around.

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Pro Tools 101 Pro Tools 110 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools



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Learn to create, produce and record music using Pro Tools and Reason, and develop your ability to hear and identiy the key eatures o a well balanced, artul and proessional-sounding mix.

Although there are a number o oundational changes occurring within the music industry, live events continue to be a growing revenue stream or musicians and sound engineers. In the Specialist Certicate in Live Sound Production, you’ll learn to identiy all the elements o an eective mix or live sound—rom the proper width and depth, requency range, dynamics, and dierent mix approaches used in various musical genres, to the impact that microphone and even micpreamp choices have on the mix—and gain all the tools, techniques, and insights needed to become a well-versed live sound producer.

Cakewalk’s SONAR sotware is one o the most proessional and reliable tools or music creation. This three-course SONAR-based certicate program provides musicians, engineers, and producers worldwide with an accomplished SONAR knowledge base using Berklee’s renowned production techniques.

rq c • • • • •

Critical Listening 1 Pro Tools 101 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Producing Music with Reason MIDI Sequencing Intermediate

Specialist Certificate Pg m th lg 3 Courses (9 credits) Some o today’s hottest artists—including The Killers, Akon, Brandi Carlile, and The Roots—are creating their music with Logic Pro. This powerul sotware gives you the ability to write, record, edit, and mix any project like a pro in your home studio. Berkleemusic’s Specialist Certicate in Producing Music with Logic will teach you how to make the most o Logic Pro to create quality recordings. You’ll learn Berklee’s renowned approach to production and explore the undamentals o a great mix.

rq c • Critical Listening 1 • Desktop Music Production for Mac • Producing Music with Logic

Specialist Certificate st Pt 3 Courses (9 credits) Develop a rm Pro Tools oundation, and learn how to record, mix, and produce great music with the help o Berklee’s renowned aculty and their masterul production techniques. The Specialist Studio Production certicate will introduce you to concepts including studio set up and equipment optimization. You’ll become procient at recording in Pro Tools and receive technical training in sound recording, rom setup to mix-down. You’ll also gain a oundation in popular topics that include microphone placement and editing techniques.

rq c • Critical Listening 1 • Pro Tools 101 • Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools

rq c • Critical Listening 1 • Audio Ear Training for Mix Engineers • Live Sound: Mixing and Recording

Specialist Certificate m Pt g At lv 3 Courses (9 credits) More and more DJs and producers these days are turning to a program that allows them to express their musical ideas in unique ways: Ableton Live. Ableton Live’s eatures are countless – multi-track recording, nondestructive editing, creative MIDI sequencing - the list goes on and on. With Berkleemusic’s three-course Specialist Certicate in Music Production using Ableton Live, you’ll develop the technical skills to compose, record, remix, improvise, edit, and more, using Ableton Live – and in the process, make yoursel signicantly more marketable in the increasingly competitive world o music production and perormance.

rq c • Critical Listening 1 • Producing Music with Ableton Live • Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live

rq c • Desktop Music Production • Critical Listening 1 • Producing Music with SONAR

Specialist Certificate m cat g ra 3 Courses (9 credits) The curriculum in this program is developed and certied by Berkleemusic and Propellerhead Sotware. This certication provides a powerul credential or any resume, as well as the practical skills necessary to pursue your creative ideas and reach your creative potential using Reason. A joint certication rom Berkleemusic and Propellerhead Sotware assures educational integrity and industry credibility. To be a producer in today’s competitive environment means staying on top o the latest trends in technology, equipment, and studio technique. But it also means training yoursel to hear, understand, and replicate a nearly innite variety o sounds, styles and techniques. In the Specialist Certicate in Music Creation using Reason, you’ll work with world-class Berklee aculty and classmates rom around the globe to gain a solid background in production basics and the art o creating music using Reason.

rq c • Critical Listening 1 • Desktop Music Production • Producing Music with Reason

The courses at Berkleemusic have been great. Where I live in Pakistan, courses like songwriting, arranging, and Desktop Music Production are not available at all. Taking these courses online has helped me grow as a musician, and have helped me prepare for Berklee’s undergraduate school. Arooj Atab Berklee College of Music, Class of 2009



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m Pt Specialist Certificate m Pt g ca

Specialist Certificate ohtatg a Pg m   a Ga



Whether you’re recording and producing your band’s album, scoring music or lm or TV, or producing a record to be distributed on CD or online, there’s one piece o sotware that represents the cutting edge o digital audio: Cubase 4. Designed by proessionals rom the ground up, Cubase provides a vast range o tools that allow you to compose, record, edit and mix any type o music imaginable. In Berkleemusic’s Specialist Certicate in Music Production using Cubase, you’ll develop oundational skills to listen critically, gain cross-platorm home studio production chops, and learn to use Cubase’s state-o-the-art tools to create the most proessional sounding mixes around.

Today, more than ever, music ullls a vital role in eature lms, television shows, and video games. While album sales continue to all, music placements provide writers with an eective new way to reach potential ans and make money. These modern revenue outlets require a detailed understanding o orchestral writing skills, specic production techniques, and a deep knowledge o the unique acets o these particular music segments. This program provides students who already have a strong background in music with specic skills dedicated to advancing their writing or lms, T.V., and video games.

rq c • Critical Listening 1 • Producing Music with Cubase • Recording and Producing in the Home Studio

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Specialist Certificate m Pt a A matg 3 Courses (9 credits) Audio mastering is the nal step in the music production process, and an essential component in creating a proessionalsounding recording. The best mastering engineers (such as Bob Clearmountain and Bob Ludwig) are able to hear a raw tape, understand what it could sound like, and then know exactly what techniques they need to use to make it sound that way. Far rom a being a mysterious art, mastering is actually series o techniques that students can practice, learn, and employ themselves to great eect on their own productions. Berkleemusic’s Specialist Certicate in Music Production and Audio Mastering provides the skills and knowledge you need to become a better producer as well as a well-versed mastering proessional.

rq c • Desktop Music Production • Recording and Producing in the Home Studio • Audio Mastering Techniques

rq c • Orchestration • Film Scoring 101 • Introduction to Game Audio

Specialist Certificate s dg g ra 3 Courses (9 credits) The curriculum in this program is developed and certied by Berkleemusic and Propellerhead Sotware. This certication provides a powerul credential or any resume, as well as the practical skills necessary to pursue your creative ideas and reach your creative potential using Reason. A joint certication rom Berkleemusic and Propellerhead Sotware assures educational integrity and industry credibility. In classes taught by award-winning Berklee instructors, the Specialist Certicate in Sound Design using Reason will give you a complete overview o how music is written, recorded, mixed, and mastered using Reason, with a ocus on sampling, sequencing, sound design, and building your own synth patches rom the ground up. Along the way you’ll have the opportunity to share ideas with classmates working in a wide range o genres rom around the world.

Specialist Certificate P T 3 Courses (9 credits)

rq c • Producing Music with Reason • Sampling and Audio Production • Sound Design for the Electronic Musician

Work with world-class Berklee aculty and classmates rom around the world to become a skilled producer using Digidesign’s Pro Tools, one o the world’s most popular music production sotware programs. This 3-course certicate program unlocks the secrets behind production and mixing (rom basic to advanced) techniques or a number o contemporary music styles including jazz, pop/rock, electronica and more.

rq c • Producing with Pro Tools • Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools • Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools

at sptght da Thp Critical Listening 1 & 2 Faculty Dan Thompson, Online Instructor o Critical Listening 1 & 2, is Assistant Chair o Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College o Music, where he has taught advanced production, as well as mix techniques and audio technology or over a decade. An independent writer/producer and recording engineer, his credits include work or major lms and television, including ER, The Sopranos, Swim Fan, The Sweetest Thing, Melrose Place, Touched By An Angel, Soul Food, and CSI Miami, to name just a ew. Daniel Thompson’s new book, Understanding Audio (Berklee Press, 2005), is the required textbook or Berklee College o 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 o the National Academy o Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and the American Society o Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).



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m b Master Certificate m b 9 Courses (27 credits) New technologies and innovations are emerging almost daily within the music industry. Forward thinking companies and entrepreneurs are presenting new ideas that artists, managers, independent labels, and business savvy olks are using to not only redene their relationship with the existing music business model, but also to succeed in this evolving environment. Berkleemusic’s Music Business Master Program is our most extensive business certicate program. Throughout this nine-course program, you’ll gain the business, marketing, management, and touring background (a HUGE part o the music business) you’ll need to understand the industry as it currently exists and to realize the possibilities available to you in the near uture.

rq c • • • •

Music Business 101 The Future of Music and the Music Business Music Marketing 101 Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail • Artist Management • Concert Touring + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Master Certificate m b a Thg 9 Courses (27 credits) New independent music enterprises are springing up and becoming successul everyday. Independent artists and labels are carving our protable niches in the new music market place with vertically integrated businesses—nding talent, producing artists, recording, mixing, and mastering as well as marketing, promotion, publishing, and distribution. This entrepreneurial spirit in the industry is providing great opportunities or individuals with a wide range o skills. This nine-course program is designed to cover the music business and music production in great detail with a ocus on developing students or a uture in the new evolving music industry.

rq c • Music Business 101 • The Future of Music and the Music Business • Legal Aspects of the Music Industry • Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Di stribution • Music Publishing 101 • Desktop Music Production + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Master Certificate Att maagt 9 Courses (27 credits) With the power in the music industry shiting rom the major labels and other gatekeepers to the artists, the role o a manager is more important than ever. A manager that has a detailed understanding o the new and evolving marketing, technology, legal, touring, and business strategies is an invaluable member o any artists’ team. The Master Certicate in Artist Management provides a complete tool kit to anyone interested in success as an artist manager.

rq c • The Future of Music and the Music Business • Music Marketing 101 • Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail • Concert Touring • Legal Aspects of the Music Industry • Artist Management + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Professional Certificate Att maagt 5 Courses (15 credits) Every successul band knows that talent and motivation can get you so ar, but without someone behind the scenes putting all o the necessary pieces in place, it’s dicult to reach that elusive next level. With the prolieration o great bands out there these days, it’s more important than ever to have someone who knows and understands the business to guide your band through the twists and turns o today’s industry. Whether it’s a member o the band or a business proessional, the right artist manager can make all the dierence. With Berkleemusic’s Proessional Certicate in Artist Management, you’ll develop the skills you need to make that dierence, through a wide range o courses that address the major issues you’ll conront as an artist manager.

rq c • The Future of Music and the Music Business • Music Marketing 101 • Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail • Concert Touring • Artist Management

Professional Certificate m b 6 Courses (18 credits) Given the shiting landscape o the music industry, the more business-minded musicians are, the better prepared they’ll be to take on an active role in guiding their careers and allowing their music to reach the widestpossible audience. Similarly, or those who aspire to work or start their own musicrelated rms—be they labels, management companies, or publishing companies—the chances o success in these rms increases exponentially with a solid music business oundation. The Music Business Proessional Program provides students with a detailed background in key areas o the music industry, and a plan or success developed with Berklee’s seasoned experts in their respective elds.

rq c • Music Business 101 • The Future of Music and the Music Business • Legal Aspects of the Music Industry • Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Distribution • Music Publishing 101 • Music Industry Entrepreneurship



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m b Specialist Certificate m matg 3 Courses (9 credits) The power dynamics o the music business have been shiting rapidly over the past several years. The tasks that record labels have traditionally undertaken or artists can now be accomplished by the artists themselves, and more artists than ever are nding innovative and creative ways to market themselves successully on their own. You’ve seen it, you’ve read about it, you’ve heard about it – now learn how to do it yoursel. With the Specialist Certicate in Music Marketing, you’ll get a oundation or how the whole process works. You’ll learn dierent marketing outlets that are available to you, how to access them, where the money comes rom currently and, perhaps more importantly, where it will be coming rom in the uture. And urther, you’ll nd out how to take advantage o that changing power dynamic, and how to use it to make yoursel known in the increasingly competitive world o music.

rq c • Music Business 101 • Music Marketing 101 • Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail

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Specialist Certificate dt-t-a o m matg 3 Courses (9 credits) The Internet has completely changed the ways in which many consumers discover, purchase, and experience music. The consumer’s experience has become much more decentralized—and as such, the means to eectively market music has shited as well. Traditional marketing vehicles, while still important, have been augmented with a variety o online-based marketing, sales, and distribution outlets and techniques that allow musicians to directly connect with their target market in a way that was not possible in the past. This program explores these new sales and marketing options, and provides a road map or developing more ans and eectively monetizing your music.

rq c • The Future of Music and the Music Business • Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Di stribution • Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail

Specialist Certificate Tpp-ctf mat 3 Courses (9 credits) Topspin is the most complete technology platorm or artists to create their own retail channels, eectively promote their music, and connect directly with ans. Topspin is uniquely positioned to take advantage o the sea change in music marketing by providing musicians and managers with a complete suite o tools to easily create fexible oers, integrate with an-trusted music discovery channels, and manage workfow with data-driven eedback to make smarter marketing decisions. The Topspin Certied Marketer certicate rom Berkleemusic is the exclusive online option or obtaining Topspin Certied Marketing credentials. Over the three required courses in this program, you’ll develop a wide range o critical real-world marketing and business skills. You’ll learn to develop your online and ofine community, how to communicate eectively with your ans, and best practices with selling your music - both online on your own site and third party sites, as well as in more traditional retail settings. And o course you’ll gain a proessional command o Topspin’s revolutionary sotware.

rq c • The Future of Music and the Music Business • Online Music Marketing with Topspin • Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail

Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail really was a broad-spectrum class that ocused 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 fnal assignment really is just tying the bow around a complete marketing plan. Ihor Gowda Manger of Touring Musician Suzanna Choffel



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m Th, Ha & ea Tag Master Certificate Th, Ha, a ea Tag

Specialist Certificate m Th

Specialist Certificate Th a Ha



3 Courses (9 credits) Maximize your perormance, writing, arranging, improvisation, and music comprehension skills by developing your oundational knowledge in the areas o music theory, arranging, harmony, and ear training. You’ll acquire a rm understanding o the inner workings o these principal concepts and become well versed in applying this knowledge to your own music.

Beore you can become an amazing songwriter, player or producer, you need to rst master the mechanics o contemporary music. The Music Theory Specialist Program, developed by Berklee Proessor Emeritus Paul Schmeling, provides the knowledge and concepts, rom undamental to advanced, to prepare you or any musical endeavor or opportunity.

rq c

rq c

This program will help you create a solid base o musical knowledge and deepen your understanding o rhythm, scales, chord progressions, and harmony. You’ll learn how to use scales, intervals, and chords; write a melody; and hear and modiy chord progressions. You’ll also gain a rm understanding o the inner workings o harmony in a broad range o contemporary styles, as well as study more advanced harmonic principles including melodic and harmonic tension, chord substitution, and chromatically altered chords.

• Music Theory 101 • Basic Ear Training 1 • Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function • Getting Inside Harmony 1 • Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

• Music Theory 101 • Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function • Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm

rq c • Music Theory 101 • Getting Inside Harmony 1 • Getting Inside Harmony 2

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Master Certificate ohtat   a TV 8 Courses (24 credits) The eld o songwriting and orchestrating or lm and television has grown exponentially over the past ew years, providing a promotional launching pad or new careers, as well as creating a lucrative new income stream or artists and songwriters. This program will arm you with the necessary skills to write and orchestrate songs to perectly complement visuals, provide you with valuable placement techniques or your compositions, and oer you the most up-todate tools and inormation to make you a more marketable songwriter and composer.

rq c • Arranging 1: Rhythm Section • Songwriting for Film and TV • Orchestration 1 • Orchestration 2: Writing Techniques for Full Orchestra • Film Scoring 101 + 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Master Certificate Aagg a ohtat

Professional Certificate Aagg



In this program, you’ll gain a broad but in-depth background in arranging—or the rhythm section, horns, and strings— to writing or the ull orchestra and gain marketable skills that you’ll be able to put to work immediately.

Equip yoursel with the most eective chord scale choices or arranging and improvising, and learn arranging and orchestration techniques or a variety o contemporary styles. With the Proessional Certicate in Arranging, you’ll learn great new skills to apply to both live instrumentation and sequenced/sampled sounds and gain the skills to become an accomplished arranger, across a variety o genres, instruments, and styles.

rq c • • • • • +

Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings Orchestration 1 Orchestration 2: Writing for the Full Orchestra 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Master Certificate Aagg

rq c • • • • •

Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns Arranging: Contemporary Styles Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings

8 Courses (24 credits) Study Berkleemusic’s most advanced and in-depth Arranging curriculum. You’ll build the strong oundation and gain the vital tools you’ll need to become an accomplished arranger, across a variety o genres, instruments, and styles.

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Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns Arranging: Contemporary Styles Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings 3 Courses from Program’s Electives



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The Master Certicate in Songwriting can help you become an expert songwriter, teaching you to create more powerul lyrics, choruses, and melodies to build memorable songs and commercial hits. This extensive program arms you with the writing tools you’ll need to develop your ideas into complete, engaging, and eective songs and master the crat o songwriting.

The Master Certicate in Writing and Producing trains students to become hitmaking songwriters and arrangers, as well as well-versed producers. By teaching Berklee’s time-tested techniques along with cutting-edge sotware, this program will prepare you to become a contemporary writer/producer with a wide range o useul knowledge and applicable tools to succeed in the evolving music industry.

The Specialist Songwriting certicate is designed to benet musicians o all levels, rom relative beginners to proessional songwriters who are looking or new ideas to enhance their work.

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Songwriting Workshop: Harmony Songwriting Workshop: Melody Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music Lyric Writing: Writing From the Title 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

Master Certificate sgtg a Gta 9 Courses (27 credits) The Songwriting and Guitar Master certicate program is the perect match o time-tested tools, theories, techniques, and applications that you can use immediately to hone your crat and become a more successul and wellversed songwriter, guitarist, and perorming musician. Developed by the award-winning aculty o Berklee College o Music and based on the school’s curriculum, this extensive certicate program will provide you with an arsenal o ideas and concepts that are designed to develop a more complete songwriter – not only the most eective ways to write engaging and memorable lyrics, melodies, and harmonies, but the best ways to translate these compositions to the guitar.

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Getting Your Guitar Sound 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

Desktop Music Production Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs Commercial Songwriting Techniques Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Contemporary Styles Critical Listening 1 3 Courses from Program’s Electives

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Professional Certificate sg-sgt 5 Courses (9 credits) Songwriting is easy…right? Write some words, add some music, and you’re done! But where do those ideas come rom, and how do you coax inspiration to strike? How do you know what lyrical style, song structure, mood, and tempo will work best or a lyric? How do you build drama and momentum into your narrative, and write music that helps tell the story? All the great singersongwriters know how to make a song work on paper and on stage. You in turn can spend decades learning these skills on your own, or you can let the seasoned proessionals at Berkleemusic teach them to you in a matter o months, and get busy discovering your own voice and style. The Proessional SingerSongwriter certicate is designed to give you the vocal and guitar skills you need to make the most o your technique and talent.

rq c • Songwriting Workshop: Harmony • Songwriting Workshop: Melody • Commercial Songwriting Techniques

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Specialist Certificate sg-sgt 3 Courses (9 credits) Great singer-songwriters don’t just appear on the scene, and great songs don’t write themselves. Serious songwriters work at improving their abilities, designing time into their lives or inspiration to strike and equipping themselves to make the most o their ideas. With Berkleemusic’s 3-course Singer-Songwriter certicate, you will be learning the same skills used by the best songwriters and perormers. Though a dedicated curriculum o three challenging and inormative courses, you will learn how to rame your melodies in captivating harmonies and voicings, learn to play those voicings on the guitar, and polish your vocal delivery to maximize your tone and endurance.

rq c • Guitar Chords 101 • Voice Technique 101 • Songwriting Workshop: Harmony

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Voice Technique 101 Guitar Chords 101 Pop and Rock Vocals Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs


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There are a number o attributes which all accomplished based players share: an exacting time awareness, a harmonic awareness, and an awareness o the particular needs o the individual song. In the Proessional Certicate or Bass, students will learn the oundational knowledge necessary to become an accomplished bass player in the ocus areas o Rock, R&B, and Jazz; create bass lines and solos in any genre o their choice, and gain the skills to handle any gig that comes their way.

The bass is the heart and soul o an ensemble: the rhythmic driver that links the percussion, keyboards and melody instruments; the decider o key, harmony and chord movement; and the creator o the “pocket” that is the source o groove. Whether the bass line is straight eighths (Van Halen’s Michael Anthony, Dee Dee Ramone), gritty rhythmic counterpoint (Larry Graham, Flea, Bootsy Collins), or a melody instrument in its own right (Bruce Thomas o The Attractions, Geddy Lee, Paul McCartney), what the bassist plays and how he or she plays it can make or break a band. In Berkleemusic’s Rock Bass Styles Specialist certicate program, you will learn the bass styles o the major blues-based genres o the past hal-century, and become a much more eective and player and perormer in the process.

The bass not only holds a band together rhythmically, but it’s also a crucial component to the overall sound and direction o the music. Berkleemusic’s 3-course Specialist Certicate Program in Bass educates students in the essential acets o bass playing: perormance, technique, improvisation, and style. Ater in-depth study and practice in this program, you will be able to perorm with condence, in your own style, and play great rock, blues, and jazz-based bass lines.

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Bass Performance 101 Rock Bass R&B Bass Jazz Bass Basic Improvisation

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rq c • Rock Bass • Slap Bass • R&B Bass

ka/Pa Specialist Certificate ka s 3 Courses (9 Credits) To become a truly accomplished keyboard player, you rst have to master the basics. Players that have an intimate understanding o voice leading chords, creating accompaniments, playing the signature licks or blues and rock, and the techniques o improvisation are more comortable in dierent musical situations, and are more dynamic, expressive and well-rounded players. This 3-course program provides students with a wide array o tools and the knowledge necessary to develop their technique and gain a greater command on the keyboard.

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All the great singer-songwriters know how to make a song work on paper and on stage. You in turn can spend decades learning these skills on your own, or you can let the seasoned proessionals at Berkleemusic teach them to you in a matter o months, and get busy discovering your own voice and style. The Proessional Singer-Songwriter certicate is designed to give you the vocal and guitar skills you need to make the most o your technique and talent.

Whether you want to be the next Bon Scott or Freddie Mercury, Gwen Steani or Tori Amos, i you intend to make a living (or a serious hobby) out o singing and making music, you need to learn how to properly use your voice. Berkleemusic’s Introduction to Singing Specialist Certicate is designed to do just that – give you the tools you need to start using your voice in the best way possible, no matter what kind o music you want to make.

Great singer-songwriters don’t just appear on the scene, and great songs don’t write themselves. Serious songwriters work at improving their abilities, designing time into their lives or inspiration to strike and equipping themselves to make the most o their ideas. With Berkleemusic’s 3-course Singer-Songwriter certicate, you will be learning the same skills used by the best songwriters and perormers. Though a dedicated curriculum o three challenging and inormative courses, you will learn how to rame your melodies in captivating harmonies and voicings, learn to play those voicings on the guitar, and polish your vocal delivery to maximize your tone and endurance.

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Voice Technique 101 Guitar Chords 101 Pop and Rock Vocals Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs

Specialist Certificate V Thq a mahp 3 Courses (9 credits) A well-rounded vocalist possesses more than just a great voice. In order to really thrive and succeed as a top-notch singer, you have to also understand the mechanics o contemporary music. The Specialist Certicate in Voice Technique and Musicianship provides the undamental knowledge and concepts o theory, voice study, and ear training to prepare you to be a better musician and an in-demand vocalist.

• Basic Ear Training • Voice Technique 101 • Rock and Pop Vocals

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• Guitar Chords 101 • Voice Technique 101 • Songwriting Workshop: Harmony

3 Courses (9 credits) Very ew people are born with the vocal ability to shine in various settings. The best way to become a versatile and in-demand singer is through education, exposure, and experience. A great way to gain the technique and versatility you need to successully perorm all styles o singing is with Berkleemusic’s Vocal Styles Specialist certicate program.

rq c • Voice Technique 101 • Rock and Pop Vocals • Jazz Voice

rq c • Music Theory 101 • Voice Technique 101 • Basic Ear Training

Contact Our Student Advisors Today All Berkleemusic students are assi gned a personal Student Advisor, accessible by phone and email, who is are available to help you with any questions you have throughout your online experience. Our advisors have a rich knowledge o our course catalog, and are trained to provide expert advice on our curriculum and how to best achieve your academic goals.


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