September 10th 2021

Join Adam from Joluca as he teaches you how to put a unique spin on the house sounds you know and love. Learn the history behind classic sounds, what synths you'll need to achieve them, as well as how to bring them into the future with more modern sound design techniques such as resampling. Expect a deep dive into synthesis, hardware synths, effects, and more.

September 17th 2021

Feeling held back by your lack of music theory knowledge? This free workshop will get you comfortable with notes, scales, and chords so you can start writing more believable music, save time guessing your way through parts, better communicate ideas with other artists and so much more.

August 22nd 2021

With a client list that includes the likes of Âme, Ben Klock, Dixon, Dubfire, and Tale of Us, Hannes Bieger is one of Europe's most in-demand mixing engineers. In this in-depth workshop, you'll spend the day with Hannes as he breaks the techniques he uses to mix some of the world's biggest club records. Expect lots of in-depth knowledge both technical and philosophical. Please note this is an in-person workshop at IO Music Academy in Los Angeles and will not be livestreamed.

July 21st 2021

In this exclusive workshop, the renowned Colombian producer/musician/DJ will give you an inside look at his production process, breaking down some of his favorite tracks and answering your questions about how they were made. Felipe will also be listening to your demos during a live feedback session at the end of the workshop.

July 15th 2021

In this exclusive workshop at our Los Angeles studio, Kora (Kindisch, Sol Selectas, Anjunadeep, Saisons) will give you an inside look at his production process, breaking down some of his favorite tracks and building a track live in front of the audience. There will be a Q&A at the end of the session.

June 29th 2021

Get the inside scoop on mastering in this free workshop taught by IO's Nick Garcia (mastering credits for Toolroom, Yoshitoshi, Desert Hearts, Farris Wheel, Simma Black). By using your tracks as examples, Nick will teach you how to use EQ, compression, saturation, limiting, and more to improve and finalize your finished tracks.

June 22nd 2021 - Learn your way around the world of oscillators, filters, and envelopes. In this free workshop, you'll get hands-on with hardware and software synthesizers as you learn the basics of designing sounds from scratch.

June 15th 2021

Do you dream about making music but don't where to begin? In this interactive, hands-on workshop, you'll learn everything you need to get started including what software and equipment you'll need, how the music you love gets made, and what the next steps are for a would-be music maker.

Leave with a better understanding of core musical principles such as rhythm, music theory, and song structure along with a better idea of your place in the musical world.

June 1st, 2021

Tired of the indoors? In this free workshop, you'll learn how to sample and incorporate the outside world into your music-making process. Create everything from subtle atmosphere and background noise to full-fledged, playable instruments out of phone and field recordings.