A Prolific Music Producer's Workflow for Finishing Tracks

Discover how to turn song ideas and rough recordings into complete, polished tracks, with music producer Evan Sutton's patented music production workflow.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files

1. Planning Your Track

The problem-solving mindset
Why use templates?
Working with instrument and routing presets as part of your templates
Prepping to record vocalists
Prepping to record musicians
Template examples in Logic
Template examples in Pro Tools
Template examples in Live

2. Production Heavy Lifting

Getting basic musical ideas down
Working with simple variation: How much is too much?
Learning to trust your production process
Making musical decisions that serve the song
Basic mix considerations while composing, and using channel strip presets in Logic
Channel strip preset examples in Pro Tools
Channel strip preset examples in Ableton Live
Creating simple sections and structural considerations
Planning structure and using markers and reference tracks
Building a bridge or middle eight section
A simple approach to creating intros and outros

3. Taking Your Track to the Next Level