Warp Academy Music Hacking for Electronic Musicians

As an educator and musician I’m always working on developing and honing my own skills. This has me on a search for better and better teachers as I learn and grow. I’m excited to share that I’m bringing one of my very own teachers to the table to share his wisdom and expertise with you. I’m thrilled to introduce Ray Harmony, who’ll be teaching our newest course, Music Hacking for Electronic Musicians!

For the past year, I’ve been blessed to be working with Ray on Music theory and composition. Even though I’ve been a musician my whole life, the impact that working with Ray has had on my music, and my understanding of music, has been “nothing short of unreal”.

Music theory is the language of music, and if you’re making music, you’re using music theory. Music Hacking for Electronic Musicians is for everyone from complete beginners to professional producers who make music by ear and want to learn how to use the power of music theory to elevate their songwriting. This course will inspire and empower you to confidently create faultless songs on a watertight foundation of music theory.

What You’ll Learn

After taking Music Hacking for Electronic Musicians we guarantee you’ll be able to:

Compose flawless melodies and chord progressions
Apply relevant music theory hacks to raise your songwriting to a professional level
Make songs that stand out musically by using methods unknown in electronic music
Unleash your full creative force and keep your music fresh
Develop your own musical style
Inspire yourself by tapping into the limitless well of musical ideas
Say goodbye to “writer’s block” once and for all
Analyze your favourite musicians/producers and learn their musical tricks
Fluently communicate using the language of music
What You Get

Over the course of 4 modules, Ray reveals the secrets behind his composing process, from start to finish of a song.



In Music Hacking for Electronic Musicians you’ll get:

1. All the MIDI files created to use and work with in your own music
2. 4 x 3 hour webinar recordings, including, dedicated question and answer periods with Ray during each module
3. Lifetime access to the webinar recordings of each module!
4. A PDF with all of the songwriting hacks learned throughout the 4 modules
5. A pre-release of Ray’s “Hack Music Theory, Part 1: Learn scales & chords in 30 minutes” eBook (“The most brilliant, fast, easy, and fun music theory book I’ve ever seen!” – Derek Sivers (CD Baby founder, TED speaker, author)
6. Student Discounts of 20-60% off our partners and third party plugin providers! (including Ableton Live & iZotope software, xFer’s Serum Synth and more!)

Course Curriculum:

Module 1 – Chord Hacking

Shortcut for all chords in all keys
Composing impeccable chord progressions
How to say No to boring block chords
Re-arranging notes to make chords flow
Turning enemy chords into friends
Root notes vs. Bass notes

Module 2 – Bass Hacking
Going beyond root note bass lines
Motif hunting & what to do when you catch one
Composing flawless melodies
Drums after bass, never before
Syncopating bass/drums for originality
Adding layers with countering synth lines

Module 3 – Vocal Hacking
What makes a great vocal line
Composing catchy yet creative melodies
Listening to what the song wants
How to hunt for vocal motifs
Writing lyrics and hooks
Adding countering backup vocals

Module 4 – Song Hacking
Making a bassline to a chord progression
Making a chord progression to a bassline
Why one scale does not fit all sections
How to pick scales for different sections
Modulations that don’t suck
Song structure and arrangement

IMPORTANT: Music Hacking for Electronic Musicians was a 100% live-streamed, online, interactive course that happened over 4 weeks in July of 2016. Over the course of these 4 weeks Ray taught 4 different modules on chords, bass, vocals, and songs, with dedicated question & answer periods. Each week we recorded the webinar, as many of our students who could not attend the live webinar schedule still wanted to participate. As such, many students still find great value from registering and watching the recordings! For those of you wanting to let the information sink in deep we give you lifetime access to the recordings so you can watch them as many times as you like!