The Producer Roadmap

In the Lab app

Ear training path

• — Level 01 — single notes inside one key, until you can name them without the keyboard.
• — Level 02 — major and minor thirds, the interval that decides a chord's mood.
• — Level 03 — full scale degrees, sung then played back.

Ear training check — 5 questions, 4 to pass.

In the Lab app

Progression vault

• — Build every diatonic triad in the key you picked in Module 1, then play them in order.
• — Take three vault entries and rebuild each one from its roman numerals alone.
• — Add sevenths to the same three and note which ones you keep.

Progression vault check — 5 questions, 4 to pass.

In the Lab app

Teardowns

• — Work through three teardowns and write out each progression in roman numerals.
• — Mark where the bass moves by step and where it leaps.
• — Rebuild one teardown in your own key and swap a single chord for its relative.

Teardown check — 5 questions, 4 to pass.

In the Lab app

Workshops

• — Run the melody workshop end to end and keep the eight bars you write.
• — Run the bassline workshop over your Module 3 progression.
• — Layer the two and fix any note that clashes on a strong beat.

Workshop check — 5 questions, 4 to pass.

In the Lab app

Lesson library

• — Read the rhythm and arrangement lessons and do the assignment at the end of each.
• — Re-time one of your loops three ways: pads, offbeat stabs, syncopated hits.
• — Drop in the producer starter kit MIDI and re-groove it in your own DAW.

Lesson library check — 5 questions, 4 to pass.

In the Lab app

Producer starter kit

• — Work through the six starter kit lessons, from downloading to loading MIDI in your DAW.
• — Follow the DAW-specific setup page for Cubase, FL Studio or Ableton.
• — Save your first re-grooved progression as a template for future tracks.