AEMA ONLINE

AEMA ONLINE - Professional Certificate

• Follow a complete package of 12 courses

• Get individual feedback

• Earn a certificate

• Be part of an online community

Duration: 36 weeks

Watch our courses as many times as you want.

They are organised as a series of related video lessons, each structured around a specific topic.

Consists of 12 subjects that will be taught in 3 trimesters of 12 weeks.

You can watch each lesson and the personalised video feedback you receive, as many times as you want.

Follow 6 subjects at a time

Practice

Develop a strong sense of direction in your daily study routine.
Each video lesson discusses a specific topic and consists of:

• Examples & demonstrations
• Quizzes
• Practice routines
• Assignments to help you practice and consolidate what you have learnt in each vido lesson. 

Assignments

After each video lesson you will be asked to complete assignments and test what you have learned through interactive tests.

You will also submit your assignments to your teacher who will regularly give you personalised feedback.

Certificate

Upon succesful completion of a course, you will have the possibility to earn a certificate from the AEMA program at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

*The price indicated on this page is an EARLY BIRD price inc. a 20% off!!!
**This price is valid only to students who applied before August 31st

Syllabus AEMA online

Trimester 1

Music Technology

1 Sound & Audio
2 Listening
3 Acoustics & speakers
4 Microphones & technique
5 DAW & Digital Audio
6 Digital Audio II
7 MIDI & Synthesizers
8 Project Organization & Mix Preparation

Stylelabs

1 Introducing Your Music & Creating Your Reference Playlists
2 Drums : Create Drums In Your Tracks Based On Your References
3 Arrangements : Arranging Your Music Based On Your References
4 Style 1 - Four On The Floor (House & Techno)
5 Style 2 : Urban / Downtempo (HipHop, Triphop, Trap, R&B)
6 Style 3 : Broken Beats (IDM, DrumnBass, Brokenbeat)
7 Style 4 : Commercial (Future House, EDM)
8 Style 5 : Trance (Big Room Trance, Psytrance, Techno-Trance)

General Music Theory

1 Refreshing the knowledge of Music theory
2 Constructuing Diatonic Chords
3 Inversions
4 creative use of diatonics
5 Working with harmonic Samples
6 Pitching drumsamples
7 Rythm and Groove (microtiming)
8 Creative use of microtiming (Working without a grid)

Mix & Production

1 Introduction - Signal flow
2 Introduction - Organization
3 Equalizers (pilot)
4 Delay
5 Reverb
6 Compressors / Dynamics
7 Distortion
8 Effects / Creative Tools

Electronic Music History

1 Introduction
2 Revolution
3 Disco
4 House
5 Techno
6 Hip Hop
7 Dutch Dance
8 EDM

Trimester 2

Music Technology

9 Dynamics I: Transients Revisited
10 Equalizers I
11 Equalizers II
12 Dynamics II: Compression
13 Distortion I
14 Distortion II
15 Mix Workflow
16 Mixing Drums

Stylelabs

9 Style 6 : Harder (Hard Techno, Hardstyle, Hardcore)
10 Style 7 : Downtempo (Ambient, Lounge, Trip Hop)
11 Keys & Piano In Electronic Music
12 Pads & Strings In Electronic Music
13 Collab 1
14 Collab 2
15 Release Project 1
16 Release Project 2

General Music Theory

9 Exploring the circle of fifths
10 Use of the circle of fifths in a DJ set
11 Polyrhythms pt 1
12 Polyrhythms pt 2
13 Church modes pt 1
14 Church modes pt 2
15 Church modes pt 3
16 Harmonic minor

Mix & Production

9 Mix elements: Bass / Low / Kick
10 Mix elements: Drums
11 Mix elements: Synths & Instruments
12 Mix elements: Vocals
13 Mix to master: 5 mix requirements
14 Mix to master: Automation - modulation -LFO
15 Mix to master: Creative tools - FX - re-recording
16 Mix to master: Mastering - Bouncing

Electronic Music History

9 Avantgarde
10 Popular
11 Progrock
12 Krautrock
13 Ambient
14 Jazz, Soul, RnB, Funk
15 Synthpop
16 Encore

Trimester 3

DJ & Repertoire

1 Rekordbox : The Basics & Organisation & Advanced Settings
2 Rekordbox - Controlling Your Collection
3 Rekordbox - Creating Playlists For Your Gigs
4 What Kind Of DJ Are You?
5 Repertoire - The Importance Of Being Versatile
6 Repertoire - The Art of Storytelling
7 Repertoire - DJ Edits & Editing A Vince Watson Track
8 Gig Preparation & Touring The World As A DJ

Building Tracks

1 Groove & Analysis
2 movement, human aspect
3 Transitions, breaks, drops, unique events, 
4 Arrangement I
5 Drums, Kick and Bass
6 Sounds & Processing
7 Music
8 Analysis

Artist & Culture

1 Culture : Culture & Subculture
2 Culture : Genres
3 Culture : Creative Industries
4 Culture :Network
5 Artist: Artist
6 Artist: Art vs Artist
7 Artist: Concept
8 Artist: Identity

Composition & Analysis

1 AMACK basics
2 Rhythmic building blocks, structures and basic development tools part 1
3 Rhythmic building blocks, structures and development tools part II
4 The Key matrix 1
5 The Key matrix 2
6 The Chord Constructor.
7 The Exchange Matrix I
8 The Exchange Matrix II

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