Turn Voice Memos and Song Ideas Into Real Tracks

Private lessons in DAWs, recording, songwriting, and audio engineering with an LA producer. Ableton, Logic, FL Studio, GarageBand, or whatever you already use.

10+ Years Production Private Coaching Online Nationwide $60 / hour
Thaddeus Arndt's Los Angeles production studio

Stop Losing Good Ideas to Voice Memos

A phone full of voice memos is a lot of songs nobody has heard. If you already write lyrics, chords, melodies, or rough ideas, these lessons turn that into a real session, then a WAV, then eventually something you can release.

We do it inside the real tools. Arrangement, recording, MIDI, audio editing, production calls, rough mixing, and getting the song out the door.

What you can learn

  • Build a track from a chord progression or a voice memo
  • Record vocals, guitar, keys, or MIDI cleanly
  • Arrange songs until they feel finished
  • Learn your DAW without drowning in menus
  • Export demos, stems, and finished WAVs without guessing

Learn the production decisions that move a song forward

This isn't a software tour. We take your song idea, voice memo, beat, loop, or reference track and figure out what the session needs next. A cleaner recording. A stronger groove. A better arrangement. A mix that stops burying the best part.

So the DAW stops being homework. You learn it because it fixes a musical problem sitting right in front of you.

Common lesson targets

  • Turn a voice memo into a session you can work in
  • Pick sounds that help the song instead of crowding it
  • Record vocals, guitar, keys, bass, or MIDI cleanly
  • Get an arrangement finished enough to share

Listen to the playing behind the lessons.

A short look at what students are working toward. Real songs, and practice with a reason behind it.

For Beginners, Songwriters, and Emerging Artists

Songwriters

You've got ideas. You need the tech to get them out of your head.

DAW Beginners

You want Ableton, Logic, FL Studio, or GarageBand to stop feeling scary.

Artists Finishing Songs

You need help arranging, recording, and making the calls that push the track forward.

Production references students often bring in.

Lessons go best with a real target. A voice memo, a favorite song, a sound you want to figure out. We use those references to get from songwriting ideas to demos to tracks you can release.

Billie Eilish

Close-up vocals, minimal production, and texture that serves the song.

Olivia Rodrigo

Songs first, with quiet verses that blow open into big choruses.

Coldplay

Piano and guitar ideas grown into full-band arrangements.

Laufey

Warm chords, arrangements that feel live, and production built around the songwriter.

Bring One Idea. Leave With a Roadmap.

The $20 intro is a quick fit check. What you want to make, what you've got to make it with, and the fastest way to your next finished track.

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