Paride Saraceni’s masterclass is a 1 on 1 private course designed to offer conceptual guidance and technical mentorship to producers willing to step up their production game, master the skills and mindset key to stand out in today’s music industry.
This course is ideal for producers and artists who are already well-versed in music production, who perhaps have already released music or even toured as DJs, and that are looking to give a boost to their skills, production output or build a system to be as efficient and prolific as they possibly can, so as to bridge the gap that stands in beetween where they currently stand and where they aspire to be.

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Before proceeding, please note that this is an advanced course that may not be suitable for producers who are new to music production. Please send us a Demo for us to assess whether this course would be suitable for you.

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All Masterclasses can be booked individually or as a group

max 2 people for attended sessions / max 4 people for online sessions.

25% discount per person for group attendance available

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MASTERCLASS PACKAGES (all prices include VAT/Taxes)

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BASIC

MIXING+MASTERING (1.5h)

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You will learn how to:

- professionally mix and master your song following some of Paride’s key techniques, strategies and time-effective solutions.

- give your song and music overall a strong personality throughout your productions

- you will learn some theory behind what makes a solid track and mix and how to avoid common mistakes.

This course can also be considered as an ‘online attended mixing session’.

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Requirements:

- a finished or quasi-finished track that mostly or only requires engineering attention

- Project ideally to be on Ableton Live but not required.

- a reference track/s

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MEDIUM

PRODUCTION/CO-PROD, MIXING+MASTERING (2.5H)

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This option will be focussing on mixing & mastering, although production aspects might also be covered.
Recommended for finished or unfinished songs that require technical attention in regards to professional mixing & mastering. This course can also be considered as an ‘online attended co-production and mixing session’.

During this course you will be:
- Analyzing, discussing and completing one of your songs to professional standards

- learning how to build up effective climaxes/drops and overall structure of a song.

- professionally mix and master your song following some of Paride’s key techniques, strategies and time-effective solutions.

- learning some theory behind what makes a solid track and mix and how to avoid common mistakes.

- You may also cover other topics concerning technical production or engineering.

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Requirements:

- a work in progress or quasi-finished track that you want to lift to a professional level

- Project ideally to be on Ableton Live but not required.

- a reference track/s and an solid idea of what you want to achieve creatively-speaking.

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PREMIUM

PRODUCTION/CO-PROD, MIXING+MASTERING, CAREER STRATEGY (3.5H)

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This is a complete guide to production starting from the early steps up to final mastering as well as demo submission, profile and career strategy.
Recommended for a more in-depth knowledge about both production, mixing + mastering and about the industry as a whole from Paride's fifteen years experience.
This course can also be considered as a 'condensed, complete artist strategy masterclass'.

During this course you will be:
Analyzing, discussing, writing and developing one of your tracks with Paride up to professional mixing and mastering standards.

You will learn how to:
- develop a strong musical idea from simple starting points
- write and finish a song without wasting time
- learn how to build up effective climaxes/drops and overall structure of a song.
- professionally mix and master your song following some of Paride’s key techniques, strategies and time-effective solutions.
- give your song and music overall a strong personality throughout your productions
- you will learn some theory behind what makes a solid track and mix and how to avoid common mistakes.

you may be free to ask any questions of artistic, technical and profile nature, including how to:
- make the most of your time, equipment and studio space
- compose an effective demo strategy that shall land you a signing on a solid label.
- develop a solid artistic profile
- Management/strategy.
or any other query you wish to ask or discuss with Paride.

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Requirements:

- a work in progress or quasi-finished track that you want to lift to a professional level,

- Project ideally to be on Ableton Live but not required.

- a reference track/s and

- a solid idea of what you want to achieve creatively-speaking both with your track as well as an artist.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL COURSES

- Language: proficiency in English / Italian

- Working on Ableton Live (ideal but not required)

- Ozone 4 or new bundles (Multiband, exciter, maximiser etc) ideal but not required.

- Any other VST or Synth VST installed would be ideal but not required.

- Possess any work that may be complete, unfinished, or to be revised or that you wish to bring as a professional-ready product.

- Strong enough Wifi connection and Zoom access, to be confirmed via email (for remote sessions)

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INSTRUCTIONS

If your booking is accepted:

you will be contacted and your session arranged.

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- Please submit your Ableton Live Project (If you work on Live 11, other DAWs or newer please only send stems)

- Please also submit your track as stem files in WAV 24 bit (no dither) maximum peak levels -3db.

Package to Zip and upload via filemail.com or similar.

- Make sure you have NO processing on your tracks, including Delays, reverbs, compression, Stereo Imaging, saturation. All your channels should be as basic as possible.

- Rename your stems as “kickdrum” / “Hihat” etc for faster loading.

In case you work on other DAWs please only submit Stem files.

- Include 1-2 reference tracks (MP3/Wav)

- Please submit all files as .ZIP folder only uploaded via filemail.com to info@postscriptummusic.com at least 2 days before scheduled session.