Course
MUSIC PRODUCTION ADVANCE GOLD
- Ableton Live 11 training complete
- Advance Max for Live
- Advance Music Theory
- Songwriting and Composition
- Advance Sound Designing
- Advance Track Arrangement
- Advance Mixing
- Advance Mastering
- Hooktheory membership (1 year)
- All Access Pass membership (1 year)
- In the Studio with Lost Stories
- Demo drop & Feedback sessions
- Ableton Push 2 training
- Sound Recording & Post Production
- Intro to Audio Engineering
- Video editing with Premier Pro
- Complete Music Business
- The Next Big DJ (1 Month)
- Social Media (In detail)
- Brand Management (In detail)
- Branded Photoshoot
Music Production - Advance Gold
NAVIGATION & WORKFLOW
FILE MANAGEMENT
SESSION VIEW
ARRANGEMENT VIEW
CLIP VIEW
MIDI VS AUDIO
EDITING MIDI & VELOCITY
AUDIO WARPING BASICS
ROUTING IN ABLETON LIVE
LIVE INSTRUMENTS
LIVE AUDIO DEVICES
LIVE MIDI DEVICES
RECORDING IN ABLETON LIVE
AUTOMATION IN ABLETON LIVE
SENDS AND RETURNS
ABLETON RACKS BASICS
SIDECHAIN IN LIVE
OVERDUB AND CAPTURE
PIANO ROLL EDITOR
USING SIMPLER/SAMPLER
USING DRUM RACKS
CREATING INSTRUMENT RACKS
CREATING AUDIO & MIDI RACKS
USING SCREENS FOR WRITING IDEAS
ADVANCED SIDE-CHAINING
ADVANCED WARPING
HARDWARE SETUP & ROUTING
MAX FOR LIVE INTRO
USING MAX FOR LIVE DEVICES
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY
NOTES AND KEYS
MAJOR AND MINOR SCALES
INTERVALS
CHORDS AND INVERSIONS
APPLYING MUSIC THEORY IN LIVE
MULTICLIP MODE FOR BETTER HARMONIES
ADVANCED CHORDS
CHORD PROGRESSION IN DETAIL
USING MODES
CIRCLE OF FIFTH
CREATING MELODIES FROM CHORDS
HARMONY & COUNTERPOINT
INTRODUCTION TO SOUND DESIGN
UNDERSTANDING ADSR
UNDERSTANDING OSCILLATORS
INTRODUCTION TO MODULATION
MODULATION ENVELOPES
LFOs
PORATEMENTO & GLIDE
HOW TO DESIGN KICK
HOW TO DESIGN BASS
HOW TO DESIGN PADS
HOW TO DESIGN PLUCKS
SOUND DESIGN USING LIVE INSTRUMENTS
SOUND DESIGN USING 3RD PARTY PLUGINS
LAYERING SOUNDS
USING ARRANGEMENT VIEW IN LIVE
USING AUTOMATIONS
RECORDING IN ARRANGEMENT VIEW
EDITING MIDI AND AUDIO IN ARRANGEMENT VIEW
CREATING GROUPS/BUSSES
USING REFERENCE TRACKS
ARRANGING YOUR FIRST DEMO
USING MARKERS
WORKFLOW & MANAGEMENT
RECORDING AUTOMATION
IMPORTING STEMS
EXPORTING PROJECTS
INTRODUCTION TO MIXING
BASIC MIXING PRINCIPLES
UNDERSTANDING EQ
UNDERSTANDING COMPRESSION
UNDERSTANDING SATURATION/DISTORTION
UNDERSTANDING REVERB & DELAY
WHAT IS MONO AND STEREO
MID-SIDE PROCESSING
MULTIBAND PROCESSING
PARALLEL PROCESSING
USING PINK NOISE METHOD TO MIX
USING ALL FADER UP APPROACH TO MIX
USING VU & ANCHOR METHOD TO MIX
MIXING IN MONO
USING STOCK PLUGIN TO MIX
USING 3RD PARTY PLUGINS TO MIX
VISUAL MIXING
USING METERS
CREATIVE APPROACH TO MIX
MULTIBUSS PROCESSING
INTRODUCTION TO MASTERING
USING LIMITERS
MASTERING IN THE BOX
USING ABLETON LIVE STOCK PLUGINS
USING SYLENTH1
USING XFER PLUGINS
USING NATIVE INSTRUMENTS PLUGINS
USING FAB-FILTER PLUGINS
USING IZOTOPE PLUGINS
USING WAVES PLUGINS
USING CABLEGUYS PLUGINS
USING FREE THIRD PARTY PLUGINS
HOW TO GET SIGNED TO A LABEL
INDI VS MAJOR LABELS
WHAT IS MUSIC PUBLISHING?
RECORD DEAL VS PUBLISHING DEAL?
UNDERSTANDING CONTRACTS
UNDERSTANDING 360* DEALS
WHAT ARE ROYALTY COLLECTION SOCIETIES?
DISSECTING MUSIC ROYALTIES
HOW TO COLLECT MUSIC ROYALTIES
UNDERSTANDING WORK FOR HIRE
HOW TO SELL MUSIC ONLINE
OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
HOW TO CREATE AND GROW A FAN BASE
DO’S AND DONT’S FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
UNDERSTAND SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHTS
DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
IMPORTANCE OF PR
HOW TO ESTABLISH YOUR BRAND
HOW TO SET UP A TEAM
ARTIST AESTHETICS
ARTISTS CASE REVIEWS
IN THE STUDIO WITH LOST STORIES
HANDS ON HARDWARE TRAINING
LOST STORIES TRACK DECONSTRUCTION
ACCESS TO ONLINE TUTORIALS BY LOST STORIES
ACCESS TO CUSTOMISED LOST STORIES TEMPLATES
ACCESS TO CUSTOMISED SAMPLE BANKS
ACCESS TO MULTITRACKS FOR PRACTISE
DEDICATED DEMO DROP & FEEDBACK SESSIONS
SPECIAL DISCOUNTS ON MUSIC SOFTWARES & PLUGINS
EXCLUSIVE TUTORIALS RECORDED BY LOST STORIES
QUICK TIPS VIDEOS
ADVANCE TECHNIQUES VIDEOS
TRACK DECONSTRUCTION VIDEOS
SOUND DESIGNING VIDEOS
MIXING AND MASTERING VIDEOS
MASTERCLASS VIDEOS
INTRODUCTION TO AUDIO
STUDIO PROTOCOLS
CABLES & CONNECTORS
MICROPHONE AND MIKING TECHNIQUES
MIDI
MODULAR SYNTHESIS
PHASES OF FILM PRODUCTION
SYNC SOUND VS ADR
DUBBING
BACKGROUND SCORING
SOUND DESIGN
SOUND MIXING
MOVIE MIXDOWN
ANIMATION IN AFTER EFFECTS
EDITING IN PREMIERE PRO
COLOR GRADING AND COLOR CORRECTION
CAMERA AND LIGHTS
RESOLUTION AND ASPECT RATIO
GIMBAL AND GREEN SCREEN
SCRIPT WRITING AND SCRIPT BREAKDOWN
COURSE BENEFITS
Freebies worth ₹ 1,50,000+
Ableton Live 11 Suite (worth INR 55,000/-)
Our In the Studio course fee includes the cost of Ableton Live 11 Suite EDU license which gives the student full access to all Ableton Live Instruments, Audio & Midi effects, Max for Live and Premium sample banks which can be downloaded from Ableton’s website.
All Access Pass
Photoshoot (worth INR 35,000/-)
Promo Assets (Social Media assets for 1 single worth INR 25,000/-)
DJing Course (INR 40,000/-)
The Gold course includes one month free DJing course in which you will learn the application and functions of the Pioneer dj console, beat matching and creative techniques to mix tracks.
Ableton Live 11 Suite (worth INR 55,000/-)
Our In the Studio course fee includes the cost of Ableton Live 11 Suite EDU license which gives the student full access to all Ableton Live Instruments, Audio & Midi effects, Max for Live and Premium sample banks which can be downloaded from Ableton’s website.
Ableton Live 11 Suite
(worth INR 55,000/-)
Our In the Studio course fee includes the cost of Ableton Live 11 Suite EDU license which gives the student full access to all Ableton Live Instruments, Audio & Midi effects, Max for Live and Premium sample banks which can be downloaded from Ableton’s website.
All Access Pass
Get free and unlimited access for a year to more than 30 recorded courses in multiple
languages covering more than 100+ hrs of training in Western and Bollywood Music
Production, Mixing & Mastering, Audio Engineering & Music business. Get free access to
our Ear Training games which will save you hrs of guesswork with EQs, Compression,
music theory, and much more. Train your ears to identify chords, intervals, panning, boosts
and cuts, and a lot more with over 10 games and 100s of examples.
All Access Pass
Get free and unlimited access for a year to more than 30 recorded courses in multiple
languages covering more than 100+ hrs of training in Western and Bollywood Music
Production, Mixing & Mastering, Audio Engineering & Music business. Get free access to
our Ear Training games which will save you hrs of guesswork with EQs, Compression,
music theory, and much more. Train your ears to identify chords, intervals, panning, boosts
and cuts, and a lot more with over 10 games and 100s of examples.
Photoshoot (worth INR 35,000/-)
Our GOLD course offers a chance to our students to learn the process behind visual content creation, which is one of the pillars of music marketing and promotion. From fashion styling, make up, camera facing training, posing, to on-camera confidence and image building, we teach it all. They also get an on ground experience by becoming a part of a photoshoot as models, conducted at the end of the year.
Photoshoot (worth INR 35,000/-)
Our GOLD course offers a chance to our students to learn the process behind visual content creation, which is one of the pillars of music marketing and promotion. From fashion styling, make up, camera facing training, posing, to on-camera confidence and image building, we teach it all. They also get an on ground experience by becoming a part of a photoshoot as models, conducted at the end of the year.
Promo Assets (Social Media assets for 1 single worth INR 25,000/-)
While our GOLD course offers training in Video editing and Post Production as well, we still have your back for your first independent Release by providing you social media assets such as promo artworks and teasers, both static and video!
Promo Assets (Social Media assets for 1 single worth INR 25,000/-)
While our GOLD course offers training in Video editing and Post Production as well, we still have your back for your first independent Release by providing you social media assets such as promo artworks and teasers, both static and video!
DJing Course (INR 40,000/-)
The Gold course includes one month free DJing course in which you will learn the application and functions of the Pioneer dj console, beat matching and creative techniques to mix tracks.
DJing Course (INR 40,000/-)
The Gold course includes one month free DJing course in which you will learn the application and functions of the Pioneer dj console, beat matching and creative techniques to mix tracks.
Course specials
What do you get?
HOW IT WORKS
Music Production to Music Marketing, we have it all covered in detail in our offline courses conducted in Mumbai.
Why Choose us
One-Stop Shop For Music Education
Lost stories are a name synonymous to Dance Music in India and South Asia. Ranked #52 on Dj mag 2016 and labelled the “Scene Starters” by DJ Mag, Rishab and Prayag began their journey in dance music in 2008 earlier producing Trance and Progressive House and garnering support from heavyweights like Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, BT, Markus Schulz etc. They then evolved their sound with their debut album – Music for the # Generation (Universal Music) in 2012 which was the no 3 Album on Top 100 Dance Albums iTunes Charts.
Ever since, they’ve had 3 #1 singles on iTunes and remixed the likes of One Republic, Afrojack, Alan Walker with releases on Universal Music, Interscope Records, Sony Music and Spinnin’ Records.
Lost Stories are the biggest Dance Music exports with Performances at Tomorrowland (2015-2019), Global Citizen Festival, Mysteryland, New Horizons Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Sunburn, VH1 Supersonic etc.
They’ve done extensive club and local festivals tours in India, UAE, China, Europe, Mexico and multiple South Asian countries.
Lost Stories Academy, an initiative by Lost Stories has been a pioneer in electronic music education since 2015. Lost Stories are India’s most renowned export from India to the world in the field of electronic music production. From representating India at world’s largest festival, Tomorrowland for five times to working with world renowned artists such as KSHMR, Marshmello, U2, One Republic, Alan Walker, etc. They have steadily raised India’s flag on world stages for over a decade.
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STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS
Farq Hai
Kina - Can We Kiss Forever?
Kimera x AbbasK - Fight For Ya
Secrets
Tannerwell & D₹V - BOMBAY
Quinlin - Vaishvik 🌍
Andruni Sair | Shravan Mantri | Kuziik |
Max Kate and Suhasini - Higher
Max Kate - Lady of Stars ( Feat. Anchal Khansili )
Moonrise
Dance
Murtuza Gadiwala, Kimera - Roobaroo (Feat. M Code & Sooha Parmar)
Shravan Mantri - Yaadein
Pump Up The Bass
Daztrk & Bramha - Bansuri
Feel Alright
Ve Main Ho Gayi - Neeti B | ft. Rohit |
Make Me Feel
You matter
Smg x Frntflw x Atteev - "One Dance" ft. Garden of Words
STUDENTS EXPERIENCE
Murtuza Gadiwala
Vinick
Abbas
Arsh
Asj
Max Kate
Shantanu
Kartik Sharma
Tejas Jain
Meet Shah
Course
MUSIC PRODUCTION ADVANCE GOLD
- Ableton Live 11 training complete
- Advance Max for Live
- Advance Music Theory
- Songwriting and Composition
- Advance Sound Designing
- Advance Track Arrangement
- Advance Mixing
- Advance Mastering
- Hooktheory membership (1 year)
- All Access Pass membership (1 year)
- In the Studio with Lost Stories
- Demo drop & Feedback sessions
- Ableton Push 2 training
- Sound Recording & Post Production
- Intro to Audio Engineering
- Video editing with Premier Pro
- Complete Music Business
- The Next Big DJ (1 Month)
- Social Media (In detail)
- Brand Management (In detail)
- Branded Photoshoot
Our Offline classes come with the following set of advantages
- Ableton Live 11 Suite (INR 55,000/-)
- All Access Pass (1 year)
- Photoshoot (INR 35,000/-)
- Promo Assets (INR 25,000/-)
- DJing course (INR 40,000/-)
- Premium Samples
- Premium DAW templates
- Demo Pitch (1 single)
- Demo feedback (unlimited)
- Hooktheory (1 year)
Music Production - Advance Gold
NAVIGATION & WORKFLOW
FILE MANAGEMENT
SESSION VIEW
ARRANGEMENT VIEW
CLIP VIEW
MIDI VS AUDIO
EDITING MIDI & VELOCITY
AUDIO WARPING BASICS
ROUTING IN ABLETON LIVE
LIVE INSTRUMENTS
LIVE AUDIO DEVICES
LIVE MIDI DEVICES
RECORDING IN ABLETON LIVE
AUTOMATION IN ABLETON LIVE
SENDS AND RETURNS
ABLETON RACKS BASICS
SIDECHAIN IN LIVE
OVERDUB AND CAPTURE
PIANO ROLL EDITOR
USING SIMPLER/SAMPLER
USING DRUM RACKS
CREATING INSTRUMENT RACKS
CREATING AUDIO & MIDI RACKS
USING SCREENS FOR WRITING IDEAS
ADVANCED SIDE-CHAINING
ADVANCED WARPING
HARDWARE SETUP & ROUTING
MAX FOR LIVE INTRO
USING MAX FOR LIVE DEVICES
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY
NOTES AND KEYS
MAJOR AND MINOR SCALES
INTERVALS
CHORDS AND INVERSIONS
APPLYING MUSIC THEORY IN LIVE
MULTICLIP MODE FOR BETTER HARMONIES
ADVANCED CHORDS
CHORD PROGRESSION IN DETAIL
USING MODES
CIRCLE OF FIFTH
CREATING MELODIES FROM CHORDS
HARMONY & COUNTERPOINT
INTRODUCTION TO SOUND DESIGN
UNDERSTANDING ADSR
UNDERSTANDING OSCILLATORS
INTRODUCTION TO MODULATION
MODULATION ENVELOPES
LFOs
PORATEMENTO & GLIDE
HOW TO DESIGN KICK
HOW TO DESIGN BASS
HOW TO DESIGN PADS
HOW TO DESIGN PLUCKS
SOUND DESIGN USING LIVE INSTRUMENTS
SOUND DESIGN USING 3RD PARTY PLUGINS
LAYERING SOUNDS
USING ARRANGEMENT VIEW IN LIVE
USING AUTOMATIONS
RECORDING IN ARRANGEMENT VIEW
EDITING MIDI AND AUDIO IN ARRANGEMENT VIEW
CREATING GROUPS/BUSSES
USING REFERENCE TRACKS
ARRANGING YOUR FIRST DEMO
USING MARKERS
WORKFLOW & MANAGEMENT
RECORDING AUTOMATION
IMPORTING STEMS
EXPORTING PROJECTS
INTRODUCTION TO MIXING
BASIC MIXING PRINCIPLES
UNDERSTANDING EQ
UNDERSTANDING COMPRESSION
UNDERSTANDING SATURATION/DISTORTION
UNDERSTANDING REVERB & DELAY
WHAT IS MONO AND STEREO
MID-SIDE PROCESSING
MULTIBAND PROCESSING
PARALLEL PROCESSING
USING PINK NOISE METHOD TO MIX
USING ALL FADER UP APPROACH TO MIX
USING VU & ANCHOR METHOD TO MIX
MIXING IN MONO
USING STOCK PLUGIN TO MIX
USING 3RD PARTY PLUGINS TO MIX
VISUAL MIXING
USING METERS
CREATIVE APPROACH TO MIX
MULTIBUSS PROCESSING
INTRODUCTION TO MASTERING
USING LIMITERS
MASTERING IN THE BOX
USING ABLETON LIVE STOCK PLUGINS
USING SYLENTH1
USING XFER PLUGINS
USING NATIVE INSTRUMENTS PLUGINS
USING FAB-FILTER PLUGINS
USING IZOTOPE PLUGINS
USING WAVES PLUGINS
USING CABLEGUYS PLUGINS
USING FREE THIRD PARTY PLUGINS
HOW TO GET SIGNED TO A LABEL
INDI VS MAJOR LABELS
WHAT IS MUSIC PUBLISHING?
RECORD DEAL VS PUBLISHING DEAL?
UNDERSTANDING CONTRACTS
UNDERSTANDING 360* DEALS
WHAT ARE ROYALTY COLLECTION SOCIETIES?
DISSECTING MUSIC ROYALTIES
HOW TO COLLECT MUSIC ROYALTIES
UNDERSTANDING WORK FOR HIRE
HOW TO SELL MUSIC ONLINE
OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
HOW TO CREATE AND GROW A FAN BASE
DO’S AND DONT’S FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
UNDERSTAND SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHTS
DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
IMPORTANCE OF PR
HOW TO ESTABLISH YOUR BRAND
HOW TO SET UP A TEAM
ARTIST AESTHETICS
ARTISTS CASE REVIEWS
IN THE STUDIO WITH LOST STORIES
HANDS ON HARDWARE TRAINING
LOST STORIES TRACK DECONSTRUCTION
ACCESS TO ONLINE TUTORIALS BY LOST STORIES
ACCESS TO CUSTOMISED LOST STORIES TEMPLATES
ACCESS TO CUSTOMISED SAMPLE BANKS
ACCESS TO MULTITRACKS FOR PRACTISE
DEDICATED DEMO DROP & FEEDBACK SESSIONS
SPECIAL DISCOUNTS ON MUSIC SOFTWARES & PLUGINS
EXCLUSIVE TUTORIALS RECORDED BY LOST STORIES
QUICK TIPS VIDEOS
ADVANCE TECHNIQUES VIDEOS
TRACK DECONSTRUCTION VIDEOS
SOUND DESIGNING VIDEOS
MIXING AND MASTERING VIDEOS
MASTERCLASS VIDEOS
INTRODUCTION TO AUDIO
STUDIO PROTOCOLS
CABLES & CONNECTORS
MICROPHONE AND MIKING TECHNIQUES
MIDI
MODULAR SYNTHESIS
PHASES OF FILM PRODUCTION
SYNC SOUND VS ADR
DUBBING
BACKGROUND SCORING
SOUND DESIGN
SOUND MIXING
MOVIE MIXDOWN
ANIMATION IN AFTER EFFECTS
EDITING IN PREMIERE PRO
COLOR GRADING AND COLOR CORRECTION
CAMERA AND LIGHTS
RESOLUTION AND ASPECT RATIO
GIMBAL AND GREEN SCREEN
SCRIPT WRITING AND SCRIPT BREAKDOWN
Frequently Ask Questions
We offer two “In the Studio”or offline Music Production courses namely Music Production PLUS (six months) and Music Production GOLD (12 months), which are conducted at our academy in Mumbai. Both the courses includeAbleton Live Suite EDU license, Free All Access Pass (1 year)and other benefits. Complete details about the course modules and benefits are listed on the respective course pages.
The Music Production PLUS course is for six months, and offers complete training in Ableton Live and covers various concepts related to Music Production, Mixing and Mastering. The Music Production GOLD course is for 12 months which offers everything in PLUS and covers additional modules on Audio Enginnering, Music Business, Social Media, Hardware training, Video & Post Production Djing etc. Please check the individual course pages and Pricing Plan page for complete details on the modules and benefits that come with both the courses.
Lost Stories Academy is located in Chembur, Mumbai where offline or “In the Studio” courses are conducted.
In the studio classes have a limit of 6 students per batch.
In order to confirm your seat, a non-refundable advance payment of 100% is payable via secured online payment gateway on our website or 50% through cheque/bank transfer. The student receives a confirmation email about the course enrolment as soon as we successfully receive the transfer. The student is then added to a whatsapp group where further details about the batch commencement is communicated. In case of cheque/bank transfer, the pending 50% fee for Music Production PLUS course is payable within three months of the course commencement.The pending 50% fee forMusic Production GOLD course is payable within six months of the course commencement.
In case of some students failing to clear the pending fees, their access to all the course benefits is revoked. Furthermore, they will not be allowed to attend the remaining sessions.
Students are requested to carry their laptop to take important notes during the sessions and a studio quality headphone to practise exercises related to music production. Students can take advantage of in-person feedback (unlimited) from our experienced faculty whenever they have new demos ready.
Students can avail EMI or Pay Later options on our online payment gateways (Razorpay or PayTM) as per the payment gateways’ Terms & Conditions.In case, if students wish to pay via cheque/bank transfer, we offer two instalments. A non-refundable advance payment of 50% is payable via bank transfer in order to confirm your seat. The student receives a confirmation email about the course enrolment as soon as we successfully receive the transfer.
We do not offer demo sessions. We suggest students to get in touch with our PLUS or GOLD course Alumni or go through testimonials on our website, talk to our representative in case of any doubts and to get an idea about the quality of education we provide, before enrolment.
In case you miss a session, we try to accommodate you in the next batch for the topic you have missed, subject to seat availability in that batch.
In the studio sessions are conducted using the latest Ableton Live Suite version.
Students should have a laptop and a studio quality headphone in order to make the most out of this course. Knowing how to play an instrument also helps in understanding music theory better but it is not a pre-requisite as we teach music theory from scratch in the studio.
