A 3-week production lab where students ages 10+ learn the real skills behind music and walk away with a finished track on Spotify and Apple Music.
Music has always evolved with its tools -- from live bands to drum machines, from sampling to plugins, from Pro Tools to AI. Every generation gets new tools. The ones who learn the fundamentals and embrace the tools win. BBA teaches both.
The goal is not to make a beat in class and forget it. The goal is to leave knowing how to make music on your own -- anytime, anywhere, after BBA is over.
We teach the same fundamentals every professional producer uses. We just don't limit the tools. Students learn the craft first, then use every tool available to make something great.
Rhythm, melody, arrangement, structure. The fundamentals every genre shares -- taught through making, not theory worksheets.
Mixing, EQ, compression, effects. Why certain choices hit and others don't. The difference between a rough idea and a finished track.
GarageBand, MIDI controllers, loops, and the professional tools producers actually use -- tools in service of the craft, not replacements for it.
Distribution, cover art, streaming platforms. Every student leaves knowing how to release music independently -- so they can keep going after BBA.
Each session builds directly on the last. One session per week, two hours each, weekends only. By the end you have real skills and a real track on Spotify.
A hip-hop producer and a licensed public school educator -- married, and in the same room every session.
The structure behind the creativity. With 7 years in public schools she knows how students actually learn -- and how to make it stick without feeling like homework. When parents ask "what will my student actually walk away knowing?" -- she's the reason the answer is real.
Over a decade working with industry-standard tools and techniques across hip-hop production, mixing, and sound design. He brings real-world production experience into every session -- not theory from a textbook, but the exact process used to make music that gets released and heard.
No gear to buy. No apps to download. Students walk in and start creating.
Your own iPad, loaded and ready. Same software used by real producers -- and free on every iPhone and iPad after class.
A personal keyboard and pad controller at every seat. Real instrument, real feel.
Real speakers so you can hear if your mix actually sounds right -- not just on headphones.
Individual headphones so every student can focus on their own sound while they work.
Projects save week to week. The final export is yours -- no strings, no contracts.
Everything taught here works on any device, any DAW, forever. The tools change -- the fundamentals don't.
Once the creative foundation is built -- the drums, the melody, the arrangement -- students learn to use the same finishing tools professional producers rely on today. Not as a shortcut. As a skill.
The beat starts with the student. Every creative decision -- tempo, key, sound selection, structure -- is theirs. Professional production tools then help take that raw creative work and make it sound like a finished, release-ready track. The ideas are always the student's. The tools just help them realize it fully.
Drums, bass, melody, chords -- all made by the student in GarageBand using their own creative decisions. This is the core of what we teach.
Production tools polish, enhance, and elevate the student's original work -- the way a mixing engineer or producer would. Their vision, fully realized.
This is what students walk away with. A real track, on Spotify, under their own name. Hit play.
The Spotify release is not a gimmick -- it's the proof. Every student who completes the lab gets their finished track released on Spotify and Apple Music. Their name. Their song. Their cover art. No contracts -- the music is always theirs.
Track finished, mixed, mastered. They leave with the file that same day.
We post the cohort tracklist -- names, titles, release date. Real pre-release energy.
You get a text with the link. Your student searches their name on Spotify. That moment is unforgettable.
Every cohort adds to the Bertz Beats Academy catalog. A permanent record of every young producer who came through.
No contracts. No ownership claims. No exclusivity. The release is the graduation gift -- proof they built something real. We also teach every student how to release music independently, so they can keep going long after the academy is over.
No auditions. No prerequisites. No instruments required. If your student has ever nodded their head to a beat, they're ready.
Students who love music and want to see how it gets made. Hands-on from day one -- real beats, real techniques, real output by week three.
Deeper curriculum with more autonomy. Advanced mixing, sampling theory, sound design, and the full independent release workflow.
Intentionally small groups so every student gets real attention. Spotify and Apple Music release included for every student who completes the program.
Already completed a BBA cohort and made another track? We'll distribute it to Spotify and Apple Music under your artist profile. One-time fee, no subscription needed.
3 weekends. Real skills. Real music. A track on Spotify.
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