Want to make a hit record with the help of Mark Ronson? – this online video course will help you on your journey. From his New York studio Mark shares his production techniques while helping you create a track and pepper it with some Ronson magic – at least that’s what the course promises, and it does, in spades!

Everybody in the music industry knows who Mark Ronson is, the name speaks for itself, but if you don’t know, he is an internationally renowned DJ, artist and producer with seven Grammys, two Brits and an Academy Award. His hits include: Rehab, Uptown Funk and Shallow and many more such as Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’. Of course, Mark Ronson also presented the Apple TV series, Watch The Sound, which came out in July 2021 and was spanned over six 30-minute episodes: Auto-Tune, Sampling, Reverb, Synthesisers, Drum Machines, Distortion, which I watched and I thought each and every one of them was just superb and I highly recommend you jump onto Apple TV and watch them.

BBC Maestro have a range of courses on offer, but the one I’m reviewing here is Mark Ronson’s Music Production Course, which cost £80 as a one-off payment.

During this course, which Mark covers over 18 videos (though the header on the site mistakingly says 20), plus ‘Course Notes’ which are downloadable as a PDF is presented like this:

Video 1 – Mark’s Introduction
Video 2 – What makes a great producer?
Video 3 – Sample-based production
Video 4 – Serving the song
Video 5 – Drums
Video 6 – Finding the right mic
Video 7 – The power of knowledge
Video 8 – Developing ideas
Video 9 – Educate yourself
Video10 – Preparing for a session
Video 11 – Starting the session
Video 12 – Making space
Video 13 – Getting it down
Video 14 – Building production
Video 15 – ‘Comp-ing’ the vocal
Video 16 – Extra ‘ear candy’
Video 17 – Tones, colours and textures
Video 18 – Mark’s summary

Grand total: six hours and forty two minutes

Unlike the PDF course notes, the videos themselves are not downloadable. Once purchased you simply visit the BBC Maestro website and view online.

If you’re interested in Mark Ronson’s BBC Maestro course here is the link:

https://www.bbcmaestro.com/cou....rses/mark-ronson/mus

Other BBC Maestro courses can be found here:

https://www.bbcmaestro.com/explore