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30-Day Music Producer Challenge

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How the Challenge Works

The 30-Day Producer Challenge is designed to help you build momentum and consistency through focused music production training.

Some producers complete the roadmap in 30 days.

Others move through it more gradually while balancing work, family, and life.

The important thing is steady progress, creative momentum, and building the skills to finish more music with confidence.

This isn’t about rushing.

It’s about developing real-world workflows you’ll return to again and again inside Raven Studios.

Final Challenge Submission (If you finish within 30 days)

Finish a Track & Submit Your Project

The final goal of the 30-Day Producer Challenge is simple:

Finish a piece of music using the workflows, techniques, and systems taught throughout the roadmap.

Once completed, you’ll be able to submit your final project to Raven Studios for the opportunity to be featured in community feedback sessions and producer showcases.

Selected submissions may be featured in:

  • Community feedback sessions
  • Producer breakdown videos
  • Live review streams
  • Raven Studios showcases

Important

Due to the volume of submissions, not every track can be reviewed individually.

The goal of the challenge is momentum, consistency, and building the real-world ability to finish music confidently.

COURSE CONTENT

Build Momentum, Reduce Friction & Finish Tracks Faster

Before focusing on drums, basslines, synths, and mixing, this section teaches the mindset and workflow principles behind finishing music consistently.

Included Training

  • How to Finish More Music

What You’ll Learn

  • How to use restrictions to stay creative
  • Why reference tracks speed up decision-making
  • Building tracks quickly without overthinking
  • Creating momentum before perfectionism kicks in
  • Reducing friction inside your workflow
  • How professionals move from ideas to arrangement faster
  • Developing real-world finishing habits used in professional music production

Learn how to create grooves that feel powerful, musical, and club-ready from the very beginning.

Drums

  • Building Drums with Roland Cloud’s 909, 808, 707, 727 & 606
  • Sampling Drums for House Music
  • Chicago House Grooves with Loopcloud
  • Using Rhythmizer on Drums, Bass & Melody

Groove & Movement

  • Creating Movement with Call & Response

Workflow & Creativity

  • Limitation Series Part One – Creative Constraints
  • Limitation Series Part Two – No-Friction Workflow

What You’ll Learn

  • How to build stronger grooves
  • Programming drums with feel and movement
  • Creating rhythm that keeps listeners engaged
  • Reducing friction and creative overwhelm
  • Building faster production habits and workflows

Build basslines that work with your drums and learn how to create low-end that translates professionally.

Bassline Design

  • How to Create Six Essential Basslines for House and Tech House
  • Creating Acid Basslines Using ABL Basslines VST

Low-End Fundamentals

  • Sub Bass Science: Get That Low-End Right

What You’ll Learn

  • Writing basslines for different styles of house music
  • Understanding sub frequencies and low-end balance
  • Making kick and bass work together properly
  • Creating groove through low-end interaction

Discover how to create musical ideas, unique textures, and vocal-driven hooks that give your music personality.

Synths & Sound Design

  • 90’s Inspired House Music – Which Synths to Use?
  • Synths for House Music
  • Using Captain Chords to Write Chords and Melodies
  • Using StemCellz VST Plug-ins

Sampling & Creativity

  • How to Chop a Sample Like Daft Punk
  • Tips for Sample Searching

Vocals

  • Lyric to Vocal – Recording with AI
  • Creating Vocals with Suno AI
  • Manipulating Vocals with Ace Studio
  • Cleaning Up Samples – Supertone’s Clear

What You’ll Learn

  • Writing melodies and chord progressions faster
  • Developing your own sonic identity
  • Creative sample manipulation techniques
  • Building and processing modern vocals
  • Using AI creatively inside modern music production workflows

earn how to structure tracks professionally while maintaining flow, movement, and excitement.

Arrangement

  • Like Dis Arrangement P.T.1
  • Like Dis Arrangement P.T.2
  • A Peak Time House Track Arrangement

Transitions & Energy

  • Transition Techniques
  • Elevate Your Track – Advanced Techniques

What You’ll Learn

  • Professional arrangement structure
  • Building tension and release
  • Maintaining listener energy throughout a track
  • Creating smoother transitions and stronger drops
  • Turning loops into complete records

Professional Polish & Final Delivery

Take your productions from rough ideas to release-ready records.

Mixing Foundations

  • Mixing Fundamentals
  • Mix Anywhere

Low-End Mixing

  • Mixing Series E.P.1 – The Kick Drum
  • Mixing Series P.T.2 – Mixing Bass That Works with the Kick

Drum Mixing System

  • Drum Buss Foundation – Tone, Glue & Energy
  • Saturation & Reductive EQ
  • Compression & Additive EQ
  • Individual Drum Control, Clipping & Limiting

Space & Width

  • Reverb: The Secret to Tight Drum Mixes
  • Stereo Width Demystified

Mastering

  • Mastering ‘Like Dis’ – From Mix to Magic

What You’ll Learn

  • Creating cleaner, more powerful mixes
  • Improving punch, width, and clarity
  • Top-down drum mixing workflows
  • Loudness and mastering fundamentals for modern electronic music

Phase 1.0 – Drums & Groove: Drums: Building drums with Roland Cloud’s 909, 808, 707, 727 & 606

Foundations of Rhythm & Energy: Learn how to create grooves that feel powerful, musical, and club-ready from the very beginning.

Lessons

Chapter 1 – Introduction Preview Chapter 2 – 909 Chapter 3 – 808 Chapter 4 – 707 Chapter 5 – 727 Chapter 6 – 606

Phase 1.1 – Drums & Groove: Module 1.1: Drums: Sampling drums in house music

Foundations of Rhythm & Energy: Learn how to create grooves that feel powerful, musical, and club-ready from the very beginning.

Lessons

Intro Preview Chapter 1: Sound Selection & Sound Choice Chapter 2: Kick Drum Sampling Chapter 3: Loop Sampling Chapter 4: Loop Chopping

Phase 1.2: Drums & Groove: Chicago House Grooves with Loopcloud

Phase 1.3: Drums & Groove – Using Rhythmizer on Drums, Bass & Melody

Learn how to create grooves that feel powerful, musical, and club-ready from the very beginning.

Lessons

Chapter 1: Introduction Preview Chapter 2: Helping With The Drums Chapter 3: Creating A Bassline Chapter 4: Making Melodies Chapter 5: Summary

Phase 1.4: Creating Movement with Call & Response

Phase 1.5: Limitation Series Part One – Creative Constraints

Phase 1.6: Limitation Series Part Two – No-Friction Workflow

Phase 2.0: Bass & Low-End Control – How to Create Six Essential Basslines for House and Tech House

Phase 2.1: Bass & Low-End Control – Creating Acid Basslines Using ABL Basslines VST

Phase 2.2: Bass & Low-End Control – Sub Bass Science: Get That Low-End Right

Phase 3.0: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – 90’s Inspired House Music – Which Synths to Use?

Discover how to create musical ideas, unique textures, and vocal-driven hooks that give your music personality.

Lessons

Chapter 1 – Introduction Preview Chapter 2 – Examples Of Sounds Chapter 3 – Korg M1 Chapter 4 – Kontakt Chapter 5 – Yamaha DX7

Phase 3.1: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – 90’s Inspired House Music – Synths for House Music

Phase 3.2: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – Using Captain Chords to Write Chords and Melodies

Phase 3.3: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – Using StemCellz VST Plug-ins

Discover how to create musical ideas, unique textures, and vocal-driven hooks that give your music personality.

Lessons

Chapter 1: Intro Preview Chapter 2: Yellow Sub Chapter 3: Reese Bass Chapter 4: Synthinator

Phase 3.4: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – How to Chop a Sample Like Daft Punk

Discover how to create musical ideas, unique textures, and vocal-driven hooks that give your music personality.

Lessons

Chapter 1: Introduction Preview Chapter 2: How Daft Punk manipulate their samples Chapter 3: How to use Chop Beast Chapter 4: Adding Drums and a Filter Chapter 5: Recap

Phase 3.5: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – How to Chop a Sample Like Daft Punk

Phase 3.6: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – Lyric to Vocal – Recording with AI

Phase 3.7: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – Lyric to Vocal – Creating Vocals with Suno AI

Phase 3.8: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – Lyric to Vocal – Manipulating Vocals with Ace Studio

Phase 3.9: Synths, Sampling & Vocals – Lyric to Vocal – Cleaning Up Samples – Supertone’s Clear

Discover how to create musical ideas, unique textures, and vocal-driven hooks that give your music person

Lessons

Chapter 1: Introduction Preview Chapter 2: Using Clear With YouTube Samples Chapter 3: Using Clear With Vinyl Samples Chapter 4: Summary

Phase 4.0: Arrangement & Energy – Like Dis Arrangement P.T.1

Phase 4.1: Arrangement & Energy – Like Dis Arrangement P.T.2

Phase 4.2: Arrangement & Energy – A Peak Time House Track Arrangement

Phase 4.3: Arrangement & Energy – Transition Techniques

Phase 4.4: Arrangement & Energy – Elevate Your Track – Advanced Techniques

Phase 5.0: Mixing & Mastering – Mixing Fundamentals

Phase 5.1: Mixing & Mastering – Mix Anywhere

Phase 5.2: Mixing & Mastering – Mixing Series E.P.1 – The Kick Drum

Phase 5.3: Mixing & Mastering – Mixing Series P.T.2 – Mixing Bass That Works with the Kick

Phase 5.4: Mixing & Mastering – Mixing Series P.T.2 – Drum Buss Foundation – Tone, Glue & Energy

Phase 5.5: Mixing & Mastering – Mixing Series P.T.2 – Drum Buss Foundation – Saturation & Reductive EQ

Phase 5.6: Mixing & Mastering – Mixing Series P.T.2 – Drum Buss Foundation – Compression & Additive EQ

Phase 5.7: Mixing & Mastering – Mixing Series P.T.2 – Drum Buss Foundation – Individual Drum Control, Clipping & Limiting

Take your productions from rough ideas to release-ready records.

Lessons

Intro Preview Chapter 1 — Individual Drum Control Chapter 2 — Clipping Chapter 3 — Limiting

Phase 5.8: Mixing & Mastering – Reverb: The Secret to Tight Drum Mixes

Phase 5.9: Mixing & Mastering – Stereo Width Demystified

Phase 5.10: Mixing & Mastering – Mastering ‘Like Dis’ – From Mix to Magic