Stephen Webber is an international clinician with vast experience teaching workshops, master classes and performance seminars on a multitude of subjects and disciplines. Workshop topics include:

  • MUSIC PRODUCTION AND SONGWRITING:
    Ranging from a single session to an intensive weekend-long workshop focused on strengthening all aspects of record production, Stephen presents music production and songwriting masterclasses around the world.  Stephen’s classes include tools and strategies to maximize the impact of the artist’s vision, identity and intention, lyrics, melody, song form, instrumental arrangements, vocal performance, listening skills and mixing. Of interest to all recording musicians, songwriters and producers.

  • PRODUCTION MASTERCLASS:
    In a small group setting, Stephen Webber provides professional, personal feedback of participants’ recordings or live performances. Feedback includes strengthening your material, focusing your artistic vision, finding your voice, refining arrangements to emphasize your strengths, maximizing emotional impact, and realizing professional standards.

  • TURNTABLE TECHNIQUE: THE ART OF THE DJ

    This media-rich performance seminar traces the history of turntablism in hip-hop culture, and the revolutionary use of the turntable as a musical instrument from street to symphony hall.

Interested in hosting a workshop?
Email Stephen at stephen.w.webber@gmail.com!

Testimonials

  • “Stephen’s enthusiasm and knowledge are incredible. His teaching is concise yet comprehensive, covers all aspects of record making, and gives students the confidence to become music producers.”

  • “This has by far been the best, most rewarding course I have ever taken in my whole entire life. It has completely changed me personally.”

  • “For me, the tools that the course provided gave me the confidence that I needed. Everything seems clear now. It feels almost like solving a difficult puzzle and after solving the puzzle I realized that it wasn't as hard as people made it seem.”

Online Courses

  • The Art of Music Production

    Taught via Coursera

    Explore the art of record production and how to make recordings that other people will love listening to. This course will teach you how to make emotionally moving recordings on almost any recording equipment, including your phone or laptop. The emphasis is on mastering tangible artistic concepts; the gear you use is up to you.

    You will learn to develop the most important tool in the recording studio: your ears. You will learn to enhance every aspect of your own productions, both sonically and musically, by employing deeper listening skills.

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  • Music Production Analysis

    Taught via Berklee Online

    Music Production Analysis distills decades of experience from record producers (including course author Stephen Webber, as well as Phil Ramone, Kyle Lehning, Don Was and more) into a focused step-by-step approach of the essential elements of successful records.

    The genres may change, the message and the lyrics may change, but the actual craft of how to make a great record remains the same. This course will develop your listening skills, and teach you how producers who have 30 years of experience listen to music differently than developing producers.

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  • Creative Music Production Skills

    Taught via Berklee Online

    Producing music on a professional level involves a number of skills: leading a creative team, collaboration, employing appropriate interpersonal communication skills, budgeting, scheduling, time management, using technology in a variety of production and engineering tasks, listening, arranging, and striving for and achieving professional standards of fidelity and musicality.

    Creative Music Production Skills is a fast-paced, experiential course designed to teach you these skills and take your productions to the next level.

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DJ Skills - The Essential Guide to Mixing & Scratching

  • Understand the tools and push the limits of technology

  • Discover the history of DJing from the masters

DJ Skills: The Essential Guide to Mixing & Scratching is the most comprehensive, up to date approach to DJing ever produced. From scratching and mixing skills to the latest trends in DVD and video mixing, this book gives you access to all the tools, tips and techniques you need. Covering DJ history, cutting-edge technology, performance skills and featuring an audio example CD, Stephen Webber has created the essential guide for DJs everywhere. Featuring interviews with BT, Paul Oakenfold, DJ Shadow, QBert, Rob Swift, Kid Koala, Herbie Hancock, DJ Logic, Faust & Shortee, and DJ Radar.

Turntable Technique: The Art of the DJ

Learn to play the turntable like your favorite DJs and create your own style! This essential guidebook and companion 2-record set teaches you to play the turntable as a musical instrument. Using this first-ever turntable method, techniques and tricks can be mastered quickly and effectively.

Step-by-step instructions on: Scratching, Beat Matching, Mixing, The Transformer, The Crab, Crossfader Technique, Cutting, Stabs

Featuring interviews with top DJs including: DJ Swamp (Beck), MixMaster Mike (Beastie Boys), DJ QBert (Invisibl Skratch Picklz), DJ Kuttin Kandi (5th Platoon/Anomolies), DJ A-Trak (Teenage DMC/ITF World Champion) and DJ Craze (three-time DMC World Champion)