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Lena's Wednesday, two studio ways

8 lessons · 24 prompts

A day in the life of a Music Producer: what changes with these prompts.

Track progress as a member

Lena is a music producer who records indie pop and R&B acts in a small studio.

Lena starts Wednesday with a rough mix of Paper Lanterns. The low mids feel muddy, the vocal sits back, and the kick and bass fight. Before the course, she would push faders for an hour and hope. Now she opens Claude and types the mix notes, asks for gentle EQ cuts, compression ideas, and balance moves she can try in her DAW. She picks two moves, not ten, and the mix opens up.

Next she uses ChatGPT for Session Coordination and Scheduling. The room is booked from 1 to 6, drummer Marcus arrives at 2, and vocalist Jordan needs a quiet warmup. She asks for a simple agenda, a gear checklist, and a message to send the band. The plan fits on one page. She sends it before lunch.

After lunch, an artist struggles with a chorus take. Lena opens Gemini and uses Directing Artist Performances. She writes, Jordan is tense, the chorus feels pushed, I want warm and steady. Gemini gives her three kind directions she can say out loud. She tries one, and the next take lands.

Before the session ends, Lena uses Budgets and Hiring Players for a new EP. She asks Claude to compare two session players, list questions for each, and sketch a budget with room, mixing, and mastering. She checks the numbers herself. With the time won back, she walks home before dark and listens to the rough mix on headphones, just for pleasure.

Before

  • Mix notes scattered across three apps
  • Session days overrun before the downbeat
  • Artist direction improvised at the mic
  • Budgets guessed the night before

After this course

  • One clear mix plan on the desk
  • Studio days start with a shared agenda
  • Artist notes ready before the take
  • Budgets built from real project choices

What you'll learn

  • Mix Troubleshooting: Turn rough mix notes into EQ, compression, and balance ideas to try in your DAW.
  • Session Preparation: Build a focused mix session plan with checklists, references, and revision requests.
  • Editing and Comping: Organize take notes into comping decisions, punch in plans, and edit lists.
  • Arrangement Choices: Explore structure, transitions, and reference comparisons that serve the song.
  • Artist Direction: Prepare clear, kind direction that helps artists deliver strong takes.
  • Mastering Delivery: Explain mastering choices, check delivery specs, and write clean handoff notes.
  • Session Coordination: Plan studio days, share logistics, and keep everyone aligned.
  • Budgets Hiring Players: Estimate costs, brief session players, and compare options before booking.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from mix troubleshooting basics to budgets and hiring players.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.