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Free Music Lessons — Cloud Atelier Studio
Foundations of Music
What is Sound? The Physics of Music
What is Music? Note, Rhythm, Harmony
Active Listening – Training the Ear
Reading Music – How Notation Works
Intervals & Scales – The Building Blocks
Chord Theory – Triads to Extensions
Music Genres — Free Online Lessons
Jazz: The Sound of American Improvisation
How to Listen to Jazz: A Practical Guide
Essential Jazz Albums: The Listening Guide
Rock: The Sound of Rebellion
How to Listen to Rock: Anatomy of a Song
Essential Rock Albums: From Chuck Berry to Radiohead
Hip-Hop: Culture, Rhythm, and Identity
How to Listen to Hip-Hop: Bars, Beats, and Sampling
Essential Hip-Hop Albums: The Canon
Electronic Music: From Moog to Modular
How to Listen to Electronic Music: Sound Design and Structure
Essential Electronic Albums: From Theremin to Techno
Classical Music: 800 Years of Organized Sound
How to Listen to Classical Music: Following the Structure
Essential Classical Works: The Listening Library
Latin Music: Rhythm, Culture, and a Billion Listeners
How to Listen to Latin Music: Rhythm, Clave, and Feeling
Afrobeats: Africa's Sound Takes the World
Heavy Metal: The Anatomy of Heaviness
How to Listen to Metal: Heaviness, Speed, and Complexity
K-Pop: The Architecture of a Global Phenomenon
Reggae: Rhythm, Resistance, and Rastafari
Folk & World Music: The Memory of a People
Ambient Music: Sound as Environment
Indie Music: Independence as an Artistic Statement
Country Music: Stories from the American South
Blues: The Root of All American Music
How to Listen to Blues: Feeling, Bending, and the Conversation
Essential Blues Albums: 20 Records That Define the Form
R&B and Soul: The Sound of Black America
How to Listen to Soul Music: Timing, Melisma, and Testifying
Essential Soul Albums: 20 Records That Define the Form
Funk: The One, the Body, and the Groove
How to Listen to Funk: The One, the Pocket, and the Space
Essential Funk Albums: The Groove Canon
Disco: Dance, Liberation, and the Underground That Conquered the World
How to Listen to Disco: Four on the Floor and What Lives Around It
Essential Disco Albums: The Dance Floor Canon
Punk: Three Chords, the Truth, and the Refusal to Compromise
How to Listen to Punk: Speed, Simplicity, and What They Mean
Essential Punk Albums: From the Velvet Underground to Wire
Gospel: The Root System of American Popular Music
How to Listen to Gospel: Call, Response, and the Architecture of Transcendence
Essential Gospel Albums: The Sacred Canon
Bossa Nova: The Sound That Changed Brazilian Music
How to Listen to Bossa Nova: Rhythm in the Whisper
Essential Bossa Nova Albums: The Brazilian Canon
New Wave: When Art School Met the Dance Floor
How to Listen to New Wave: Irony, Synthesis, and the Art of Style
Essential New Wave Albums: From Talking Heads to Depeche Mode
Bebop: The Revolution That Made Jazz an Art Music
How to Listen to Bebop: Speed, Harmony, and the Improvising Mind
Essential Bebop Albums: The Canon of Modern Jazz
Free Jazz: Music Without Rules and What That Actually Means
How to Listen to Free Jazz: Structure in the Apparent Chaos
Essential Free Jazz Albums: The Avant-Garde Canon
Alternative Rock & Grunge: The 1990s Underground That Became Everything
How to Listen to Alternative & Grunge: Distortion, Dynamics, and Authenticity
Essential Alternative & Grunge Albums: The 90s Underground Canon
Jazz Fusion: When Jazz Absorbed the Electric World
How to Listen to Jazz Fusion: Complexity, Electricity, and the Improvising Mind
Essential Jazz Fusion Albums: The Electric Canon
Minimalism: When Less Became a Compositional Philosophy
How to Listen to Minimalism: Patience, Pattern, and the Present Moment
Essential Minimalism Albums: The Contemporary Classical Canon
Reggae: Rhythm, Resistance, and Rastafari
How to Listen to Reggae: Bass, Skank, and the Off-Beat Architecture
Essential Reggae Albums: The Roots and Dub Canon
Country Music: Stories from the American South and the Myth of America
How to Listen to Country Music: Storytelling, Twang, and the Architecture of the Song
Essential Country Albums: From Hank Williams to Americana
Ambient Music: Sound as Environment and the Art of Non-Narrative Listening
How to Listen to Ambient Music: Presence, Attention, and the Practice of Receptivity
Essential Ambient Albums: From Brian Eno to William Basinski
Country Music: Stories from the American South and the Myth of America
How to Listen to Country Music: Storytelling, Twang, and the Architecture of the Song
Essential Country Albums: From Hank Williams to Americana
Heavy Metal: The Anatomy of Heaviness
How to Listen to Heavy Metal: Riffs, Virtuosity, and the Architecture of Intensity
Essential Heavy Metal Albums: The Canon from Black Sabbath to Meshuggah
Techno and House: The Architecture of the Dance Floor
How to Listen to Techno and House: Groove, Texture, and the Experience of the Loop
Essential Techno and House Albums: The Dance Floor Canon
Hip-Hop's Golden Age: The 1990s Decade That Defined a Genre
How to Listen to Golden Age Hip-Hop: Flow, Sampling, and the Architecture of the Verse
Essential Golden Age Hip-Hop Albums: The 1988–1999 Canon
Latin Music: Rhythm, Clave, and a Billion Listeners
How to Listen to Latin Music: Clave, Conversation, and the Percussion Ensemble
Essential Latin Music Albums: The Clave-Based Canon
Afrobeats: Africa's Sound Takes the World
How to Listen to Afrobeats: Polyrhythm, Groove, and the African Rhythmic Tradition
Essential Afrobeats Albums: From Fela Kuti to the Contemporary Canon
Instruments — Free Music Lessons
Guitar: Queen of Electric and Acoustic Sound
Piano: Every Musician's First Language
Drums & Percussion: Music's Heartbeat
Bass: The Invisible Foundation
Voice & Vocals: The First Instrument
Synthesizer: Building Sound from Zero
Violin: The Voice of Classical Music
Saxophone: The Jazz Horn
Trumpet: Brass, Power, and Expression
DJ & Turntables: The Art of the Mix
Ukulele: Small Instrument, Big Soul
Cello: The Most Human String
Harmonica: The Blues Harp and the World's Most Portable Orchestra
Banjo: America's African Instrument
Organ: The King of Instruments
Music Artists — Lessons
Miles Davis: The Man Who Changed Music Five Times
J.S. Bach: The Architect of Western Music
Jimi Hendrix: The Guitar's Full Potential
Bob Marley: Music as a Political Act
Fela Kuti: When Music Becomes a Weapon
Daft Punk: The Robots Who Humanized Electronic Music
The Beatles: How Four People Changed Everything
David Bowie: Reinvention as Art Form
John Coltrane: The Search for the Absolute
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
Bob Dylan: The Voice of a Generation
Kendrick Lamar: Hip-Hop's Laureate
Ludwig van Beethoven: The Artist as Hero
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Inexplicable Genius
Nina Simone: Music as Political Act
James Brown: The Godfather of Funk
Prince: Everything at Once
Michael Jackson: The Mechanics of Global Pop
Stevie Wonder: The Complete Musician
Elvis Presley: The Birth of Rock and Roll
Kurt Cobain & Nirvana: When Underground Became Everything
Nina Simone: Music as Political Act and Personal Testimony
Chuck Berry: The Man Who Invented Rock Guitar
Ray Charles: The Genius Who Made Soul Music
Joni Mitchell: The Complete Artist
Johnny Cash: The Man in Black and the Voice of American Contradiction
Herbie Hancock: Jazz's Most Restless Intelligence
Thelonious Monk: The Architect of Modern Piano
Billie Holiday: The Voice That Sang From the Inside Out
Music Theory Lessons
Major & Minor Scales – The Two Worlds of Tonality
Modes – The Seven Flavors of the Scale
Chord Progressions – The Architecture of Feeling
Rhythm & Meter – Beyond 4/4
Melody Writing – The Art of the Memorable Line
Harmony & Voice Leading – How Chords Move
Song Structure – Form in Popular Music
Ear Training – Hearing What You Know
Counterpoint – The Art of Independent Voices
Arrangement & Orchestration – Giving Music Its Sound
Intervals – The Atoms of Music
The Circle of Fifths – Music's Master Map
The Pentatonic & Blues Scale – The Foundation of Modern Music
Secondary Dominants & Borrowed Chords – Expanding the Palette
Modulation – The Art of Changing Keys
Polyrhythm & Metric Complexity – When the Beat Multiplies
Form and Structure in Classical Music – The Architecture of Extended Composition
Serialism and 20th Century Harmonic Systems – When Tonality Was Abandoned
Acoustics and the Physics of Sound – What Music Actually Is
Jazz Harmony: The Extended Chord Language
Groove and Feel: The Rhythmic Dimension Beyond Meter
Music Production Lessons
How a Recording Studio Works
How a Synthesizer Works: Oscillators, Filters, Envelopes
Sampling: The Art and Science of the Breakbeat
Mixing and Mastering: Making Music Loud and Clear
DAWs: The Modern Music Studio — Pro Tools, Ableton, Logic
Home Studio Setup: Record Great Music in Any Room
Compression: The Secret Weapon of Modern Music
EQ in Practice: Giving Every Sound Its Own Space
Reverb and Delay: Shaping Space and Time
Vocal Production: From Raw Recording to Radio-Ready
Drum Programming: Building Beats That Move People
Sound Design: Building Sounds from Nothing
Mastering for Streaming: Loudness, LUFS, and the Platform Era
Music Theory for Producers: Chords, Keys, and Melody
Arrangement: The Architecture of a Song
Mixing Fundamentals: The Art of Balance
Mastering: The Final Stage Before Release
Sampling: Music Made From Music
Sound Design: Building Sound From Nothing
Vocal Production: From Raw Recording to Finished Performance
MIDI: The Language That Unified Electronic Music
Stereo Mixing and Spatial Audio: How Music Creates Space
Drum & Bass: The Fastest Music in the World
How to Listen to Drum & Bass: Breakbeats, Basslines, and the Art of Speed
Essential Drum & Bass Albums: From Jungle Roots to the Neurofunk Canon
Song Analysis — Deconstructed
Thriller: Michael Jackson and the Best-Selling Album of All Time
What's Going On: Marvin Gaye and the Concept Soul Album
Blackbird: Paul McCartney, Contrapuntal Guitar, and Apparent Simplicity
Song Analysis Lessons — Iconic Songs Deconstructed
Bohemian Rhapsody: When Rules Don't Apply
Billie Jean: When Rhythm Becomes a Weapon
So What: Miles Davis Resets Jazz
Blue Monday: The Soul of the Machine
Lose Yourself: A Masterclass in Rap Writing
Beethoven's 5th Symphony: Four Notes, Infinite Weight
Stairway to Heaven: The Song That Knows When to Explode
What's Going On: The Album That Changed Soul Music
Smells Like Teen Spirit: The Song That Ate the Mainstream
Strange Fruit: The Most Dangerous Song in American History
Purple Rain: Guitar Solo as Emotional Climax
Hotel California: The Song Where the Outro Is the Point
A Love Supreme: When Jazz Became Prayer
God Only Knows: The Most Perfect Pop Song Ever Written
Like a Rolling Stone: The Six Minutes That Changed Rock
Superstition: Stevie Wonder and the Sound of One Man Becoming an Orchestra
Music Gear Guide — Studio Equipment Reviews
Best Audio Interfaces for Home Studio: Focusrite Scarlett, Universal Audio
Best Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS5, Adam Audio T5V, KRK Rokit
Best Headphones for Music Production: Sony MDR-7506, Beyerdynamic DT 770
Best Microphones for Recording: Audio-Technica AT2020, Rode NT1, Shure SM7B
Best MIDI Controllers: Akai MPK Mini, Arturia MiniLab, Ableton Push
Home Studio Essentials: Acoustic Panels, Pop Filter, XLR Cables, Mic Stand
Music History Lessons
Ancient & Medieval Music: Before the Staff
Renaissance & Early Baroque: The Birth of Harmony
The Baroque Era: Bach, Handel, and the Summit of Counterpoint
The Classical Period: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
The Romantic Era: Emotion, Nationalism, and the Expanding Orchestra
20th Century Modernism: Atonality and the Fracture of Tradition
Popular Music's Birth: Blues, Gospel, and Country
The Rock Revolution: 1950–1980
Hip-Hop, Electronic Music, and the Digital Turn: 1970–2000
Music in the Streaming Age: 2000–Now
The 1960s: The Most Musically Significant Decade
The Recording Studio as Instrument: 1966–1984
The Music Industry: From Edison to Spotify
Music and Society: Race, Gender, Technology, and Power
Music and Film: The Art of the Score
The Birth of Recording: How Technology Changed Music Forever
Music of Protest: When Songs Become Weapons
Music and Religion: The Sacred Origins of Sound
Free Radio Stations — Stream Online
NTS Radio Channel 1 — Electronic, Experimental — London, UK
NTS Radio Channel 2 — Jazz, World, Ambient — London, UK
KEXP 90.3 FM — Indie, Alternative, World — Seattle, USA
FIP — Jazz, Electronic, World — Paris, France
FIP Jazz — Jazz — Paris, France
FIP Électro — Electronic, Dance — Paris, France
FIP Rock — Rock — Paris, France
FIP Hip-Hop — Hip-Hop, Rap — Paris, France
FIP Reggae — Reggae, Dub — Paris, France
FIP Monde — World Music — Paris, France
FIP Groove — Funk, Groove — Paris, France
FIP Metal — Metal, Hard Rock — Paris, France
FIP Pop — Pop — Paris, France
TSF Jazz — Jazz — Paris, France
Radio Nova — World, Funk, Soul — Paris, France
SomaFM Groove Salad — Electronic, Ambient — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Space Station — Electronic, Space — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Drone Zone — Ambient, Drone — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Indie Pop Rocks — Indie, Alternative — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Seven Inch Soul — Soul, R&B, Funk — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Illinois Street Lounge — Lounge, Jazz — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Metal Detector — Metal — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Reggae Wonk — Reggae, Dub — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Boot Liquor — Country, Americana — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Beat Blender — Deep House, Chill — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM Folk Forward — Folk, Singer-Songwriter — San Francisco, USA
SomaFM ThistleRadio — Celtic, Folk — San Francisco, USA
Radio Paradise Rock Mix — Rock, Alternative — California, USA
Radio Paradise Eclectic Mix — Eclectic, All Genres — California, USA
Radio Paradise Mellow Mix — Mellow, Acoustic — California, USA
Radio Paradise Global Mix — World, Global Music — California, USA
WBGO Jazz 88.3 — Jazz — Newark, USA
Triple J — Indie, Alternative — Sydney, Australia
Double J — Alternative, Classic — Melbourne, Australia
FluxFM — Indie, Electronic — Berlin, Germany
Rai Radio 3 — Classical, Jazz, Culture — Rome, Italy
J-Pop Sakura — J-Pop, Anime — Tokyo, Japan
DAEBAK K-Pop — K-Pop, K-R&B — Seoul, South Korea
Heart FM — Pop, Dance — Ankara, Turkey
Max FM 95.8 — Pop, Hits — Ankara, Turkey
Virgin Radio Turkey — Rock, Pop — İstanbul, Turkey
SBS PopAsia — K-Pop, Asian Pop — Sydney, Australia
