The Lofi Hip Hop Blueprint
Master the art of crafting warm, nostalgic lofi beats. Learn sampling, sound design, and the secrets behind the sound by building 3 complete tracks from scratch.
A course that teaches you by doing rather than just watching
This course isn't like most. It's designed to teach you by building tracks from start to finish, not just watching someone else make beats.
You get the full session, all the project files, all the samples and presets so you can follow along.
You also get full access to the professional tracks used in the course. Each project file is a full 'golden reference' that you can use to compare against and learn from.
The full breakdown + syllabus
6 comprehensive modules taking you from lofi fundamentals to professional-level production
Intro + Lofi Hip Hop Basics
Understand the characteristics of the genre, mixing and mastering considerations, and the legality of sampling.
- 1. How To Succeed in This Course 8:31
- 2. What is Lofi Hip Hop? 6:57
- 3. Fundamentals of Lofi Hip Hop 6:37
- 4. Mixing & Mastering Considerations 3:40
- 5. Legality of Sampling 3:40
Sample-Based Lofi Hip Hop
Make your first lofi beat primarily using samples. Learn how to flip a sample into a full track from an empty DAW.
- 1. Introduction 3:44
- 2. Sample Chops 11:21
- 3. Piano Layers 8:54
- 4. Drum Loop 5:33
- 5. Full Drums 16:03
- 6. Sub 5:04
- 7. Foley & FX 11:48
- 8. Bleep FX 14:04
- 9. Extra Elements 1 12:19
- 10. Extra Elements 2 6:50
- 11. Arrangement 10:37
- 12. Arrangement 19:27
- 13. Mixing 16:41
- 14. Mastering 12:24
Instrumental Lofi Hip Hop
Create a full track relying mostly on instruments and MIDI. Use Serum presets to craft chord progressions and melodies.
- 1. Introduction 2:42
- 2. Keys 17:07
- 3. Lead Pluck 9:50
- 4. Drums 8:47
- 5. Drum Fills 3:57
- 6. Bass 4:11
- 7. Foley & FX 9:20
- 8. Tapping 5:44
- 9. Extra Elements 11:17
- 10. Arrangement and Automation 14:15
- 11. Mixing 12:25
- 12. Mastering & Exporting 8:33
Experimental Lofi Hip Hop
Build a more ambient and experimental lofi beat, blending sampling and sound design techniques for unique sounds.
- 1. Introduction 3:04
- 2. Chord Synth 11:23
- 3. Keys 12:49
- 4. Lead 1 6:21
- 5. Lead 2 10:00
- 6. Drums 1 9:23
- 7. Drums 2 9:33
- 8. Foley & FX 1 10:19
- 9. Foley & FX 2 8:37
- 10. Sub Bass 4:23
- 11. Extra Elements 6:02
- 12. Arrangement 1 11:07
- 13. Arrangement 2 9:31
- 14. Mixing 8:05
- 15. Mastering & Exporting 6:43
Professional Track Breakdowns
Three lofi heavyweights break down their tracks note-by-note.
Advanced Tips & Tricks
Tips and tricks for sound design, processing, production elements, and alternate workflows you can apply immediately.
- 1. Resampling 8:23
- 2. Drum Sampling & Layering 9:58
- 3. Sound Design & FX 9:30
- 4. Processing for Grit & Dust 10:42
- 5. Processing for Nostalgia & Smoothness 9:02
- 6. Alternate Workflows - Drum Rack 11:37
Who is The Lofi Hip Hop Blueprint for?
- You like listening to lofi hip hop and want to master the basics
- You already produce lofi hip hop but want to take your beats to the next level
- You make another genre of music, but want to inject some lofi aesthetic into it
- You want to expand your repertoire of genres
- You're a complete beginner to music production as a whole (we recommend EDM Foundations for that)
- You don't know your way around a DAW
- You're a lazy producer who's looking for a silver bullet
- You're already crushing it and topping the Spotify charts with your lofi beats
Meet the course instructor
Aden Russell
Producer & Lead Instructor
With over 12 years of music production experience, Aden (aka Artsea) is a prolific producer and educator.
He's produced a variety of music styles, including lofi hip-hop, deep house and drum & bass, which have amassed 100,000s of plays across the world.
For this course, he'll be jumping into the DAW and guiding you through this course, from beginning to end.
Professional track breakdown instructors
Loftii
Loftii is the lofi hip-hop side project of Canadian artists Hudson Lee & Matt McWaters. Similarly to Joe, Hudson's main project focuses on an experimental blend of neurohop and future beats, with a solid injection of sound design wizardry to keep things interesting. But as loftii, he channels the calmer side of his production abilities, while still weaving magic moments throughout the arrangements.
Delayde
Joe Mawson, is a producer of many talents. As RefraQ, he blends neuro and experimental future beats seamlessly, while also sporadically jumping between tempos and genres. As Delayde, he looks at the more mellow side of things, crafting unique, beautiful lofi beats that will fit nicely into any collection or playlist while still standing out.
Sofasound
John Digiacomo-Sofia (aka Sofasound) has released too many tracks to count, and each one feels like it represents something honest. To describe his music would be a unique blend of chillhop, future beats and lofi. But that might be undercutting his production credentials, where you might find elements of pop, bounce, trap or house, infused in his music.
Here's just some of what you'll learn in The Lofi Hip Hop Blueprint
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Frequently Asked Questions
All you need is a copy of Ableton Live 10, and Xfer Serum.
If you're using another DAW, and you're confident you can follow along with what we're doing in Ableton Live, then we recommend enrolling.
Worst case scenario: you find it too hard to follow along using a different DAW and we give you a full refund.
If you're completely new to production, we strongly recommend EDM Foundations instead. It's specifically designed for producers with no experience, unlike this course where some basic skills are assumed (like understanding your DAW). EDM Foundations is designed in a way to help complete beginners master the fundamentals and get going quickly.
It depends.
Have you developed skills in this particular genre? Maybe you're great at making future bass but have no idea how to make lofi hip-hop.
If you've already been making good lofi hip-hop for a while, then it's probably not for you. But if you've been producing for a while but feel like you never really got a good start—I recommend it.
The Lofi Hip Hop Blueprint course is completely online-based.
As soon as you make your payment, you'll be instantly enrolled in the course platform and you can start the course straight away.
While we recommend you go through the course in 3 weeks, the Lofi Hip Hop Blueprint is a self-paced course.
You can go through it as quickly or as slowly as you like. If you have a busy schedule, no worries. Take your time. You have lifetime access to this material. It's not going anywhere.
That's fine. We have a 30 day guarantee on all of our courses. If you don't like it, you can get a full refund within that period.
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