Transform Your Song Ideas Into Full Productions 

In Your Bedroom, Living Room, Or Garage!

You're a musician and you want to record, but making great sounding recordings at home isn't easy.

That's why I created The Home Recording Mentorship Program:  To transform you into a home recording wizard in the shortest time possible.

Introducing: The Home Recording Mentorship Program

There are a zillion things to learn about home recording. Perhaps you've watched lots of YouTube 'How to record' videos with audio techniques and tricks, but it's hard to know what's important. And little snippets of engineering tricks don't really tell you how to record a song.

You don't want some crappy sounding little demo.

And your song ideas are just sitting there . . . waiting.

The Home Recording Mentorship Program is for musicians who want to make great sounding recordings in their bedroom, living rooms, basements, and garages. 

These 3 Online courses are included . . .

Recording A Song In Reaper:

Recording A Song In Reaper is like hanging out in the studio with an experienced pro as we record a song together. We take a song idea from 15 seconds after it was born, through to recording the last track. It's everything from song arrangement to setting tempo, creating (virtual) scratch bass and drums, arranging and recording guitars and keyboards, cutting lead vocals, arranging and recording background vocals, production ideas and a lot more.

You get explanations, too. It's not just watching sessions. It's understanding the why behind the way things are done. Understand these concepts, and your home recordings will improve drastically.

Recording GTR In Reaper
Reference Mix Routing With Annotations

Mixing A Song In Reaper:

In this portion of the program, you and I mix together. You'll have full access to the session files. Call the project up in Reaper, and you'll see what I see and hear what I hear.

Understand the why behind the mix moves that lead to good mixes, and you'll make good progress. Follow along, make the same moves and take time to really listen what's happening -- and your skill levels will go through the roof!

In other words -- what happens when you pull up the same EQ/compression/reverb as I do and experiment for yourself? More skill building and training your ears! 

Reaper Core Skills:

This course gets you up to speed on the basics of operating Reaper. If you already know Reaper, you'll learn a few tricks. If you don't know Reaper, this course will shave off a lot of time you'd spend poring over the manual and watching random YouTube videos.

We cover creating a track, record arming, routing mics and instruments, adding FX, automation and a lot more.

Clip Gain Adjustment In Reaper

The Home Recording Mentorship Program

The Home Recording Mentorship Program guides you step-by-step -- from musician to confident home recording artist, showing you how to bring your musical ideas to life. With a focus on practical techniques and streamlined workflows, you’ll learn how to turn your musical ideas into polished tracks you’ll be proud to share -- no expensive studio required.

As Soon As You Get The Home Recording Mentorship Program


You get access to videos and written material which takes you through: the birth of a song, capturing the initial idea, starting the project in a DAW, setting tempo, creating scratch bass and drum tracks, laying down and editing guitars and keyboards, cutting and comping vocals, adding effects and processing, and all the way through mixing. There's even a section on how to do a quick master (nothing fancy, but your levels will be competitive).

Inside The Home Recording Mentorship Program 

Easily map out A song structure in Reaper

Watch over my shoulder as I show you how to get started on your song, and adapt the arrangement as you go.

Want to know how to change your arrangement in minutes? How would the ending sound with a double chorus? It's easy to do. Can you drop 8 bars in the middle of your arrangement? Sure, in a few seconds. I'll show you.

Keyboard Screengrab
Learn to create scratch drum and bass tracks

Knowing how to get started on a song can be the most difficult part -- but not anymore!

Be 'in the room' as I set a tempo and create scratch drum tracks within a few minutes. This will help you to hit the ground running with your song ideas and get started recording quickly.

Addictive Drums 2 Drum Editor
Discover How To Record & Edit

How do you set up to record vocals and guitars, and create bass, drum, and keyboard tracks?

How do you comp takes, and edit guitar? How do you punch in, overdub, select takes? How do you program with MIDI?

It's all here.

How To EQ, Compress, Add FX & Mix

How and why do you use EQ and compression? How do you route to effects? Add reverb? Which reverb or delay should you choose?

How do you glue tracks together to get that cohesive sound?

It's laid out for you in easy-to-understand form.

Tukan Studios Green Dynamic EQ

Personalized, One-On-One Consultation

Need help with a tricky mix? Not sure how to EQ that kick drum? Having problems with routing, compression, or other FX? Need some tips on arrangement or production specific to a song of yours? You can get it!

You get me and my years of experience, in any audio capacity you want, at your service. Choose the level that's right for you.

*Requires a good internet connection

Save yourself oodles of time of trial and error and watching random YouTube videos! With over 40 years of recording and production experience distilled into this program, you’ll skip the frustration of figuring it out on your own. Instead, you’ll master the essential techniques and workflows in a fraction of the time, so you can focus on what matters most—making music that sounds amazing.

Keith Symbol

The Home Recording Mentorship Program 

Bronze Level

$89

Includes the online courses -- 'Recording A Song In Reaper', 'Mixing A Song In Reaper', and 'Reaper Core Skills'

  • Instant course access
  • Lifetime access
  • One-time payment

Silver Level

$164

Everything in the bronze level, plus . . .

  • 90 minutes of personalized consultation on anything audio, recording, arrangement, or production.
  • That's $75 off my usual consultation fee.
  • This level is perfect for troubleshooting -- or that extra speed boost for your project.

*Requires a good internet connection. Limited quantities available.

Gold Level

$359

Everything in the bronze level, plus . . .

  • 4 hours of personalized consultation on anything audio, recording, arrangement, or production.
  • Save $130 compared to my usual consultation fee.
  • Like to move fast? Get a more concentrated dose of help and experience.

*Requires a good internet connection. Limited quantities available.

You'll get additional material via our email newsletter.

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I've got a 14-day money-back guarantee on this program -- minus $2.


Home Recording Membership Program faq

Is there a monthly fee?

No monthly fee, homie. Not for you. You got in on the ground floor with lifetime access to the courses. 


And 'lifetime' means the life of the website/business. I've been on the internet as a businessperson since 1998. And although this site is new, I have other programs I've been selling online for 20 years. I'm still supporting those programs. I have no plans to ever shut this website down. Should something happen to me, my very capable assistant has instructions to continue the website, or make all the materials fully downloadable to paid students.

Who is this program for?

This program is for independent musicians who want to make better home recordings. You should possess . . .

  • enough computer knowledge to open programs, put files in folders, and download and install programs.
  • enough resources to occasionally buy something. The DAW we will use (Reaper) is $60. Reaper has a 60-day evaluation period, which is plenty enough to get through the program content, if you don't want to buy it. I will use mostly native plugins that come with Reaper, or free plugins from other sources, but I sometimes use paid plugins (but you don't have to buy them to complete the course). You'll need an audio interface, a mic and some speakers or headphones if you don't have them already, and whatever instruments you want to record.

Who should not get this course?

This course won't teach you to set up mics to record a full drum kit. I use virtual drum software, and I also talk about how to work with remote drummers to get good quality tracks for a good price. If you have a drummer and you want to record them, I recommend going into a pro studio. They can send you the tracks and you can take it from there, at home, with this course.


You'll need to have, or be willing to get an audio interface, a copy of Reaper, and a microphone (if you sing , or want to record any instruments acoustically). You won't be able to complete this course with your computers soundcard -- you'll need a dedicated audio interface. Oh, and you'll need a computer. If you have a computer already, it will likely do just fine.


If you use this course and find it isn't a good fit for you, then fair enough -- a refund is in order. But if you're a serial refunder of internet purchases, stay away. Each refund costs me money (the banks keep their fees).  But if you buy it with the intention of refunding, you can f($#)*& all the way off. Serial refunders make things more expensive for everyone.


If you don't understand that compressing a vocal or EQing a kick drum work largely the same, no matter the genre, you should pass. I'll teach you the concepts of EQ and compression (and many more areas of recording) so you can use them in your genre, on your songs, in your way. It's not necessary to like the example song we use in order to get value from the course.  But some people can't separate that out. For example, I'll show you how to find the heft in a kick drum, and also the click to make it cut through better on small speakers. If your genre requires more 'heft' or less 'click' then by all means, set the EQ accordingly by pushing those frequencies up or down.


Will this program teach me everything about home recording?

No, of course not. Look at being a recording engineer, producing records, arranging songs, and mixing. You could spend a lifetime learning any one of those areas of audio. I can't teach you 4 lifetimes of skills in one program. And nobody knows everything about even one of these disciplines. My goal is to help you to a point at which you're able to put your recordings up against professionally recorded songs.

How long is the course?

I understand this question. You don't want to buy some course and have it be 5 minutes. The 3 courses, all together, are 147 videos, that are up to 22 minutes long each (some are just introductions, lasting about1 minute).


But let me tell you why I think that's not what you should be concerned about.


Really, what you want to know is what the course covers and how effectively it presents the information. How long the course is is just one factor in answering those questions. So, let me tell you how the course is organized to help you use your time efficiently.


  • The courses are arranged in modules, and those modules divided into lessons. So, it's easy for you to locate just what you need to know in the moment you need to know it. Your time is valuable, right?
  • The modules follow the process of me recording a song. It starts with me having the song idea, capturing it, figuring out the chords behind the melody I came up with. Then we move to the DAW and start mapping out the basic format of the song. And so on, all the way through mixdown. So you can follow chronologically from the beginning through the end, if you like.
  • I don't capture every moment of recording or editing. If I record a background vocal, I might show doing a few takes. If I then decide to double track it, I tell you why, show you how I set it up and then skip to having completed it. You don't really need to see me recording the same vocal part again, do you? It's the same with editing. I show you what I do with drums fills, give 2 or 3 examples, and then say "And I did that to the rest of the drum track."
  • In some cases in which I think some people might find a longer video useful, I provide it, and a shorter synopsis video for those who don't want the whole thing. For instance, some people might want to watch 15 minutes of me trying different vocal takes for a verse. Getting different perspectives on how to cut vocals can be useful. But maybe you already know you like to cut vocals in one pass, all the way through the song. So I sometimes provide an overview video that shows how I set something up, and a couple of quick passes, and then the result. And that video ends with "If you want more detail, watch the next video. If not, skip ahead." This is going to save you time. You don't have to go through something you're not interested in. Plus, this makes a quick review easy.
  • There are many "Reaper Core Skills" tutorials you can jump to if you don't remember how to perform a specific function, and don't want to look through the whole course to find what you need.
  • There's a lot of information on this page about what's in the course. Take a look!

The point is that the course is well-organized. Remember, I've written college-level audio courses before :-)

Why Reaper? Will This Work For My DAW?

Reaper is the bomb. There's not really a quality difference in DAW outputs these days (although the quality of stock plugins can vary). As I write this, a Reaper license is $60, and that will carry you through two full versions. I first bought Reaper Wed, Aug 18, 2010, at 12:24 PM. I paid another $60 in 2015. It's now 2023. In 13 years, Reaper has cost me $120. By my calculations, that's less than $1/month for a fully functional multi-track recorder that does so much more than the old 24-track tape machines and consoles could do. By contrast, Protools starts at $199 annually, and goes up to $999. Annually!


Reaper is arguably the most flexible, configurable DAW out there and has a great developer and user community to get any questions answered. Reaper doesn't have virtual instruments built-in like GarageBand does, but I'll show you how to deal with that. Reaper has a bunch of really good developers creating high-quality free plugins. And because it's so flexible, there are a lot of options in Reaper. I'll show you how to set it up and teach you which options are important.


Reaper has a 60-day free trial. That's plenty long enough to get through the course part of the mentorship. So, you don't have to buy it for the course. And frankly, once the trial version expires, no capabilities are lost. You could keep using it forever. But it's better you support the developers. They're not asking for much.


If you use Studio One, or Cubase and are into it a few years, should you grab my mentorship program? While I think there would be value for you, I'd advise you to find a program that's specific to your DAW. If you have a mentor you can easily access and your mentor uses a different DAW, go with what they use.


If you're not deeply into a DAW, or don't have a DAW or know what one is, buckle up -- let's go!

Does this program cover songwriting?

Nope. You bring the songs. I'll teach you how to make them sound as good as possible.

About Keith Livingston

Keith Livingston started home recording in the (gulp) late '70s, on a cassette 4-track Tascam 144 Portastudio. He worked his way into live sound and recording in a basement 8-track studio. From there, Keith moved up and engineered and produced recordings in some of the top-level recording studios in Seattle, and worked in conjunction with a local record company.

He's also taught audio engineering at the college level, developing and writing some of the curriculum there, and ran a radio station, in Russia.

More to the point though, Keith a singer/songwriter/guitar player who records in his living room with a $49 mic, a $129 audio interface, and a few pieces of software.

What makes this program different?

  • It's not just a mixing course, or a 'how to record' course. It's a course that takes you from having an initial song idea all the way through a finished mix.
  • There's a lot more to getting good recordings than knowing where to point a microphone, or what frequency to pull out of that snare track. There's a whole world of production and arrangement -- a mixture of creative and technical. If you don't master this world, your recordings will never be top-quality. This course will raise your skill level in arrangement and production, as well.
  • There are a lot of great engineers and producers out there that don't have experience writing courses. This course was created by a guy who has put courses together which meet the strict requirements of a college-level, nationally-accredited school.
  • This  course meets you where you are -- recording in your bedroom, living room, basement, or garage, with minimal gear. It's not an engineer sitting in front of an SSL with thousands of dollars worth of microphones and outboard equipment around.

The Home Recording Mentorship Program 

Bronze Level

$89

Includes Recording A Song In Reaper, Mixing A Song In Reaper, and Reaper Core Skills

  • Instant course access
  • Lifetime access
  • One-time payment

Silver Level

$164

Everything in the bronze level, plus . . .

  • 90 minutes of personalized consultation on anything audio, recording, arrangement, or production.
  • This level is perfect for troubleshooting -- or that extra speed boost for your project.

*Requires a good internet connection

Gold Level

$389

Everything in the bronze level, plus . . .

  • 4 hours of personalized consultation on anything audio, recording, arrangement, or production.
  • Like to move fast? Get a more concentrated dose of help and experience.

*Requires a good internet connection

You'll get additional material via our email newsletter.

money back
guarantee
GuaranteE

I've got a 14-day money-back guarantee on this program -- minus $2.

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