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Ableton Live Performance
Fall '26

Design an original live performance in Ableton Live based on your finished tracks. Classes meet online weekly on Tuesdays @ 7pm CST for 12 weeks, starting October 20, 2026.
FORMAT

live instruction over zoom

START DATE

Tuesday
10.20.26

DURATION

12 WEEKS
3 HRS / WEEK*

END DATE

Tuesday
01.19.27

PRICE

$499 / MONTH

START TIME

7PM CST

*Class lengths may be reduced to 2 hours for very small class sizes.

own the stage with ableton live performance.

Design and build an all-original live performance set that allows you to improvise, incorporate hardware instruments and/or live musicians and vocalists, all inside of Ableton Live.
  • Create stems of your original songs and import/warp them in a new Ableton Live set.
  • Incorporate external equipment such as the Push, synthesizers, and drum machines.
  • Configure live processing for microphones and external instruments on stage.
  • Jam on your material to create a performance that feels truly live.

Meet your instructor.

James Patrick (JP)

Ableton Live | Sound Design | Modular Synthesis

James Patrick is a sound artist, music producer, author and educator. He has been creating original electronic music works and events involving technology and live music since the 1990s. He is the co-founder and owner of Slam Academy, an Ableton Certified Training Center based in Minneapolis that teaches music production, DJing, and specialty music industry courses.

James was one of the first Ableton Certified Trainers in the world, helping pilot the trainer program in 2008, and has since been a leader among Ableton educators. His first 10 years of teaching sound design and audio production were at the Institute of Production and Recording in Minneapolis, before moving onto Dubspot in New York City. Since starting Slam Academy in 2012, he has taken on private clients from around the world that range from beginners to some of the most prolific musicians of our time.

James has written two books: Sound Design for Electronic Music - Creating Original Sounds with Ableton Live: Part One - Essentials of Analog and FM Synthesis, and Sound Design for Electronic Music - Creating Original Sounds with Ableton Live: Part Two - Effects Processing, Sampling, and Advanced Digital Synthesis. Through his professional involvement in both academic and popular electronic realms, James curated the international Spark Festival of Electronic Music in collaboration with the University of Minnesota. James is also the recipient of the American Composer’s Forum MECA award, among other awards.

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