Danni is an experienced music producer and DJ who goes under the name Dirty Freud. This year he has played Glastonbury, Beatherder, All Points East, Why Not Festival, BBC events and will be taking to the stage again at Boomtown, Tramlines, Reading & Leeds. Danni uses Logic Pro-X when creating his tracks and performing them either live or through his skills as a DJ. His work crosses many genres; he has produced pop, electronica, hip-hop and dubstep to name but a few. Danni is a natural teacher and he currently balances performing with being a Lecturer in DJ and Music Production up to Masters level. He breaks down complex concepts and ideas into bite-sized, digestible chunks to aid learning. His approach is not just theoretical, there’s a strong practical application too. He draws on his years of industry experience to guide students through their learning journey in a real-world way.

Teaching in Logic Pro
For beginners, lessons with Danni include:

- Create a Logic Pro project
- Navigating your Logic Pro project
- Understanding and building your arrangement
- Getting a balanced mix within your Logic project

For intermediates, lessons with Danni include:
- Customising Drum kit
- Employing advanced EQ and Compression in the mix
- Using Patches and creating layered sound patches
- Creating and editing midi

For advanced students, lessons with Danni include:
- Using Dynamic Processing plugins
- Adjusting levels and Pan
- Employ different creative mixing styles
- Submixing Tracks and Processing the submix
- Mix down and export track to an industry standard when bouncing your mix

First lesson
More important than the style of music, Danni starts each relationship with a student off with an honest, open conversation, talking about goals, style preferences and previous experience and skills. Danni feels that once clear, achievable goals are in place, he can help his students move towards them rapidly.

If you’re interested in finding out more about lessons with Danni, send him a message using the blue button!