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Founding price $97 until 8 November, then $147. See the price
Build a full modern metal song, from an empty project to ready to mix.
With your purchase you ask for immediate access to this digital course. Once your access starts, your 14 day right of withdrawal ends.
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With your purchase you ask for immediate access to this digital course. Once your access starts, your 14 day right of withdrawal ends.
Quotes from bands Kester has worked with.
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Why your song doesn’t hit like theirs
You have the riff. Maybe the drums, maybe some guitars. You listen back, and it sounds small next to the bands you love.
So you compare. Their guitars are thick, their choruses lift, their breakdowns crush. Yours don’t, and you can’t tell why.
It’s rarely a missing plugin. It’s technique: how to write a riff that hits, how to thicken guitars, how to layer synths so they add power instead of noise, and how every part supports the others.
That’s what this course shows, on one complete song.
One song. Every technique, in context.
You build one complete modern heavy song from an empty project: intro, verse, pre chorus, chorus, second verse and the breakdown. Every section shows you how to write it, thicken it and layer it.
39 episodes in 9 chapters, one song
- Welcome
- Template setup
- References and vision
- What’s an intro for?
- Guitar riff part 1, rhythm
- Guitar interlude
- Writing a riff part 2
- Bass
- Synthesizer instrument enhancer
- Synthesizer creative
- Drums
- Drums
- Guitars
- Bass
- Synthesizer
- What is a pre-chorus for?
- Synthesizer
- Drums
- Drums
- Guitar
- Synthesizer
- Bass
- Transition
- Drums
- Guitar
- Bass
- Synthesizer
- Synths
- Drums
- Drums
- Guitars
- Bass
- Synthesizer
- Studio guitars
- Non-tonal SFX
- Tonal SFX
- Hardware synthesizer
- Wrapping things up
- Feedback for your song
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With your purchase you ask for immediate access to this digital course. Once your access starts, your 14 day right of withdrawal ends.
Who this is for
This is for you if
- You’re a beginner or intermediate with a DAW, and you’ve started making tracks
- Your songs sound thin, small or unfinished next to the songs you love
- You want to see a whole song built start to finish, not isolated tips
- You make rock, metal, metalcore, nu metal or other modern heavy music
This is not for you if
- You’re already a pro and don’t need to learn more
- You only want a preset pack
- You want to learn mixing and mastering. This course is specialised for producers, though we touch on mixing.
About Kester
I’m Kester, a music producer from Germany. I make Serum presets and sample packs for modern metal, metalcore and nu metal under SynthYourSong.
This course shows how I build a song from an empty project, in full.
Founding price
Founding price ends 8 November. On 9 November the price is $147.
- Video episodes, built section by section
- The multitracks to the song
- All Serum 2 presets used in the course
- Workbook and cheat sheets
- Instant access
Prices are shown in USD. At checkout the price may be shown in your local currency.
Common questions
Yes, if your songs still sound smaller than the bands you love. The course is about technique: writing thick riffs, layering guitars and synths, and building a full arrangement section by section.
The synth parts are built in Serum 2. You can follow the layer logic in another synth, but the patch walkthroughs use Serum.
Yes, all presets used in the course.
Studio One.
Beginners and intermediates are welcome. You should have a DAW and have started making tracks.
No. It covers writing, sound design and arrangement of a full song. Mixing and mastering are not part of it.
Yes, the multitracks of the song.
For as long as the course is hosted, including all future updates.
No. One payment, no subscription.
Write to me within 14 days of purchase and I will refund you.
