Welcome friends and artists! I am an Ableton Certified Trainer, recording/performing artist, and multi-instrumentalist and am here to help you level up your skills in music production and songwriting. I teach students of all skill levels and ages. I am passionate about teaching women and LGBTQ+ who are vastly underrepresented in the world of music technology.

Lessons are tailored to suit each student’s needs. Whether you are an aspiring beat maker, singer/songwriter, or are looking to enhance your live performance, we can work together to make it happen! Lessons may focus on the technical aspects of Ableton or on developing your personal sound and workflow.

Lesson available via Zoom or in person (Seattle).

Learning objective may include:

  • Sampling

  • Writing melodies and chord progressions

  • Vocal technique

  • Mixing

  • Finding your sound

  • Live performance

  • Integrating your gear with Ableton

  • Beginner to advanced Ableton skills

  • Vocal recording and processing

  • Synthesis

  • Audio and MIDI editing

  • Push 2 and Push 3

  • Drum programming

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What the students have to say…

“Mari's passion for educating women in production is inspiring! She is an excellent resource and even though I had already begun to self-teach in Ableton, her beginner class was essential in providing tools to streamline my projects for more efficiency and taught me many important workflow and basic production techniques to allow me to step up the production value of my projects. I'm can't wait to take her next class!” -Veronica

“I wanted to jumpstart my skills as a music producer but didn't know where to start and was intimidated by class environments heavily skewed towards male artists and producers. Mari was patient, encouraging and exceptionally skilled. I learned a lot about Ableton and music production and also became more confident as an artist and producer. Mari is doing important work in our community to decrease the gatekeeping women and nonbinary folks experience as artists and producers, and I highly recommend her class to others.” - Rachel

“Mari is an awesome instructor. She is very knowledgeable, patient and encouraging. Prior to this course, I knew a bit of Ableton, but this course introduced many Ableton's features that I am unaware which helped me a lot in improving my music producing workflow. Overall, I enjoyed working with Mari & highly recommend this course!” -Minh