

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Sam will be happy to arrange your first Music Production lesson.
Sam
One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Sam will be happy to arrange your first Music Production lesson.
- Rate $68
- Response 2h
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Students50+
Number of students Sam has taught since their arrival at Superprof
Number of students Sam has taught since their arrival at Superprof

$68/h
1st lesson free
- Music Production
- Electronic Music
- Music Recording
- Music Technology
- Ableton Live
Electronic Music / Production / Mixing / Sound Design / Synthesis - Music BA (1st) Music MA (Distinction)
- Music Production
- Electronic Music
- Music Recording
- Music Technology
- Ableton Live
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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Sam will be happy to arrange your first Music Production lesson.
About Sam
I am a full time music technology teacher with 5 years of experience. I am also a producer, mixing engineer and performer of electronic music. Examples of my work can be found by googling "Sam Hostettler NX12X" I received a distinction for my Masters in electronic music at Goldsmiths, where I previously received a First Class undergraduate degree in Popular Music: This focused on electronic/experimental/dance music, in terms of technical skills, compositional and performance techniques as well as critical analysis in the form of essays and presentations. I received an A* for Music Technology at A Level with full marks at A2. (2012) I have all the knowledge and skills necessary for A Level and BTEC Music Technology and beyond. I am also happy to teach students who are not preparing for a qualification and just wish to learn about writing and recording music with computers and other music technology. I have been using music technology for the last 17 years and am very proficient in the most recent versions of Logic Pro and Ableton Live. I have a good working knowledge of Bitwig and Maschine. I also have some knowledge of Reaper, Pro Tools, Cubase and Reason. I have excellent knowledge of synthesisers and all manner of synthesis techniques as well as audio recording and processing techniques.
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- English
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I design my lessons around each student to give you the support you need in the most important areas. Assessing what those areas are is a continual part of my teaching methodology. When teaching production and composition I like to use students' tracks as a jumping off point to explore and refine techniques. Depending on your needs this might include composition techniques, sound design, track structure, mixing and any other topics that might be relevant to your work. I offer overviews and deep dives into synthesis, sampling, mixing, mastering, structuring and arranging. For students interested in mixing and mastering, I will often ask for project files, this lets me put together demonstrations of the techniques we'll cover in the lessons. This lets you hear the difference these techniques will make to your track before learning how to accomplish it yourself. (I'm always happy to share my versions of these projects with you for your reference later on.) For students interested in sound design, we will learn about how synthesisers and samplers work, how to make creative use of effects and signal routing as well as some tips and tricks for getting the most out of whatever software or hardware you use. For students that are looking for lessons in something not explicitly outlined above, we can work out a syllabus that best suits you. That could include learning about anything related to digital, analogue, or acoustic audio and music. I'm always happy to try something outside the box so just get in touch and we can work out the best way to tackle it. DAWs I use regularly: - Logic Pro (v10) - Ableton Live (v11) - Bitwig (v4) Additional DAWs I'm comfortable teaching in: - Maschine - Reaper - Reason - Pro Tools - Cubase
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Perfect! Sam was really patient and insightful, working collaboratively to identify the most productive areas to work on and provide guidance
Perfect! Everything was explained perfectly , no questions asked were silly questions. I felt comfortable and confident. Thank you.
Perfect! I had my first lesson with Sam today and was REALLY impressed.
He's incredibly creative and knowledgeable across all aspects of electronic and experimental music production. Most importantly, he’s patient and has a great way of guiding you toward your best ideas and work.
I’m already looking forward to the next session.Perfect! Such a great teacher! Learning modular synthesis for the first time and is very organised, knowledgable and makes the most of the time you have - doesn't make you feel like an idiot! Thank you Sam!
Perfect! Sam is a very good teacher. I found him open, patient and encouraging in his approach and I hope to work with him again in the near future.
Perfect! All good. My son found the session very helpful
Perfect! Sam helped me sound design some synths from a reference track in a few minutes that I had been trying to do for hours! Really knows his stuff and learnt loads. Couldn't recommend anymore!
Perfect! Sam is a down-to-earth teacher, with incredible knowledge of Ableton and music in general. It was a pleasure to meet him and work with him.
Perfect! Sam is an excellent tutor! Very knowledgeable and helpful. Many thanks!
Perfect! A really enjoyable lesson- Sam was patient and covered lots of material with me- thank you!
Perfect! Very happy to have Sam tutor me, I am a complete novice and he is patient and explains things in an easy to understand manner. Very knowledgable. I have another lesson booked up, which also won’t be my last. Would recommend highly.
Perfect! Have had production lessons with Sam every other Monday for almost half a year now, have learned a lot and always look forward to lessons! Sam is super fun, enthusiastic & knowledgeable, highly recommend!
Perfect! Delightful Sam, took me from zero to functional as a sound editor in 90 minutes. Step by step, clear tutoring - bespoke to my needs and at my pace. Already rebooked! Highly recommended
Perfect! knowledgable and helpful
Perfect! Affable and easy to talk to, imparted knowledge in a concise and friendly manner. Excellent.
Perfect! Sam's lesson style and approach work well for me. Good communicator, easy to understand and had clearly prepared for our session.
Perfect! Sam is an excellent tutor. I've learnt more in a few sessions with him than I have in several years of self-teaching. He's extremely knowleadgable and makes the lessons fun also. Highly reccomend!
Perfect! I recently requested a lesson from Sam in the form of written feedback about a song I had made... and WOW: I was blown away by the amount of effort and thoughtfulness in both the words and constructive points, and also the way that Sam has laid it out in a mind map kind of form. He also made his own edits and sent back the Logic Pro project file so I can see exactly what he has done.
Every change Sam has made to my song opens up my mind to new possibilities.
Thank you VERY much. You are incredibly talented and underrated. Keep it up, and I would love to have another lesson in the future.
Sam // Avid BeatsPerfect! Very well prepared, responsive and personable with expert knowledge. Easily recommended.
Perfect! - High value content covered, very technical.
- Great course structure
- Sam explains very well concepts, and helps you put them in practice very easily.Perfect! Very knowledgable, patient and great at giving clear instructions to help one remember the processes. Great teaching skills and professional.
Perfect! Sam was very informative with a great knowledge of the subject. I felt like I learnt something in my first lesson, looking forward to future ones!
Excellent! Sam understood how I was not keen to run before I could walk. He didn’t waste my time teaching me advanced techniques when what I want to know are the basics. I was happy that he listened to my reason for wanting a tutor.
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Perfect! I really feel like I’ve learnt so much from Sam under a short time. He’s a wonderful teacher!
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Perfect! Sam combines great depth of knowledge with a flexible approach to teaching, moving easily between working on aspects of an existing project to deep diving into a particular instrument or effect. I left each lesson wIth a clear idea of what to work on next, being challenged but not overwhelmed - no easy feat… it was a pleasure to work with Sam
- Sam's response :
Perfect! Sam is amazing! He has been an inspiring and patient teacher with our son, who is 7 years old, and is passionate about learning how to make electronic music. We have done virtual lessons for many months now, and Sam is one of our son’s favourite Teachers. He’s becoming comfortable on Garage band, Vital and Logic pro, and is learning more and more about ways to experiment with sound each day. Sam has a strong background in music since a young age and has a range of experience as a musician who has also been trained at Goldsmith’s. Our son is learning a lot! But, for any age, I think anyone would be lucky to learn from Sam.
Perfect! From the very first lesson Sam has made me feel comfortable with my knowledge even though I’m fairly new to producing. He is helping massively with my current project. I can’t recommend him highly enough!
Perfect! Very knowledgeable and helpful
Perfect! Sam is a great teacher. He explains everything clearly, calmly and in a friendly manner. Sam has good lesson plans but adaptable to what I want to learn as well as what I should learn; he is punctual and efficient, and proficient in remote teaching. He really helps you get the best out of learning Ableton. I recommend him 100%.
Perfect! sam taught me a lot a about music production!Thank you so much !
Perfect! Sam is incredibly knowledgable and a very clear, concise tutor - I'm looking forward to more sessions soon.
Perfect! Sam is a really good teacher ive had 4 lessons already from sound design on synths to recreate the sound i wanted to make for my own track to mixing techniques and compression and he explains things very clearly its helped me massively in my productions. Highly recommended teacher thank you Sam
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Perfect! Awesome lesson from Sam helping me with recording issues I was experiencing. Will surely book another session.
Perfect! Excellent teacher!
Perfect! Sam is en excellent teacher and very happy to share his amazing production skills you. He's able to explain complicated things like synthesis and routing in a very simple and easy understandable way. Really happy about what I learned so far.
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Excellent! Very knowledgeable in synthesis, creates all his elements from scratch and able to reproduce sounds using stock plugins. Sam's finished article sounds excellently mixed and his insight has been very beneficial in helping me explore several techniques I might have previously glossed over. Would happily recommend anyone to give Sam a lesson or two to see how he might benefit you
- Sam's response :
Sometimes a little hard to pin down in terms of times/dates
Overall a pleasure to teach.
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Highly recommend! Sam makes lessons fun, informative and tailored specifically to what you needed to work on. I felt my skills as a producer greatly improve and I learnt so many techniques that are now part of my daily music making process. We looked at live sets, sound design, structure and mixing and I genuinely feel like I improved so much in all these areas. It was tailored exactly to the type of music I was interested in making so lessons were really engaging! Would defo recommend to anyone looking to improve all aspects of production and live performance.
After being stuck with my tracks for a long time, Sam has helped me with them and we're making great progress now. He's good at explaining things and has excellent knowledge. Highly recommended.
Sam taught Music Technology to my daughter this year in her final year of A levels. Not only was he passionate about the subject but he was able to impart his knowledge and enthusiasm to the point where my daughter started to enjoy her lessons. As a result her grades and confidence improved and I have no doubt she will pass. Sam always turned up on time and yet if we needed to change the lesson, was also very flexible. Thank you Sam.
I was Sam's Lecturer across multiple modules for his Undergraduate studies in Popular Music at Goldsmiths, University of London. Across the three years of Sam's degree, I found him to be a very able student both academically and in his creative practice work, and was unsurprised at the end of his time with us to see that he achieved an excellent final degree result.
As a learner, Sam was independent, thoughtful, patient, self-motivated and very committed, and I have no doubt that these characteristics would serve him similarly well as a tutor. During his time at Goldsmiths he also showed himself to be responsible and caring for his fellow students, with an excellent work ethic and a clear sense of priorities.I have been Sam's university instrumental tutor for live electronic music performance since 2015 during which time he has developed his craft as a producer and live electronics performer to great effect. Sam's progress as a musician is evident in his composition and professional level of technical ability which is showcased in his creative blend of software programming, hardware control and synced modular synthesis, all elements combining to what is now a distinctively individual musical identity. Sam could offer a great deal to a student who is looking to begin exploring the areas of music technology outlined above.
Sam is totally trustworthy. He is a calm and considerate teacher, who knows how to motivate the learner. He can identify the next step a learner needs to take and present that in a manageable way allowing the learner to keep moving forward and feel proud of their achievements.
Sam is a friendly, welcoming individual with a great knowledge of music and music technology, I think he would make an excellent tutor.
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