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Grammy-winning pop star Kimbra launches comprehensive new vocal course with online music school Soundfly

On March 9th, pioneering pop artist Kimbra is releasing her first-ever online course in partnership with innovative music education platform Soundfly. The wide-spanning course offers a never-before-seen look inside Kimbra’s creative process, including in-depth breakdowns of many of her biggest hits, and equips students with the skills they need to create evocative performances, lush arrangements, and compelling productions.

Soundfly is a subscription-based online music education platform, offering creative courses, community, and mentorship to professional and amateur musicians built around a research-backed, active learning model. New Zealand-born and New York-based Kimbra is best known for tracks including “Top of the World,” “Settle Down,” and “Somebody That I Used to Know,” which earned the artist two Grammys.

In Kimbra: Vocal Creativity, Arranging, and Production, Kimbra explores her dynamic vocal and production approach in over 40 videos, walking students through her singing technique, songwriting process, arrangements, and even opening up the Pro Tools sessions of songs including “Top of the World,” “Goldmine,” “Like They Do on the TV,” and many more, to give students an unprecedented view of how the tracks came together.

“The first time I heard Kimbra’s music, she was using nothing but a loop pedal and her voice to create this incredible, complex arrangement,” said Soundfly founder and CEO Ian Temple. “She is without a doubt one of the most creative voices in pop music today. We’re excited to help bring her techniques to light, so that our students can transform their own use of the voice and approach to music making.”

“I made this course for any artist out there who wants to expand what’s possible to do as a singer and producer,” said Kimbra. “I hope to give students the tools to deepen their songwriting, understand how to use production to accentuate the voice, and ultimately create music that is unique, honest, and inspired.”

Kimbra continued, “We go deep on plugins and how to shape and carve out space for the voice. We touch on the body a lot in this course — I think it’s something that’s often overlooked when we get into technical stuff, we can forget that your instrument has so much to do with your muscles and posture. So I’m excited for people that might be a little in their head with their music to actually get into their bodies as singers. And I can’t wait for people to start learning and to see what they take away from the course and how it changes their process. Because that’s really what it all comes down to — learning is essential to keeping your process fresh, so that it doesn’t feel labored and make you lose motivation.”

Kimbra: Vocal Creativity, Arranging, and Production is available starting March 9th as part of Soundfly’s course subscription, where students can access dozens of courses on a range of musical topics from production to songwriting, music business to mixing, and so much more.

About Soundfly 

Founded in 2014 by Ian Temple, Soundfly has pioneered the most effective online learning model for musicians at a variety of levels by developing high-quality, interactive content with a focus on the science of how people learn. Soundfly offers a range of options to meet students’ needs, including a subscription to their full library of music courses on topics from songwriting to hip-hop production, as well as a custom mentorship program, pairing students one-to-one with an expert to meet their unique learning goals.