Blender for Musicians Information

Blender for Musicians by Ben Levin is designed to help musicians create compelling 3D visuals that synchronize perfectly with their music.

Make 3D visuals for your music

Blender Basics

Learn how to use Blender, a free animation software from scratch with an emphasis on animating to music

Model and Animate Characters

Quickly model and animate unique characters for your social posts

Make Abstract Imagery

Make particle effects and abstract visualizers to complement your music

Take Control of Your Visuals

If you’re a musician who wants to be more expressive and in control of the visuals that go with your music, then this is the course for you! I’m gonna teach you everything you need to know to make exciting 3D animations for your music in a free software called Blender.

This course is designed for musicians who don’t necessarily have a background in visual art or a powerful graphics card. In the lessons I prioritize features of the program that are particularly useful for lining up visuals and music and the demanding timelines of social media art.

First I’ll teach you some Blender basics, such as moving around in 3D space and making simple shapes. Then I’ll show you how to make those shapes into characters and prepare them to be animated. After that, I show you how to animate characters, cameras, and abstract visuals to music. And finally, I’ll show you how to make surreal particle effects and music visualizers.

My hope is that this course will help you be creative in new ways and have a lot of fun making quirky wild worlds for your music to live in!

What You’ll Learn In Blender for Musicians?

Welcome

• Welcome Video
• How to Use this Course

Part 1. Blender Basics

• Working in Blender Overview
• Moving in 3D
• Rotation and Scale
• Edit Mode
• Make a Sculpture Park
• Rendering Overview

Making Characters

• Character Modeling
• Intro to Rigging
• Efficient Modeling and Rigging
• Character Creation Project

Character Animation

• Keyframe Animation
• Keyframing to Music
• Animating Cameras
• Full Animation Process

Particle Art

• Particle System Overview
• Emitter Basics
• Particle Ambiance
• Abstract Particle Techniques
• Hair Basics
• Particle Project

Abstract Techniques

• Music Visualizer
• Water Ripples
• Lyric Video Techniques
• Abstract Techniques Project

Rendering and Further Learning

• Rendering
• Further Learning

About Author

I’ve used Blender to make music videos and animations for Tim Heidecker, Adult Swim, Sungazer, Carbomb, and many more. I release short films and animated albums on my YouTube channel and have a popular series of 1-minute animated musicals called “Sweetie Cuties,” that I release weekly on Instagram and TikTok. After years of honing my own style and 3D animation workflow, I’ve developed an efficient and expressive approach to pairing music and visuals. I’m excited to share my approach with you and look forward to seeing what you make!

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