Lauren Kop 👩🏻🔬Producer | Sound Designer | DJ | Educator
Contact Info: minibearmusic@gmail.com
Artist Mentoring
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Cultivating your craft and evolving as an artist and producer can feel like a long journey that is often filled with overwhelming amounts of information and mental blocks. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced producer who is ready to take your musicianship and artistry to the next level, having a mentor can be really transformative for your growth as an artist.
With an extensive background in music, Lauren Kop has cultivated a vivid musical aesthetic, gaining respected roles within their community such as mentor and emerging talent. Blending musical styles and drawing inspiration from pop and dance influences, Lauren has written, produced, and released multiple EPs and a full length album under the artist name mini bear. Passionate about community building and helping to create opportunities and representation for marginalized genders, they’ve taught music production at UCLA, Girl’s Rock Camp, and IO Music Academy. They are also currently the Chief Education Officer with FEMME HOUSE, a 501(c) whose aim is to foster more equitable opportunity for women and gender-expansive individuals in the technical and behind the scenes areas of music.
An avid Ableton Live user and synth maven, They have collaborated with companies such as Moog, Ableton, Apogee, BandLab, and Splice. They were featured in Patch & Tweak with Moog, contributed to a sample pack for BandLab (in collaboration with FEMME HOUSE), created a sample pack for Splice as part of their creator class, and created a demo set called “Juicy Tuesday” for the app Ableton Note. Whether you are looking to improve your technical skills, refine your songwriting, or shape your sonic world, Lauren can help maximize your creative potential!
Note: Although there (sometimes) is a book lesson button below, it is possible that there is either limited or no availability for new students. Your best bet is to send an intro email with your needs and lesson requests!
TESTIMONIALS
“Lauren (Mini Bear) has helped me get over years of mental blocks around music production and finally make progress in my artist journey. I used to find Ableton and the entire process to be very intimidating and daunting despite having tremendous interest in learning. She is not only extremely knowledgeable, but she's also extremely compassionate and kind.
For beginners, music production can seem really overwhelming because the options and possibilities are endless. Lauren asks really helpful questions to bring focus and provides starting points. She also provides great feedback.
I've been meeting with Lauren on almost a weekly basis for over half a year, and I'm so happy because I feel like I now have enough knowledge and comfort with Ableton to have fun and start making the music I've been aspiring to make for years”
Drew
“Lauren is the best. I had taken a few online tutorials in Ableton, but it wasn’t until I had help putting all the pieces together in person that it started to click.
She is friendly, patient and she has an incredible understanding of Ableton. Highly recommended and grateful for her lessons.”
“Lauren's expertise and creativity really shines through during the lessons!! It's the perfect mix of a thorough, methodical lesson but also fun and extremely engaging, with room for our individual visions and artistry to shine through on Ableton. I can't recommend her enough, She's the best out there!!!”