Lock in a topline you love before the program even starts.
Everything in the Standard program — plus, before the four sessions begin, I personally write 1–2 topline options for your track and produce a placeholder demo vocal so you have something listenable to vibe with. You pick the topline you love, we build the full track around it, and once the program wraps you take the approved topline to a vocalist of your choice — they re-cut it as a fully human vocal that drops straight into the finished project in place of the demo.
What you walk away with
- A custom-written topline you've already approved
- A finished, release-ready melodic bass track
- Your vocalist re-cuts the topline after the program — fully human vocal in your final track
- Keep more of your master vs sourcing a top-tier vocalist
- Marketing breakdown video used on real Culture Code releases
- Every session captured by FathomAI — yours forever
✓
Vocal
4
Sessions
1-on-1
Format
Why go this route
The smarter alternative to a top-tier EDM vocalist
From my own experience releasing as Culture Code, sourcing exclusive vocals from established EDM vocalists almost always meant the same outcome — and it's the exact problem this tier was built to solve.
The old way
Paying for an exclusive vocal
- ✕$1,000–4,000 upfront for a single exclusive vocal
- ✕Give away around 50% of the master on top of that
- ✕Most of the time you don't actually love what comes back
- ✕You're locked in — money spent, master gone, vibe wrong
The Vocal Tier way
Demo first, vocal after
- ✓I write the topline myself; the demo is just a placeholder guide
- ✓1–2 demo options to pick from before the sessions begin
- ✓After the program, send the approved topline to any vocalist to re-cut as the final, fully human vocal
- ✓Keep far more of your master and your long-term royalties
Before the sessions begin
How the topline gets made
- 01
You send me your brief
What you want the lyrics to be about, whether you want a male or female vocal, vocal references you love, and a few tracks you want your song to sound like overall.
- 02
I write the topline and produce the demo in my own time
Before any sessions begin, I write the full topline myself — lyrics, melody, phrasing — and produce a placeholder demo vocal so you (and later your vocalist) have something listenable to hear the song with. It's purely a guide. The same approach I use on my recent Culture Code tracks before sending toplines off to be re-cut by a real vocalist.
- 03
I send you 1–2 options — you lock in the one you love
You only move forward once you're in love with the demo. Then the four production sessions begin and we build the full track around it.
- 04
After the program, your vocalist re-cuts the topline
Once the production is finished, you send the locked-in topline to a vocalist of your choice. They re-cut it as a fully human, fully recorded vocal — you swap the placeholder demo out of the project and drop the final vocal in. Track done.
Once your demo is locked in, the four production sessions run the same as the Standard program — built around your vocal. Every session is captured by FathomAI and yours to keep.
From demo to finished release
The exact vocal workflow I'll teach you
For each of these Culture Code releases I wrote the topline as a demo first, then handed it to a vocalist to re-cut once the production was finished. It's the same process you'll learn in the Vocal Tier — and the reason I now keep more ownership of my masters.
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The program playlist
Songs made inside the program
A growing playlist of tracks built session-by-session inside this exact 30 day flow.
In their words
What past students said after
"Just want to thank Chris for all the help bringing this song to life with his program. It's pushed me to finally release something, no more holding myself back."
Joshua Norman
"I've been producing for just over a year and have learned so much along the way. However, taking 1-on-1 lessons and completing Chris's 30-Day Program has easily been one of the most transformative and educational experiences in my production journey so far."
William Park
"The song I made in the 30-Day Release Ready Program came out today. So stoked to finally have this thing out! Thanks @Chris Bains for all your help, feedback and advice. I learned so much through the process and working with you has given me a lot of confidence — I finally know what I'm doing haha."
Nick Zieser
At a glance
What's included in the Vocal Tier
- 1–2 custom-written topline options + a placeholder demo to vibe with
- Your vocalist re-cuts the topline as a fully human vocal after the program
- 4 private 1-on-1 Zoom production sessions
- Full Ableton project shared via Dropbox
- Mix & master included
- Marketing breakdown video
- Every session captured by FathomAI — recap, tasks & searchable video, yours forever
Investment
$2,349
Paid upfront. Fully 1-on-1 over Zoom across roughly 30 days. Pace is flexible to fit around your life.
For context
What this would normally cost
- A top-tier EDM vocalist (avg)~$2,500
- A ghost producer at this level$5,000–15,000
- Professional mixing & mastering~$1,000
- Typical total$8,500–$18,500
- Vocal Tier$2,349
Numbers based on industry averages — and on what I've personally paid releasing as Culture Code.
Already have a vocal sourced?
Check out the Standard program
If you've already got a vocal sorted (e.g. via Vocalfy), the Standard program focuses the full 30 days on production, mix and master.
See the Standard breakdown →