I would also get him a course in recording using whatever recording workstation software you settle on. There are tons of them out there on sites like Monthly.com . Make sure to pick one that says you come out of it with 3 (or whatever) FINISHED SONGS. Learning is cool but having done pro recordings is a huge blast to creativity. Source: 7 months ago

Https://monthly.com/ - Learn from your favorite creators and experts. Study new ways to bake, write a better song, or learn a new magic trick. Source: about 2 years ago

Full disclosure: I've been taking Ryan Tedder's monthly.com songwriting course, and this is the final part of the course. Source: over 2 years ago

Looked almost all over the internet, trying to find monthly.com and its courses for free, but got no success. Any idea? All replies are appreciated. Source: over 2 years ago

Monthly | Multiple Roles | Full-time | Remote Hi HN! I'm Head of Engineering at Monthly (https://monthly.com), a distributed team of creatives building a better future for online education. We’re working to create a world where millions of people are more creative, fulfilled, and inspired. We believe that by bringing together the right structure, tools, and community, we can help everyone experience the... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

Yen.chat is a free platform for communities; lots of ways to use it: http://yen.io/cool/. Source: over 2 years ago

7. it's all free and focused— as a boostrapped startup I need to save money and [YEN](http://yen.chat) is free to use, forever... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

It's small, but, I've built an embeddable community platform: http://yen.chat. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago