There are no real shortcuts to becoming a musician and getting paid for making music. However, I think there are milestones that you can achieve easily. I hope it helps someone who has a dream of making music I'm gonna write a long post to share what I know. In the replies, anyone can post what # you're currently stuck at. Believe in yourself It's a long road to becoming a musician. Hopefully, you will have an amazing adventure. But on day one, you're just starting out. Give yourself time to succeed and accomplish your goalsĢ. If you're using Windows, get a demo of Ableton Live or FL Studio Here are my recommendations from 17 years of experience: Get your tools ready If you want to produce music, you'll need a piece of software called a "DAW" (A digital audio workstation). If you're using Mac, get a demo of Ableton Live, or try GarageBand. If you love GarageBand, you can buy Apple Logic later. If you're on iOS, look at apps made by Korg.
Make a "song" using only a Kick drum Drums are the foundation of music. Learn how to use the pencil tool in your DAW to draw a Kick drum. If you draw a Kick pattern, you can randomly draw in some Bass notes too.Īdd a bassline instrument Bass and Kick are like peanut butter and jelly. Here's an example of a song that uses Bass + Kick and not much else. The White Stripes - 'Seven Nation Army'ĥ.
Get over the embarrassment that your music sounds so basic. Get used to playing your music to other people. I was embarrassed by my music production for the first 15 years of my "music producer" life, and I regret waiting so long to show my music to other people. The first time I ever played my song in public was when I was hanging out with the CEO of Beatport, and I played it for him. (If you love techno and minimal house, you don't have to go further than this bullet point. Just practice the first 5 steps and add subtle complexity to your music. Here's an example of an iconic techno song that uses only Drums: Plastikman - SpastikĦ. Move one of the beeps higher on the piano, so it becomes: "beep beep beep BAAAAAAA" Add a melody Choose a synth in your DAW, and draw "beep beep beep beep" notes. Some of the greatest melodies are really basic if you look at them as MIDI notes.ħ. Add a chord progression Chords add emotion to your music: they make it sad or happy. Almost every song in the world has some chords. I don't like how AMAs have become so self-promotional, so I want to resist the urge to self-promote. If you're curious, we made Windows and Mac software that completely solved this problemĨ. Learn how to write melodies that sound amazing on top of chords This is pretty hard. Now we're getting into the professional realm of music making.
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