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>>35181395

great ANOTHER producer.

Yeah I've seen your thread like 3 times and everything past page 0 has been deleted..

I'm in a similar situation to OP. Would like to start producing but no musical background at all.
How does one go about doing this, or any general advice for getting into it?
Advice for OP (and me pls).

>>35181549
OH NO MORE MUSIC. I can do whatever I like with my time.

bump

>>35181566
Study theory of music or fuck off.
No, you can't do good music without it.

>know nothing about music theory
>know nothing about composing
>know nothing about DAWs
>know nothing about playing any instruments

>"HI /mu/ I'D LIKE TO START PRODUCING MUSIC LOL XD"

Yes, you absolutely CAN spend your freetime doing whatever you want. But if you're ever actually going to progress anywhere, the best you could do is get yourself a piano and dick around with it for a few weeks. Then start reading some music theory.

Learning how to play and compose music is not something you can do just by sitting at your computer or just by reading a book. You need to actively switch between soaking in information and using that information.


To be frank, you're never going to get anywhere if you don't have the interest or patience to learn music theory, and you're not going to be able to use that music theory to do anything if you don't intend on learning how to play an instrument, as wel. A DAW won't do.

>>35181566
grab a DAW, dick around on some synths and have fun, if you're still doing it 3 years later then you're probably making decent stuff

mind you if you just have 0 talent that will never happen

>>35182546
Okay, i'm curious. I know literally nothing. I don't know theory, I don't know anything about bars, chords, rhythm, you get the gist. How would I go about starting? Just get a DAW and fuck around for a bit, make something, up it to a sc thread and get advice from there. Or should I learn theory first?

>>35182775
Learn theory first. It's hard enough getting to grips with the technical aspects of a DAW, let alone not understanding the technical aspects of music itself. It will be a lot easier to understand how to use the DAW and what you're trying to do if you have an understanding of theory.

>>35182814
Do you think the resources in the sticky are enough?

>>35181395
Are janitors deleting threads like this? But /mu/ is under "Creative" for a reason :'(
/mu/ should be split into discussion and creative boards, video games have three boards for fuck's sake.

>>35182833
3? I thought it was just /vg/ and /v/

>>35182818
Yeah there's definitely a lot there to get started.

>>35182848
No they have /vr/ now as well, retro games. Fucking retarded given that all they ever maon about on /v/ is retro games anyway.

>>35182849
Alright, one more question. Should I ask for help/advice on it anonymously? As to avoid ridicule and the like, and of course the cries of "attention whore"

>>35182860
That's fucking stupid.

>>35182870
Stop asking questions.
Start learning.

>>35182884
aye aye

>>35182870
>>35182884
Yeah, you have enough info to get started now. Asking for help anonymously is really just up to you, doesn't change your understanding of the theory.

>>35181549
Lel, probably wants to dj and turn a couple of knobs and call himself an "artist"

>>35182870
Just get a teacher. I'm lucky enough to have a good friend who is also a popular YouTube pianist. He has taught me the basics of music theory, scales, chords, and reading sheet music, and I made more progress being taught by him in a month than I did in 6 months of teaching myself.

Mods hate doom and sludge metal then cause I can't post any fucking threads relating to it.

>>35181395
I wish the janitors started to delete all Kpop threads.

>>35182530
It's like learning another language. I don't suggest it.

>>35182530
Some of the best composers I know cannot play an instrument at all, so I don't think this is true.

>>35181395
Yeah, it wouldn't hurt...
It'd give you some background. do some basic chord exercises and so on. it'll give you that sort of base to work from when you start producing

>>35181524
>go to headsoak
Why do people even say this shit?
The boards get literally like 1 post every couple of days, theres no point

>>35183947
>Thom will never be my waifu

>>35182530

i hate people like you. OP, this guy is making it look way harder than it is. A DAW will work and just use the web to learn all the things you need to know about basic theory. That's all you need to bang out some kewl beats.

test.

>>35184070
How new are you?

>>35181549
>great ANOTHER post

>>35184089
I was just making sure I dropped my trip.

>>35184097
Why would you even have one in the first place, ridiculous

>>35181395
I was in the same position as you when I started producing. I do play drums, but had never played a tuned instrument. I got a crappy Midi keyboard and torrented FL, and just taught myself from there.
Definitely look up basic music theory (scales ect) familiarise yourself with the keys, and you can pretty much teach yourself the rest.

posted a thread asking for some ambient recommendations, deleted immediately

>>35182909
That's not what I want to do at all you fucking idiot.

>>35184280
Please try to ignore the trolls.

>>35181566
>>35181395

Do what I did get some children piano books learn that shit.

Get a cheap midi keyboard to play on that shit.

And if you have any further questions about techniques within a certain program. Look it up on Youtube.

One you have made you're first successful song please post it in a SC or BC thread. I would love to hear it.

>>35184495
Once*

>>35184193

There's a problem with 4chan right now, new threads appear as 404, they're not deleting shit.

>>35184495
can you recommend a keyboard?

>>35184495
Alright so, so far:
Learn music theory
Learn the piano or any instrument online or through a tutor
Learn a DAW

I'll learn (basic) music theory first. I don't know how I'll go about learning piano online, if I get the cash I may get lessons, even for theory if I can afford it. I've downloaded Abelton so I'll learn through Youtube.

All goods? I'll post but it will take a while and will sound shit.

Where's the 4chan update telling us that it's been expanded from only 10 pages to a gigantic 30?

>>35185426
woooouuuh

anyone else getting 404'd when opening new threads?

>>35185514

I am. Even though the thread isn't deleted.

>>35185522
yeah same, what the fuck 4chan

>>35181395
What video is that?

>>35184583
I'm not the guy who you were replying to, but I use an M-Audio Keystation 88es (it cost me around £130, which is around $200.) It has weighted keys to mimic the response of an acoustic piano, and it has a full sized keyboard. I'm quite pleased with mine.

learning piano is good for basic music theory concepts, like knowing what notes naturally sound good together, etc. Since you're most likely going to work with synths a lot of base principles apply especially when it comes to chord progressions. It's not necessary though, all things considered, and personally I suggest download a DAW, pirate a few VSTs, and fuck around. Best way to learn is to dive right in.

It also depends on what you want music you want to make as well. I mean, 5 years ago I was dicking around with an industrial/noise project and knew fuck all about actual music theory, and nowadays I spend more time programming synths than actually composing full songs.