Everyone, hi!
You all probably hate this question and I totally get it. However, Everything I find online is confusing. I’m not sure where to start. I have no education in music. I would like to create electronic, drum and bass, and garage music.
What do I need to do first? Is it sound synthesis? What are the next steps? In gereral, what are the major steaps to creating a tune?
Any tutorials that you think are good, video or written, are welcome. I only use Linux. If you have suggestions for applications, I am listening.
Please, help! Thank you in advance.
As with any creative field, the proces is:
So the key part is to do things that are fun to you so you stay motivated.
My route started with learning an instrument (trumpet and drums) from a teacher. That way I learned the basic music theory. But everyone’s path is different. I don’t think there is a general way to learn.
For example: If you want to learn to make beats. That’s a skill you can develop without a complicated DAW. I would but Koala Sampler for Android or iPhone, record some simple sounds from your environment and try to recreate drums from songs you like.
Then you have learned one of the skills needed to progress to the next step. And when you start to learn a DAW, you’ll already have the drum programming skill available to apply there.