Beginner with a creative itch and no experience

[u/HumanAssignment2036]

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[u/Raspberries-Are-Evil]

Take piano or guitar lessons.

You can not create music if you know nothing about how instruments work.

Even after 6 months of lessons everything will begin to make sense.

[u/Great_Time]

Just start messing around, try to make stuff, realize where the gaps in your knowledge are and research as you go. Listen to a bunch of music and try to recreate it. We can't really give specific advive if you haven't even dipped your toes in. Like anything else, it'll be a lot of new information at the beginning, so just try to absorb what you can and apply what you learn as you go while keeping an open mind and staying patient

[u/The_Nameless_J]

learn an instrument and a daw, take lessons for the instrument you will need a strong ground to relay. piano is the most versatile but if your music will be guitar based taked that instead

[u/iamthatguyiam]

You're going to want some kind of microphone of course. What keyboard do you have? There is a ton of good content on YT beyond the corny videos you mentioned.

I have a serial number to get Ableton Live Lite for free so if that interests you, shoot me a message and I'll send it your way. I do recommend Ableton Live in general although I don't have experience in too many other DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations such as Pro Tools, Cubase, FL Studio, etc) It may seem intimidating at first but it doesn't take long to learn the basics.

Typically you'll need an audio interface (such as the Focusrite 2i2, Motu, etc) which is basically an external sound card for your computer because most computers can't handle audio editing well. This allows you to plug in your mic and electronic instruments so you can record it into your DAW of choice.

[u/BigJobsBigJobs]

do it just for yrslf

[u/LimpGuest4183]

I started producing 13 years ago and managed to get to the point where i can do it full-time.

Here was my approach to learning it and what worked for me.

1. I started watching FL studio beginner tutorials. I did exactly what they said and learned to understand the daw that way.

2. I started watching specific tutorials like melody tutorials, drum tutorials or tutorials on how to make a certain type of beat. That gave me enough understanding to where i could produce somewhat decent music in the style i wanted. I stayed doing this for almost 5 years (not something i recommend in hindsight).

3. At this point i would probably be considered an intermediate. This is where i learned basic music theory and got a good understand of the building blocks that actually makes up the music that i make. This allowed me to be able to understand and analyse songs i liked.

Doing that and learning from songs is what i would say got me from intermediate to advanced rather than tutorials.

The #1 i learned from doing this is to stay consistent and consistently try to improve. I had periods of stagnation and when that happened it was because i 1. didn't make music consistently and 2. didn't actively seek out improvement.

[u/HumanAssignment2036 → u/LimpGuest4183]

Are there any non-digital instruments you know how to play that are versatile, or is there anything you can recommend for others?

[u/LimpGuest4183 → u/HumanAssignment2036]

I know how to play guitar and i'm okay with it, same with keyboard.

I would prioritise keyboard skills since it translates well to almost any scenario and it will be easier to understand music theory imo. It's just a very versatile instrument and a good thing to have at least basic skills in!